The .mx registry has once again lowered the price for the .mx extension. Right now, we’re half way the landrush for this domain. The landrush started on September 1st and ends on October 31st. During this landrush the price for the .mx extension will be gradually reduced. So far, already 9 price reductions took place. […]
Read more >At midnight, the .yu extension won’t exist any longer. Since Yugoslavia fell apart, it wasn’t possible anymore to register a domain name under the .yu domain but already existing names were still supported. At midnight, this support will also stop. Since beginning 2008, people who own a .yu domain name were offered the possibility to […]
Read more >Today ICANN and the American government are signing an agreement, a so called ‘affirmation of commitments’ says The Economist. Although this agreement is only 4 pages long, it contains an important annoucement. This agreement gives ICANN the autorithy to manage its own affairs. Moreover this agreement doesn’t need to be renewed every few years, it’s […]
Read more >A few days ago, the 1,5 millionth .fr domain name was registered via AFNIC (.fr registry). The domain name lessecouesduvocal.fr was registered by a group of professional performers from Haute-Savoie. With 1,5 million registrations the .fr extension seems to do very well. In January 2002, only 100,000 .fr names were registered. In June this number […]
Read more >Today the .mx registry has lowered the price for the .mx domain again. This is already the sixth price reduction during this landrush. Unitl October 31st the price for the .mx extension will gradually lower. The price for the .mx extension has been reduced by 10% compared to the previous price. You can find the […]
Read more >Tomorrow, September 18th 2009, the go-live for the .cm extension (Cameroon) will start. This go-live has been postponed several times due to technical issues. This issues should have been resolved now because the .cm registry has decided to operate all registrations on their own servers instead of cooperating with an external partner. During this go-live, […]
Read more >As of today it is possible to register a domain name under the .ai domain (Anguilla). The .ai registry has just released this extension. Everyone who wishes to do so, can register a name under the .ai extension. Domain names under .ai need to be registered for at least 2 years.
Read more >As mentioned before, the .mx registry will gradually lower the price for a .mx domain name during the landrush period of this extension. At the moment, the price has been lowered again by approximately 40% compared to the previous price for this domain. You’ll find the current price for this extension on our website.
Read more >From October 1 SIDN (the .nl registry) will mediate costless in quarrels over .nl names. This so-called mediation attempts to resolve a dispute without the intervention of a judge. The current procedure is that SIDN hires outside specialists in the field of domain names and registered trademarks and let them try to settle a quarrel. […]
Read more >On December 10th, Eurid (.eu registry) will launch .eu IDN domain names. During this launch, there won’t be a sunrise period, meaning that the owners of a registered trademark, which contains special characters, won’t be able to register their domain name sooner than anyone else. All applications will be treated on a first come, first […]
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