Domain Extensions

New gTLDs accounted for 21% of the net growth of the domain name market in 2014. “The recent publication of the ICANN reports for the month of December 2014 enables us to finally take stock …

Minds + Machines Group Limited provided an update on its portfolio of generic top-level domains and registrar operations ahead of the Company’s year-end financials. The purpose of the update is to: provide shareholders with a …

160,000+ previously reserved “ICANN collision” names are now available for registration across 8 Afilias New gTLDs. Couldn’t register for great names like caribbean.blue, bake.organic, or planet.red? Now you can. Or maybe you can’t because Afilias …

The New gTLD program started over a year ago and New gTLD domains have been expiring and then dropping for about 2 months now. But one thing remains the same. New gTLDs are yet not …

I got an inquiry for one of my New gTLD domain names today at the DomainNameSales.com. It turned out not to be a prospective buyer but it was really interesting how this internet user from …

Donuts released the renewal rates for its first 25 New gTLDs and 180,000 domains and the overall renewal rate seems to be closer to 65% (probably lower) so far rather than the projected 80%. The …

Yesterday I made a post about hundreds of 2-letter .berlin domain names that were registered by a .berlin registry partner against ICANN rules. It turns out that the problem was much deeper than I thought. …

All 676 combinations of 2-letter .berlin New gTLD domain names were registered yesterday against ICANN rules that prohibit the registration of all 2-letter domain names in New gTLDs. Domain names like us.berlin, uk.berlin and aa.berlin …

A previous post contained a list of 89 .sucks domain names that have been registered by trademark holders during the first few days of the sunrise period for .sucks. Here is what a search for …

We are just a few days into the sunrise period for .sucks and more .sucks domain name registrations are registered (or rather applied for) daily. Latest registrations include domain names registered by Toms, Uber,

I have been holding this story for a while but I guess it is time to post it now. On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 I was attending what was probably the last session at NamesCon 2015 …

Starting Dot, the registry of .ski, .bio and .archi, launched the inaugural edition of the “PREMIUM TLD 50“, ranking of the world’s top 50 premium generic top-level Internet domains (gTLDs). The Premium TLD 50 measures …

The Domain Registrar EnCirca announced special pricing for X-Rated top-level domains. EnCirca is offering brand owners special pricing to protect their trademarks in the new X-rated top-level domains launching this spring for just $13 per …

We are just 7 days into the sunrise period for .sucks and there have been quite a few .sucks domain name registrations proving that the .sucks New gTLD is a lucrative venture. Only trademark holders …