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November 5, 2021News

Changes validation SSL certificates coming soon

As we reported earlier, the rules for validating a certificate will change this year. From November 22th 2021 onwards it will no longer be possible to validate a wildcard certificate by placing a file on your website. Validation via e-mail or via DNS is still possible. Other certificates can still be validated via a file […]

October 20, 2021News

EURid retains management .eu extension

These were exciting times for EURid (.eu registry). The European Commission has launched a new tender for the management of the .eu extension. It is not the first time that the European Commission has launched a tender for the management of the .eu extension, but it is the first time that several candidates were in […]

October 11, 2021Tips & Tricks

Ready for Black Friday? Register your Black Friday domain name!

Black Friday has been gaining popularity in recent years. It originated in the United States (the day after Thanksgiving) and it’s the shopping day par excellence. It’s the unofficial start of the holiday season and lots of stores have incredible promos and special offers. You have a great promo and you want to make sure […]

October 1, 2021Tips & Tricks

World Animal Day, put your pet in the spotlight with a .pet name

October 4th, World Animal Day. Did you know that you can also put your pet in the spotlight with a .pet domain name? Nice videos of your cat? Cute pictures of your dog? Funny stories about your guinea pig? Exciting adventures of your hamster? Fresh news about your chickens? New fish in your aquarium? Share […]

September 23, 2021News

.fr celebrates 35th birthday

The .fr extension (France) is blowing out 35 candles today. Currently (September 2021) there are 3.82 million names registered under the .fr domain. On September 2, 1986, .fr took its first steps. At the time, this extension was mainly used by academics. In 1997, Afnic (.fr registry) was created to manage the .fr extension. From […]

August 30, 2021News

.zuerich has taken off

The release for .zuerich domain names has started. As of today, holders of a registered trademark which has been applied at the TMCH can register their naan under the .zuerich domain. This first phase, the so-called sunrise, will run until 29/10/2021. On November 22, the Early Access Period (EAP) starts for a period of 10 […]

August 24, 2021News

Registrations under .au possible from March 2022

The Australian registry has announced that they will allow direct registrations under .au from March 24 2022. Until now, only third level registrations are possible (.com.au, .net.au, .org.au) but that will change from March 2022. With the release of the .au domain, Australia is following the lead of the UK and New Zealand, among others, […]

August 23, 2021Tips & Tricks

What if the domain name you want isn’t available for registration?

After much deliberation, you have found the right name for your company. After a lot of blood, sweat and tears you have devised the perfect online marketing campaign for a new product launch. In short, you are all set to get started. And then… it appears that the domain name has already been taken. Recognizable? […]

June 22, 2021About us

New bNamed employee: Raf De Kinder

Service is important and at bNamed we have been committed to high-quality support for years. That is why we would also like to introduce our newest employee to you: Raf De Kinder, the new customer service agent at bNamed. Raf has recently joined the bNamed team. He has completed an intensive internal training during which […]

June 17, 2021Extensions in the spotlights

Side by side with your .sbs domain name

The year 2020 was a challenge on many levels. Healthcare was under enormous pressure, our lives changed completely on a social level, lots of people were juggling with the combination of working from home and having children take (online) classes at home. In short, it was a particularly tough year for everyone. However, after a […]