Domain Extensions

As from 1 March 2015, DK Hostmaster requires that all Danish registrants can be validated. This means, that your name and address must match the information about you in the CPR or CVR register to …

Rightside Group, Ltd. today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2014. “Rightside closed 2014 with a strong quarter of revenue growth across each area of our business. Additionally, …

Rightside has bought the .NEWS domain name extension, to be released later this year. “The .NEWS extension will offer media outlets, journalists, radio and television personalities, and online news aggregators the opportunity to distinguish themselves …

The XYZ registry announced the official launch schedule for the .College extension, which will enter its Sunrise phase on March 17. Let’s hope that .College will be different than .XYZ because I actually like the …

iStarting Dot, the registry operator for new generic top-level domains (new gTLD) .BIO, .ARCHI & .SKI, announced that the company has achieved a milestone for a young registry operator in the gTLD space: this week …

On February 16, 2015, Afnic is extending the registration of domain names under the .fr TLD consisting of only one or two character(s) to the general public. Since December 9, 2014, Afnic has allowed the …

The domain name NewYork.Cab is at auction at Flippa with 2 days left. There have been 41 bids already and the domain name has a $11,500 bid but things are not so simple as they …

Jeffrey Sass, CMO of .CLUB, wrote a very interesting article on CircleId called “We’re Asking the Wrong Questions”. Here are some of the points he made: “The story so far has been fairly predictable: registries …

The funniest Flippa auction ever ends in a few hours and it it getting a few bids because people find it hilarious. This is the title of probably the funniest Flippa auction ever: “New gtlds …

This week 5 New gTLDs enter General Availability, 0 New gTLDs enter the EAP General Availability and 1 strings enter the landrush phase. Afilias launches .LGBT on the 10th of February. Minds & Machines launches

Nominet has been investing significantly to help all .uk owners protect their domains. Following a successful launch to registrars last October, from today, registrants can opt to use two-factor authentication access to Nominet’s Online Services. …

The Domain Name Association (DNA) announced the results of a recent global survey to ascertain Internet users’ attitudes toward new Internet domain-name extensions, such as “.club” and “.global,” that are being released through ICANN’s “New …

Donuts Inc., the world’s largest registry for new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), marked the one-year anniversary of general availability of new Internet identities, reporting that its 150 now live gTLDs are home to more than 1.2 …

Neustar, Inc. announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2014 and provided guidance. Results for Fourth Quarter 2014 Compared to Fourth Quarter 2013 Revenue increased 6% to $252.4 million Marketing Services revenue increased 8% …