ICANN Opens New gTLD Application Window
Round Two of ICANN's new gTLD program officially opens
It has been more than 14 years since the last New gTLD application round opened.The internet’s biggest naming expansion in more than a decade is now...
The Cost of Waiting: What Happens If You Miss the Next gTLD Round
The Risk Starts With Delay
The next round of new gTLD applications is expected to open in late April 2026, according to ICANN. For many organisations, that makes the decision feel immediate. But for others,...
Scarcity Is Real: Why the Next gTLD Round Isn’t Just “Another Opportunity”
A Decade Between Decisions
When the first round of new generic top-level domains opened in 2012, many organisations...
The Role of Domains in Banking Login Scams
The Role of Domains in Banking Login Scams: Lessons for the next new gTLD round
Banks have spent years educating...
New gTLDs and Cybersecurity: Risk, Reality and What Comes Next
Why the New gTLD Program Matters for Cybersecurity
For those of us working in cyber security, domain abuse is not an abstract policy discussion. It is an operational reality. Every phishing campaign, fake...
Brand gTLD vs Defensive Domain Strategy
As the next ICANN New gTLD Program approaches, many brands are taking stock of how they manage and protect their domain name footprint. For organisations that have spent years dealing with phishing, impersonation and domain misuse, this is familiar territory. Domain name...
The Facts about Round Two of the New gTLD Program
After 13 years, major organisations and stakeholders are positioning to participate in the 2026 new gtld program. For brands it represents an opportunity to own their own domain name space and confer greater brand visibility and defensive online presence. However, it also...
ICANN Confirms the Next New gTLD Round, What You Need to Know
The New gTLD programme begins. No longer theoretical.
This is the moment many in the industry have been waiting for. ICANN has formally confirmed that the next round of the New gTLD Program is no longer stuck in policy limbo. With the final...
The New gTLD Program: Round Two – What We Know
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is progressing toward the next round of the New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program, scheduled to commence in April 2026.The next round of the new gTLD program presents an opportunity for brands, individuals,...
Phishing Domains and New gTLDs: A Growing Security Concern
Phishing Domains are a new gTLD problem. The introduction of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) was intended to create a more diverse and flexible internet landscape, offering greater options for internet users. However, the reality has shown that these new gTLDs have...
New gtld: Do we need more domain name spaces in our lives?
With a new gtld program being signalled for future implementation, we look at the history, pros and cons and provide opinion on whether this benefits the community or whether this is just a self servicing initiative to sell more domain names that are not needed.