The first .wales and .cymru domains went live back in September 2014. Just over a year later there are now over 19 thousand .wales and .cymru domains registered. The .wales domain extension appears to have been significantly more popular than the Welsh language version .cymru, with approximately twice as many registrations so far. In terms of registrar spread, it looks like … [Read more...] about Over 19 Thousand Welsh Domains Registered
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S4C, The National Assembly of Wales and others Back .Wales & .Cymru
Getting "anchor tenants" for a new top level domain can be a challenge. However, in the case of .wales & .cymru it looks like the strings have hit a chord, if you'll excuse the pun. Last month during the opening ceremony of the ICANN meeting in London it was announced that the Welsh government would be switching over to the new extensions. Today comes the announcement … [Read more...] about S4C, The National Assembly of Wales and others Back .Wales & .Cymru
Welsh New TLDs To Launch September
Nominet are involved in several new TLDs, but they are going to be running the new TLDs for Wales. Earlier today Nominet confirmed the launch date for both .cymru and .wales - September 1st 2014. The launch will be done in phases with general availability (GA) being planned for Q1 2015 Here's the launch phases: One of the challenges Nominet faces with .wales and … [Read more...] about Welsh New TLDs To Launch September
Nominet Doing Market Research On .Wales and .Cymru
Nominet, which won the contract for .wales and .cymru, is currently conducting market research on the two strings. Nominet have contracted Beaufort Research to help them garner feedback from their stakeholders on how they'd like to see the two Welsh extensions developed. The questionnaire covers a range of topics including policy, pricing and perceived demand. Oddly … [Read more...] about Nominet Doing Market Research On .Wales and .Cymru
Nominet To Apply For .Wales and .Cymru
In the run up to the launch of new TLDs there were a lot of rumours about which organisations would apply for which strings. Detractors might pick holes in the entire project, but it's very hard to argue against the merits of new TLDs specifically in the context of cultural linguistic communities that fall outside the realm of ccTLDs (country code top level domains). The … [Read more...] about Nominet To Apply For .Wales and .Cymru