Nominet (the .co.uk registry) has just released its annual ‘Domain name industry’ report. The report contains some interesting findings and results. One of the first things the report mentions is that in September 2009, 187.6 million domain names were registered worldwide. This is an increase of 8% compared to September 2008, meaning that between September […]
Read more >SnapNames has recently discovered that it was defrauded by one of its own employees. SnapNames is a company which organises auctions for domain names. One of their employees has set up an account in the SnapNames system under a false name and under this name bid in auctions which were provided by SnapNames. The bids […]
Read more >ICANN recently announced at its annual meeting, which was held in Korea this year, that Chinese, Arabic, Korean and some other non-Latin characters can be used as an extension to register a domain name. It is absolutely a possibility that soon. “中国” (. cn) will be used as a domain name extension. CINIC, the Chinese […]
Read more >After the sunrise period for the .net.br extension which started on April 6th and ended on October 6th, we’ve now reached the landrush period. During this lanrush everyone who wishes to do so, can register a name under the .net.br extension. Applications for this domain will be treated on a first come, first served base.
Read more >Since Friday October 23th, Denic (.de registry) offers the opportunity to register short .de domain names. The following names can be registered: 1 number domain names, 2 number or 2 letter domain names, 3 letter domain names. Denic released those domain names rather unexpectedly. The only thing you should keep in mind if you want […]
Read more >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 […]
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