Domain Name News

It seems that the .KIWI registry is using a new technique to get more domain name registrations. Digital fear along with some old fashioned domain name inflated registration numbers. Umbrellar.nz, a New Zealand hosting and …

Today, ICANN published the results of the ICANN57 participant survey, and the technical, demographic and attendance statistics. There are two reports – the Community Feedback report and the By The Numbers report. These reports summarize …

Want to know the origins and development of .eu domains? Then this 209-page eBook is for you. This book tells the story of how .eu was born and developed. “This book captures our story and …

These are the top domain name articles from November 2016. The most popular articles were Mike Mann’s opinion on New gTLDs, GoDaddy, .XXX domains, the .Blog disastrous launch, New gTLD premium pricing, the launch of Matchsuite.com …

.Storage had an extensive Founders Program offering the opportunity to companies to register their desired .storage domains ahead of everyone else and develop them into functional websites. Participation was on a ‘first come, first served’ …

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Host Europe Group (HEG) for €1.69 billion (US$1.79 billion), including €605 million paid to the selling shareholders and €1.08 billion …

.CLUB Domains announced today that China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has granted a license to .CLUB’s Beijing based wholly foreign-owned entity (WFOE) company, making it among the very first foreign registries of a …

Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX) announced that it has today received official approval from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (“MIIT”) of the People’s Republic of China for MMX’s dot VIP top-level domain. …

December 1st was the first day that the new ICANN policy on domain name WHOIS changes was introduced and crazy things are happening already. According to the new policy, a WHOIS change to the registrant …

Here is a look at some of Mike Mann’s domain acquisitions and sales from November. Mike had a busy month selling domain names and he reported some of his sales. Mike Mann is the owner …

I was watching an NBA game and noticed that GoDaddy was advertising on the LED matrices of the court. It was a home game of the Milwaukee Bucks against the Golden State Warriors. GoDaddy was …

More than 1,000 domains worth more than $1M were successfully sold during three .AT short domain name auctions. The third and final .AT short domain auction closed on Monday with nearly 4,000 placed bids and more …

dotStrategy Co., the operator of the .buzz Top Level Domain (TLD) released the guidelines and rules for the upcoming .buzz auction scheduled for Dec 8th, 2016. Highlights of the auction proceedings include: ·     …

Pheenix announced some end of the year domain deals including $8 .com domain name transfers. Here is the announcement: It’s the final days of the year and we want to reward you with some unbelievable …