Afilias has announced that they'll start offering a "registry lock" service for all 28 owned or operated TLDs on the Afilias registry system. "Registry Lock" is a service that appeals primarily to bigger brands, governments, high profile websites or financial institutions. With a registry lock applied it makes it incredibly difficult for a domain to be hijacked, its DNS … [Read more...] about Afilias to Offer Registry Lock for 28 Domain Extensions
DNS Belgium Reports Renewal Rate of 86%
DNS Belgium, which runs both the .be ccTLD as well as the new TLDs .brussels and .vlaanderen, has published their annual report. Unlike most of the other domain name registries DNS Belgium have opted to take a much more interactive approach, so you can play around with the data and interact with it over on the report site. The trend of recent years was confirmed in 2018. We … [Read more...] about DNS Belgium Reports Renewal Rate of 86%
Afnic Annual Report Shows 84% Renewal Rate
Afnic, the .fr domain name registry, has released their annual report for 2018. The report covers the organisation's activities during 2018, which included hosting the IGF in Paris last November, as well as winning the contract to provide backend registry services to the .museum domain extension. They've also produced a nice simple graphic that highlights some of their … [Read more...] about Afnic Annual Report Shows 84% Renewal Rate
The Puma IE Domain Dispute is Disturbing
People and companies register domain names all the time. Sometimes you know exactly why you're registering a domain name and you have very specific plans for it. Other times you don't. However it's a pretty safe bet that if somebody registers a domain that is an exact or very close match to their company name that they're going to use it at some point. It's also very clear to … [Read more...] about The Puma IE Domain Dispute is Disturbing
Nominet Releases Data on Right of Registration Release
When Nominet decided to offer "direct' registrations under .uk they made the decision to reserve the right of registration (ROR) for existing *.uk registrants for a 5 year period. What that meant was that if you had johndoe.co.uk then you had first call on johndoe.uk and you had the right to exercise that "call" for 5 years. Personally while I liked the idea of the "right of … [Read more...] about Nominet Releases Data on Right of Registration Release