Do New gTLDs provide value?
What are new gTLDs?
For those who don’t have a technical background or are not from the domain name industry, a global Top Level Domain or g’TLD is what comes after your brand in a domain name., such as .com, .net, .info, etc. Before the new gTLDs launched, there were about...
.sexy massive price increase
In case you have not heard yet, UNR (Uniregistry) has announced a significant increase in the registration fee for .sexy domains beginning on April 30, 2022. All domains registered before 30 April 2022 will continue to be grandfathered at their current price.
Current pricing...
Verisign plan to increase .com & .net prices
Verisign, the US government-backed Registry for .com (and .net), plans to raise prices in 2022 and will be followed by annual price increases to cope with rising costs, including the expense of protecting the internet’s infrastructure from constant cyberattacks.
Some...
ICANN asked to suspend .ru and .su domains
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov has urged the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to effectively ban Russia from the Internet.
In a letter, Mr Fedorov asked the body to revoke the .ru and .su domains,...
.brand – more owners terminate
The new gTLD program has struggled to make a significant influence on the overall domain name landscape. While the launch back in 2012 created a lot of buzz and saw many brands handing over $200,000+ to secure their piece of the Internet, the roll-out was slow and the...
.xxx Sunrise B block expiring in 2021
ICM Registry, which was acquired by MMX in 2018, launched the highly successful dotXXX Sunrise B blocking service for .xxx in 2011. These blocks will expire in 2021.
As a successor to this popular blocking product, MMX is offering AdultBlock/AdultBlock+ service a service,...
ADULT Block – is it worth it?
Several years ago the ICM Registry launched XXX, .SEX, .ADULT and .PORN. In order to protect TM owners, they also introduced a special blocking phase called Sunrise B, which prevented 3rd party registrations.
In 2021, Sunrise B expires and is being replaced by AdultBlock and...
Latest TLD news – January 2021
Verisign has removed 14 domain names from the list of premium .tv domain names, and will designate the removed domain names as standard priced domain names with the corresponding regular fees (including initial registration and registration renewal fees). These domains are:...
.Org being sold – what you need to know
.Org, the space that represents nonprofit domains, has been sold to a private equity firm that many claim could be harmful the integrity of the open internet.
Since 2002, domains ending in .org have been purchased through an agency called the Public Interest Registry, which...