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October 1, 2020News

Preferential period .mt almost over

When the Maltese registry started the release of the .mt extension on December 1, 2017, they created a so-called preferential period. This period ends on November 30, 2020.

September 24, 2020News

.fr turns 34

Afnic (the .fr registry) is celebrating because the .fr extension blows out 34 candles. A lot has changed since the start of this extension, which only increased the popularity of the .fr domain.

September 17, 2020News

1 and 2 character .eus names

From now on it is possible to register a 1 or 2 character domain name under the .eus extension (Basque Country).

September 15, 2020News

General availability .ar finally started

On September 15, 2020, the general availbility (GA) of the .ar domain (Argentina) has finally started. Normally it would have started on February 27th. Payment issues with landrush applications and Covid-19 threw a spanner in the works, postponing the GA’s release indefinitely.

August 13, 2020News

Some very interesting short domain names will be auctioned off

We recently reported that Luxembourg registry would be releasing 1 and 2 letter .lu domain names. The Tchad registry is planning to do the same for .td. They however won’t be cheap. Bidding for 1-letter .td domain names starts at € 10.000 and for two letter .td domain names the reserve price is set at […]

August 6, 2020News

1 and 2 character .lu names available soon

DNSLU (the .lu registry) has announced that they will soon release 1 and 2 character .lu names. As a result, all the following names will become available: 1.lu, rd.lu, bp.lu, hp.lu, ék.lu, … The only names that you will not be able to register are lu.lu and ns.lu . The release will happen in 3 […]

July 26, 2020News

What’s .new?

Since a few days anyone who wishes to do so can register a name under the .new extension. The general availability for this domain has started. However you still need to meet certain conditions if you wish to register a name under .new.

July 10, 2020News

6 million .nl names registered

A while ago, the SIDN (.nl registry) passed the 6 million domain name registrations. And obviously they are quite proud of that.

June 26, 2020News

EURid and Brexit: time schedule

On February 1, 2020 the United Kingdom has left the European Union. Until December 31, 2020 the UK and the EU have entered a so called ‘transition period’. During this transition period UK citizens and residents can still register domain names under the .eu domain. However this will change from January 1, 2021.

June 26, 2020News

Corona disrupts release .gay extension

On February 10, 2020, the long-awaited release of .gay started. Normally, the different phases of .gay would be completed between February and May 2020. However, the Corona virus put a stop to this.