Domain Extensions

TLD Registry, the registry of Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains, is releasing the fifth installment of their Chinese Domaining Masterclass blog series. TLD Registry presented the world’s first, and still currently the world’s only Chinese …

.London announced today that its domain name renewal rate is 75.4%. This renewal rate is for a total of 38,389 names applied for during the Dot London combined Sunrise and Landrush period as well as the …

The latest progress report from the .eu registry, EURid, is showning that the number of .eu registrations increased by 4,578 domain names, a net increase of 0.1%, to 3.85 million during Q3 2015. Iceland, Cyprus …

Sedo announced today that it integrated a new feature: a search filter that will only show numeric domain names in the search results. This is valuable for all Sedo customers but will especially impact the …

Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq:NAME), today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015. “In the third quarter, we, delivered record quarterly revenue and margins continue to increase year-over-year due to the impact of the …

Afilias released 2-character domains for its new extentions yesterday November 2, 2015 at 16:00 UTC. The domains are priced as premiums and will renew at premium prices. There are many 2-character options. For example the …

Christopher Hofman Laursen from the European Domain Centre published a moving infographic displaying all 38 cities from all over the world that have their own new gTLDs. “By now most people know that a lot …

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. …