Domain Extensions

DotGay LLC is the originator of a proposal to create a .gay domain space on the Internet. Formed to garner support for a .gay TLD and advance a mandate for delivering tangible financial and strategic …

These are the new domain name extensions (New gTLDs) that are launching in 2016 and 2017. The list includes highly anticipated domain extensions such as .Shop that was purchased for $41.5 million, .Blog bought for …

.Shop is sitting firmly among the top new gTLD Sunrise phases, and with seven days still remaining (from the day of the last count), over 850 domain names have been applied putting .shop ahead of …

fTLD, the .bank and .insurance registry announced that previously reserved names in .BANK and .INSURANCE will become available on first-come, first-served basis subject to fTLD’s Registrant Eligibility and Name Selection Policies. As these names are …

Nominet, the .uk registry, published a New gTLD domain name map that is designed like the London Underground map. The map shows the Top 250 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) as at the 11th July …

Blacknight, a domain name registrar and hosting company from Ireland, is among the first in the world to own its own .BLOG domain name. Its corporate blog has just moved to Blacknight.blog. Company CEO and …

New .blog domain names (like myname.blog) will be available for anyone to register on November 21. .Blog domains are owned and managed by the popular blog software platform WordPress. You can now apply to get a …

.Club reported its July premium domain name sales and it announced that at the end of July the total cumulative sales for .CLUB was $4,056,159.55. Sold.Domains now lists 426 sold .club domain names. The top sale …

In the past few days two of the major New gTLD registries have reported three 6-figure domain name sales. Many people are wondering what the renewal prices for these domains will be. Rightside sold the domains Sex.Live …

Martin Wiss a spammer from Sweden is sending out numerous (hundreds or probably thousands) of emails today in an attempt to sell some of his New gTLD domains to owners of similar .com, .net, .org, …

The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of July 2016 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry.. The common keywords in the .com and .net …

Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq:NAME), today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016. Rightside’s 39 gTLDs in general availability ended the quarter with approximately 523,000 registered domains, up over 70% from the …

Lease A City (www.LeaseA.City) is a new project (founded in 2016) that aims to offer city information to its online visitors through a network of .city domain names and directory websites. Lease A City owns some very …

The DomainWire Global TLD Stat Report’ (Q2, 2016) is now available for download.  The report covers the global status and registration trends in all Top Level Domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs) with additional focus on …