Domain Extensions

The .Club registry announced today that it sold its first 2-letter .club domain name for $15,000 in a direct sale. The domain name will be featured in the next .club monthly sales report that is …

The latest of CENTRs ‘DomainWire Stat Report’ is available (Quarter 3, 2015).  The report provides a global status update on top level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs) with a focus on European ccTLDs. …

Minds + Machines Group Limited, provided an update of its operations for Q3 2015. During the EAP period of 12-19 October, orders exceeding $1.18 million were received, with some significant premium sales held back until …

fTLD Registry made an announcement today that 36% of U.S. banks have purchased a .BANK domains name. “In the United States there are approximately 6,800 banks. Right now, you’ll find most of them online at …

The Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names analyses the prospects for growth in 2015 of the 6 main Legacy gTLDs: the .com, .net and .org stand up better than .biz, .info, and .mobi. It shows …

The Q3 installment of the 2015 Premium TLD 50 is now available and last quarters analysis shows a number of movers and shakers in the top 50. StartingDot’s very own .ski premium TLD jumped into the Top 50 immediately on …

I got an email from a reader that thought he had received a UDRP or a URS on his .xyz domain name. It turned out he was wrong. The registry had suspended his domain name. …

As of today, fTLD has received more than 6,000 applications for .bank domain names and approximately 5,400 have been approved for an approval rate of 97%. The most common reason for a an application to …

The October Special Edition of CSC’s New gTLD Utilization Report shows the pace of .brand registrations accelerating with a 50% increase since the September report. The report shares further examples of .brands in use and …

New York City and Neustar, the official registry operator for .nyc, released today over 16,000 new .nyc website addresses for businesses, organizations, and individuals with a physical address in the five boroughs. Domain names are …

Radix, the .online/.tech/.website registry, published a video from their PR efforts in the streets of San Francisco. “We were creating a buzz on the streets, talking about the awesome new domain names available – .TECH …

ConnectingNYC.org asked the .NYC registry, Neustar, what will happen to the first year registrations of .nyc domain names that are beginning to expire. .NYC domain names will drop as usual and no domains are going to be …

Donuts Inc., the largest registry for new domain names, like .guru, .media and .photography, said today that Google has added nearly 90 of the company’s domain options to its domain name sales platform, bringing a more diverse …

I am buying .com, .org and New gTLDs but I am also buying a few ccTLDs. I own a few .co.uk, a couple .co (do these count as ccTLDs?) and of course a lot of …