Growth among the 1,484 top-level domains around the world has dropped to a record low of 3.4% according to the latest CENTRstats Global TLD Report, but still reached an estimated…
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New Zealand’s Domain Name Commissioner has been sharing its expertise both in New Zealand and among a couple of Pacific countries, signing 4 Memorandums of Understanding, the latest announced this…
ICANN is seeking volunteers to participate in an Implementation Review Team (IRT) to assist in the implementation of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) Team’s Phase 1 policy recommendations. The…
ICANN has moved a step closer to delegating the .amazon top-level domain to Amazon, the online ecommerce company, after 7 years of negotiations with South American governments, who have been…
ICANN today [17 May] announced the implementation of the Interim Registration Data Policy for gTLDs which generic top-level domain (gTLD) registries and registrars (contracted parties) must implement by 20 May…
EURid is reminding registrants of .eu domain names that have Cyrillic character domain names will be deleted on 31 May following a 3 year phase out period that was announced…
The operator of the .blog top-level domain has announced they’re switching registry providers – from Nominet to CentralNic. In an announcement on their own blog, Knock Knock Whois There said…
Public Interest Registry has announced the members of the Public Interest Registry Advisory Council, a newly formed group that now combines the membership and duties of the formerly separate .ORG…
The total value of domain name transactions facilitated by Escrow.com passed the $85 million mark in the first quarter of 2019, exceeding the last quarter of 2018 and of the…
The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) reported this week of their defeat of an elaborate multi-year scheme to defraud the Internet community of approximately 735,000 IPv4 addresses. Winning the…
It came to light after publication of the weekly chart of top reported sales, but the sale of xa.com to Chinese company XAG for ¥12,000,000 ($1,794,152) was first noticed in…
It’s a not too uncommon scenario for the ccTLDs of developed countries. Growth has stagnated or declined and total registrations among some is starting to decline as markets mature and…
From 6 May, Sedo has dropped the minimum fee they charge when domain names are sold through the aftermarket platform, as well as lowering the minimum bid required to $20…
Today [7 May], ICANN invites the community to continue an ongoing conversation about evolving ICANN‘s multistakeholder model of governance. Please join one of two webinars on 14 May 2019 at…
The number of domain names associated with child sexual abuse imagery is increasing, according to the UK’s Internet Watch Foundation 2018 Annual Report. In 2018 the IWF found 3,899 domain…