This week no New gTLD enters General Availability, 3 New gTLDs enter the EAP General Availability and no string enters the landrush phase. Rightside has 2 New gTLDs entering EAP General Availability on the 7th of …
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Russell Haworth Joins Nominet (the .UK Registry) Today As CEO
Back in October, Nominet, the .uk registry, named its new Chief Executive Officer that is Russell Haworth. Russell joined Nominet today as its CEO.. Nominet said in the announcement that “Russell will lead the organisation …
Read More »64 Domains Added In The NamesCon 2015 & RightOfTheDot Auction (318 Domains Total)
64 new domain names have been added to the NamesCon 2015 & RightOfTheDot Auction for a total of 318. The new list includes domains such as rookie.com, coupon.website, email.host and sell.nyc. These new domains are …
Read More ».Wales & .Cymru Landrush and Premium Domains Available From Today
From today, anyone can apply for .cymru and .wales domain names. This is essentially a landrush period that will last until the 25th of February 2015 and includes all premium domain names. If you have …
Read More ».Paris: 85% Of Registrants Are From France, Top 10 Registrars Account For 86% Of The Domains
More than 80% of the registrations were made within the very first hour of the 24 hours following the launch of .paris domain names. There is a contrast between this new Top Level Domain and …
Read More »New gTLD 1st Day Domains: .Dentist 907, .Rehab 293
Here are the 1st day domain name registration results from this week’s 2 New gTLD launches: Rightside had 2 New gTLDs out of EAP and into General Availability on the 24th of December: .Dentist and …
Read More »Architelos’s NameSentry Adopted by Over 60% of New TLDs Launched
Architelos, Inc., a provider of automated domain name abuse detection and mitigation services, has added Famous Four Media to its expanding roster of NameSentry clients. Famous Four Media will be implementing NameSentry for current and …
Read More »My Comments On The Verisign “.COM Vs New gTLDs” Stats
Verisign, the .com and .net registry, published a post called “What’s Really New in the New gTLD Space?” in its blog. It has some interesting stats in it although some are not so accurate. Here …
Read More »New gTLD Weekly Launch Review: .Dentist, .Rehab, .Ryukyu
This week 2 New gTLD enter General Availability, 0 New gTLDs enter the EAP General Availability and 1 string enter the landrush phase. Rightside has 2 New gTLDs entering geberal availability on the 24th of …
Read More ».EU Q3 2014 Report: Domain Name Registrations Grow By 4.7%
The total number of .eu registrations grew by 4.7% in Q3 2014 compared with the same quarter last year, according to the progress report released by the .eu registry EURid. “As the new gTLDs continue …
Read More »Sedo’s Top New gTLD Domain Name Sales in 2014 (baltic.cruises, eat.club )
Sedo announced its 2014 list of the highest-valued public New gTLD and IDN New gTLD domain sales of the year. In 2014, the highest sale of a new gTLD name was a confidential sale for …
Read More »TLD Registry Publishes “State of the Domains” Newsletter in Chinese
TLD Registry Ltd, the registry of Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains, announced that is proud to be responsible for the full layout and design of the Domain Name …
Read More »Johnson & Johnson Wins .Baby For $3.09m & Canadian Real Estate Association Wins .MLS For $3.36m
Today the 17th of December 2014, an Auction conducted by ICANN’s authorized Auction service provider, Power Auctions LLC, was held to resolve string contention sets for two new generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) strings; .MLS, and …
Read More »Kids.us Will Remain Suspended
An Education Advisory Committee recommended that Kids.us should remain suspended. The Kids.us Education Advisory Committee was convened in April 2014 to consider the ongoing suspension of the kids.us third-level namespace, as well as to contemplate future …
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