Domain Extensions

In our Domain Name Industry Report for April 2015 Afnic studied the major trends in the domain name market in 2014. It seemed interesting to try to extend these trends for “Legacy gTLDs” or traditional …

The usTLD Stakeholder Council is seeking comments on its recommendation to continue the suspension of the kids.us namespace through the end of the current .US contract term. The recommendation follows a report of the Kids.us …

CENTR Board members and Management gathered in Florence on 11-12 May 2015 for a strategic retreat with the aim of defining long-term strategy plans for the organisation. After having reviewed and assessed the current environment …

Earlier today, the number of domain names in Famous Four Media registries surpassed half a million. This equates to nearly 10% of all domains registered under ICANN’s new gTLD program. Of course the number includes …

The Pirate Bay will soon be leaving the  Swedish ccTLD domain name (thepiratebay.se). The popular torrent website will move to various ccTLDs around the world. TorrentFreak.com reported that earlier today the Stockholm District Court ordered …

Tema XYZ teamed-up with Uniregistry, to join forces and launch .Cars, .Car, and .Auto. Uniregistry and Team XYZ issued a press release, announcing the trifecta of new domain extensions that will represent the automotive industry. …

Donuts announced the approaching availability of more than one million previously unavailable web addresses across its top-level domains. These represent some of the most highly sought after and desirable web addresses in Donuts’s portfolio, including …

I was researching to buy a few domain names from a Donuts New gTLD that is launching this week. After doing some searching I found that the best domains are not available at any price. …

Last week I shared my experience buying $50,000 worth of New gTLD domain names in the past year. That sparked a lot of comments both in my post and on a thread on the NamePros.com …

The new domain name extension .CLUB celebrated its 1st birthday! .Club launched one year ago and this video looks back at the first year and some of the many accomplishments leading to .CLUB becoming the …

.Club is celebrating its 1 year anniversary today offering .club domains at $1 at various registrars such as Go Daddy and Dynadot. Offer applies to new registrations only and a few hours before the offer …

Nearly 220,000 registrations strong and $1 Million in Premium Sales, .CLUB proves to be the most successful new domain launched to date. .Club has not offered any free domain names like other registries have done. .Club …

A lot of people are asking me if I like the new extensions, if I am buying New gTLD domain names and how many I own now. Well, it has been over a year since …

The .Me registry announced that the .ME domain names have passed 800,000 domain registrations. Since its launch in 2008 Montenegro’s country code domain has been marketed as a premier choice for building a personal brand …