Domaining News

ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from IPXcess.com Sdn Bhd to Above.com Pty Ltd. due to the non-renewal of IPXcess.com Sdn Bhd’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). The affected gTLD registries have …

ICANN today published Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance – Process and Next Steps, a document that describes the process to examine how, from an organizational perspective, ICANN‘s accountability mechanisms should be strengthened to address the …

On the 4th of August, .NYC entered the landrush phase that will remain open until October 3, 2014 at 15:00. .NYC has a pretty strict Nexus policy that only allows people and businesses with a …

Here are the domain name registration results of this week’s 4 New gTLD launches: Yesterday, 13th of August, 4 Donuts New gTLDs went out of the EAP pricing and into the real (reg fee) general …

Archeo (archeodomains.com) published its 2nd quarter 2014 sales and newsletter: What is a GEO/LOCAL domain? Archeo is focusing on their US related “GEO/LOCAL” domains and how these domains can help businesses. They also included some …

Earlier this week .Vegas CFO Dusty Trevino and CTO Sky Trevino sat down with Nancy Byrne at the Las Vegas City Hall for a Google+ Hangout to talk top level domains. In this quick video …

Verisign published a blog post called “Website Usage Analysis in the New gTLDs” by Andy Simpson featuring an analysis of all second-level domains registered in new gTLDs according to published zone files on June 29, …

Archeo, Inc., a division of Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX), today announced the launch of its blog, which is aimed at helping new businesses navigate how to build their brands online. “Acquiring the right domain is …

Tucows Inc. today reported strong financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. Elliot Noss, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tucows Inc. said that “We continue to see steady performance from our Domains …

Donuts, a New gTLD registry with more than 200 strings already released or coming soon, posted an article on it’s official blog with the title “The Importance of Semantics and Affinity, and the Meaninglessness of …

The New gTLD Auction Schedule is updated as of 11 August 2014. This version is updated to reflect the 2015 Auction Dates for January, February, and March. Also reflected is the finalization of the Name …

ICANN released a new IANA Functions Infographic which explains how the core IANA functions allow users like you to access the Internet. The revised infographic incorporates feedback from the community.

VeriSign, Inc. today announced five million domain names were added to the Internet in the first quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 276 million worldwide across all top-level domains …

I was informed by a reader that there was a security breach today at the Minds + Machines registrar. An email was sent at approximately 12:00 UTC on August 11, 2014 from one of the …