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March 28, 2024Uncategorized

Release .post extension

A new extension has been introduced, namely the .post extension. Previously, it was virtually impossible to register a name under the .post domain. However, the .post registry has decided to drop the rules, making it possible for everyone to register a .post domain name. The release of these extensions will take place in 2 phases. […]

June 29, 2023Uncategorized

.eco registry introduces registry lock for .eco domain names

The .eco registry now offers an extra form of security for your .eco domain name, namely the registry lock. This lock is an extra security layer that ensures that your .eco name is even better protected. If you decide to activate the registry lock for your name under the .eco extension, no update can be […]

February 28, 2023Uncategorized

.asia registry introduces registry lock for .asia domain names

The .asia registry now offers an extra form of security for your .asia domain name, namely the registry lock. This lock is an extra security layer that ensures that your .asia name is even better protected. If you decide to activate the registry lock for your name under the .asia extension, no update can be […]

January 22, 2021Uncategorized

Brexiteers’ website victim to Brexit

EURid (.eu reigstry) has provisionally suspended the website ‘www.leave.eu’. Leave.EU, a British lobbying organisation which campaigned for Brexit, has become a victim of that Brexit. Now that Brexit is a fact, as an organization outside the European Union, LEAVE.eu no longer has the right to use a .eu domain name. To do so you need […]

May 13, 2020Uncategorized

DigitalForYouth already sent over 11.000 refurbished laptops to schools

DNS Belgium (the registry behind .be, .vlaanderen and .brussels) had been working on their new “good cause” for a while: DigitalForYouth would finally launch in 2020. The goal is to give discarded laptops a second live by refurbishing them and giving them to Belgian schools and other institutions, who don’t have the financials means to […]

June 20, 2019Uncategorized

Release .gay has been postponed

Top Level Design (the .gay-registry) communicated that the .gay release will be postponed until 2020. Originally .gay would have gone live October 19th 2019, coming out day, but this won’t happen.

June 19, 2019Uncategorized

.eu launches .ευ

EURid, the .eu registry, is launching the .ευ extension. Nowadays everyone knows the .eu extension, the extension that shows your European roots. Within the European Union, we don’t only have different languages, we also have different writings. After the .eu launch, the Cyrillic writing .ею followed. Soon however, also the Greek .ευ will follow.

June 19, 2019Uncategorized

Giant surge in .uk registrations

Last week over 350.000 .uk domain names have (finally) been claimed by their rightful owner. Over the last 3 weeks combined, there were even well over one million .uk domain names registered. That’s much more than for example the 271.000 .uk names registered during the 52 weeks of 2018. Almost exactly 5 years ago, direct […]

June 18, 2019Uncategorized

The .ie registry releases special domain names

The .ie registry decided to release three special domain names. These domaine were previously restricted because they match other top-level domain name extensions. The three domains are …

June 11, 2019Uncategorized

.eu soon possible without European address

EURid (.eu-registry) has announced that from October 19th 2019 onwards, it will be possible for all EU citizens to register a .eu domain name regardless of their residency.