Radix registry, who run a bunch of new TLDs including .tech, .space, .online, .press and more have released their premium sales report for H1 2021.It's been a good year for the company so far, with their overall premium sales up 43% from H2 of 2020.Here are a few other salient data points:$2.91M in premium revenue$1.67M coming from renewals43% growth in premium new … [Read more...] about Radix Reports Premium Sales up for H1 2021
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ICANN’s NomCom Announces Selections
ICANN's nominating committee is responsible for selecting people for a variety of positions across the various boards, councils and committees within ICANN. The number of appointments varies year on year, due to term lengths and other factors.This year's appointments were announced yesterday:ICANN Board of DirectorsEdmon Chung, Asia, Australia, Pacific … [Read more...] about ICANN’s NomCom Announces Selections
ICANN Expands Contractual Waiver for Security Issues to Registrars
ICANN has announced that they are expanding the scope of contractual waivers for security issues to include registrars. That's a bit of a mouthful, so I'll try to unpack it a bit.Under normal circumstances both registrars and registries are bound by ICANN policies and contractual obligations. In simple terms this means that they only register and manage domain names when … [Read more...] about ICANN Expands Contractual Waiver for Security Issues to Registrars
3 Years of .Global
The .global TLD has been live for 3 years and to celebrate the registry has prepared a nice graphic showing some interesting data about the domain extension's usage (see below).At time of writing there are just over 34 thousand .global domains registered. While that number may not be as high as some registries the .global registry is claiming quite high usage rates, as well … [Read more...] about 3 Years of .Global
Two Years of Dot Tech
The guys over at Radix Registry have put together a nice little graphic to celebrate the second anniversary of the .tech TLD. Over the past two years the domain extension has grown to over 300 thousand registered domain names. In terms of users they've managed to get several high profile companies onboard including Web Summit, CTA and many more. … [Read more...] about Two Years of Dot Tech
How Much Should Startups Budget for a Decent Domain Name?
Bill Sweetman from NameNinja has released a handy little guide to domain name pricing for startups. While the guide is aimed at businesses starting out, the information around domain name pricing is applicable to anyone who wants to either "upgrade" their online brand or launch a new one.The guide focusses primarily on .com domain names, but also mentions both ccTLDs, … [Read more...] about How Much Should Startups Budget for a Decent Domain Name?
Brands and Domains Early Bird Tickets go on Sale
Brands and Domains is a domain event that focuses on brand owners and how they are using or potentially could use top level domains. And in this context when we say "top level domain" what we mean is the likes of Sony running the .sony TLD.The event is scheduled to be held in The Hague (Netherlands) from 1 - 3 October 2017.To get a taste of the event you can peruse the … [Read more...] about Brands and Domains Early Bird Tickets go on Sale
ICANN Announces Date and Venue for 2017 GDD Summit
ICANN has formally announced both the dates and the venue of the GDD Summit 2017.This year's event was held in Amsterdam, while 2017 will see the event move to Madrid. The venue for the event is the NH Collection Madrid Eurobuilding in central Madrid. Choosing Madrid as the venue for the meeting will probably suit European attendees, as it's quite easy to get to from most … [Read more...] about ICANN Announces Date and Venue for 2017 GDD Summit
DNS Belgium Adds Registrar Association and Others To Board
DNS Belgium, who run both the .be ccTLD as well as .brussels and .vlaanderen, have announced some additions to their board of directors.The newly formed Belgian Registrars Association, Bereas, is joining the board, as is Comeos, BeCommerce and IAB Belgium.Full details in the release below: Leuven, 20 June 2016 -- DNS Belgium, the non-profit association responsible for … [Read more...] about DNS Belgium Adds Registrar Association and Others To Board
French Supermarket Giant LeClerc Turns On DotBrand
Earlier this week French supermarket giant E.Leclerc launched a new site for their sports' goods. The key change? The new site lives at sport.leclerc. Leclerc, which employs over 94 thousand people, is one of the companies that opted to get its own "dotbrand". While some companies have rolled out a variety of different things on their own domain extension it's still rare to see … [Read more...] about French Supermarket Giant LeClerc Turns On DotBrand