Domain Name News

HEXONET is preparing for the May 25th, 2018 European legislation called General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR for short) that protects the privacy and personal information of individuals living in the European Union. HEXONET is …

Escrow.com reported nearly $20m in transactions in the 1st quarter of 2018 suggesting a strong start for domain investors in 2018. GGRG Brokerage Consulting and Giuseppe Graziano published the 1st quarter of 2018 Liquid Domains …

CentralNic announced changes they are planning to make to its registry system in order to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). They have published a document (PDF) which describes these changes, …

There is a lot of talk about the recent launch of .App domains by Google. It seems a bit ironic to me that there is so much optimism for the .app new extension. Apps are …

Namecheap launched Namecheap Easy Payments, powered by the Names.club platform, in order to make premium domain names more accessible to startups, small businesses and everyone else. Namecheap Easy Payments adds a finance option to more …

NamesCon 2019 will be the last show to be hosted in Las Vegas. The upcoming NamesCon Global flagship event will mark 6 years at the Tropicana, and NamesCon understands it is time for a change. …

Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver bought 3 Rudy Giuliani domain names. Guess what he did with them! Well it is not exactly 3 Rudy Giuliani domains. It is 2 domains that include his name and …

The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of April 2018 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. There are no common keywords in the 2 …

So long suckers! Neustar, the .nyc registry, and Sedo, the auction house responsible for the latest “travel” .nyc auction, have canceled the domain auction for broadwaytickets.nyc that was supposed to end on May 10. Why? …

The Contracted Party House (CPH) Tech-Ops committee made a proposal to ICANN so that we can preserve the ability to transfer domain names between registrars. This is critical to maintaining a positive experience for registrants. …

Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX), announced today that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the entire membership interests of ICM Registry LLC (“ICM”), a US company, for a cash payment …

.App domain names officially launched yesterday as the new extension, run by Google, entered the EAP phase. EAP is the early access period when anyone can register available .app domains for an extra fee. The …

Merge! has announced the preliminary conference agenda for the upcoming show in Orlando. Not many details were shared but you can get a sense on how the agenda will be like and this way you …

To comply with the European GDPR Directive, ISNIC will, before May 25th, stop publishing names, addresses and telephone numbers of personal contacts by default  from the ISNIC WHOIS database. Customers (individuals) who wish to continue …