Domain Name News

I just discovered an old video that explains New gTLDs. The video was released by FairWinds Partners on beyondthedot.com that was just updated today. The youtube.com description is: So, you want to learn about what’s …

I got an email with the subject “Transfer Request Authorization from Uniregistrar Corp” asking me to confirm the transfer of my domain name Test.biz to Uniregistrar. The request was made by someone called Ryan with …

TLD Registry is celebrating yesterday’s Google announcement of a long-awaited and highly anticipated change that took place at Gmail: The “client-side” implementation of non-Latin, character-based email. While the world’s relevant standards-setting body, the Internet Engineering …

FairWinds Partners released today the newly updated online resource at beyondthedot.com to help familiarize businesses and consumers with new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). “Clients have told us that the Beyond the Dot site a great …

GMO Registry announced the opening of the .yokohama Landrush Priority Registration period. Today marks the first time that .yokohama will be available to the general public for registration. .yokohama is a domain representing the City …

Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX), a mobile advertising technology company and owner of Archeo Domains, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. Archeo Q2 Business Highlights: Revenue. Archeo non-GAAP revenue was $1.5 …

A new service was launched that helps parents name their baby based on what domain names are available. The website is called “Awesome Baby Name” and is located at the domain name awesomebabyname.com. The website …

.London Priority Period ended on the 31st of July and was a bloody mess as the English say. In the priority period, that was kind of like a landrush with an extra twist, where anybody …

Sedo just announced that it sold the domain name Chat.de for 65,000 Euro or $86,988 USD. The buyer is Zonat SA from Luxemburg that is a Domain Management Company. The domain currently redirects to Sedo.com …

.NYC new extension entered landrush yesterday and New York’s new mayor Bill de Blasio is endorsing the New gTLD. “This is a chance for more New Yorkers to claim their piece of the City’s high-demand …

TLD Registry’s CEO Arto Isokoski and CMO Simon Cousins will be highlighted guest speakers at India’s inaugural World Domain Day. TLD Registry has released 2 new gTLDs, Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网), …

ICANN announced that the current President and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, will continue as CEO for at least two years beyond the initial term of his current Agreement. The full Board discussed and agreed, following a …

This week 7 New gTLDs enter General Availability and another 4 New gTLDs enter the EAP General Availability. Today, the 4th of August .NYC enters the landrush phase. This will probably be the largest geo …

Demand Media, Inc.(R) (NYSE: DMD) announced the successful completion of the separation of Rightside Group, Ltd. (“Rightside”) from Demand Media in the form of a tax-free dividend involving the distribution of all outstanding shares of …