Afnic (.fr registry) considers to start offering IDN domain names. IDN names, Internationalised Domain Names, are names which also contain non-Latin characters such as é, è, î,…
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This post was written by lieve on January 26, 2012
In 2011 the news was announced that ICANN has given the green light for applications of an own gTLD. This allows you to apply for your own extension such as for instance .paris, .london, .hotel, .mail… ICANN has now put the next step by opening a website via which you can effectively submit your application. Do keep in mind that, if you wish to file such an application, you should have a significant budget.
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This post was written by lieve on January 13, 2012
The .be registry has carried out a survey to dropcatching within the .be domain. Dropcatching is the re-registering of an expired domain name the second that domain name becomes available for registration. The most striking result was that dropcatching of .be domain names is rising rapidly. While in 2009 and 2010 less than 5% of the expired domain names were registered again by a dropcatcher, in 2011 this amount has more than doubled to over 10%. Read More…
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This post was written by admin on December 21, 2011
ICM (.xxx registry) has recently blocked some .xxx names which were registered by cybersquatters rather unexpectedly. Question is whether this action is as positive as it was meant by the registry and whether the registry didn’t cause confusion by doing this.
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This post was written by lieve on December 15, 2011
EURid (.eu registry) has made a proposal to change the transfer and trade procedure for a .eu name during 2012. The aim would be to replace the current procedure with a quicker procedure that is also more in line to standard transfer procedures of other TLD’s.
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This post was written by lieve on December 14, 2011
The .xxx-General Availability has been delayed for at least one hour because of a technical issue at the .xxx-registry. During a last-minute check, an amount of domain names that was actually requested during the sunrise or landrush was still being shown as available in the registry system while they should not be available for registration.
We’ll keep you updated once there is more news on this.
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This post was written by Bart on December 6, 2011
Today the .fr registry didn’t just relax the rules for .fr registrations, they also released some other extensions which they manage: .re, .yt, .pm, .wf and .tf. As from today everyone who has an address within the European Union can register a name under one of those extensions.
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This post was written by lieve on December 6, 2011
As from today, the new rules for .fr registrations came into force. Those new rules mean a relaxation of the current registration policy.
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This post was written by lieve on December 6, 2011
Holidays are coming and they bring along some presents. That’s why EURid (.eu-registry) organises a Christmas campaign which gives you a chance to win an iPad2.
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This post was written by lieve on November 23, 2011
At the start of this year, the American online retailer Overstock cut a deal with the .co-registry to get hold of the domain name o.co. They were allowed to register this fancy domain name in return of running an expensive promotion campaign for their new brand o.co, which was supposed to also give the .co-extension more credibility. It looks like this has now backfired to both parties. Read More…
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This post was written by Bart on November 17, 2011
