Two million domains to transition from GoDaddy Registry to Identity Digital. [This story has been updated with a statement from Identity Digital and terms of the contract.] Top level domain name company Identity Digital has won the U.S. ... Continue Reading3 Comments
46k .si domains registered in September, momentum growing after Trump’s executive order
· UncategorizedDomain investors are betting on .si. Will businesses, too? Slovenia's .si domain name saw unprecedented growth last month. According to the registry, 46,066 new .si domains were registered in September, and momentum is growing. In the last two ... Continue Reading1 Comment
New top level domain reveal day set for October 7
· UncategorizedAll 1,616 applications and replacement strings will be revealed next Thursday. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the day many of you have been waiting for is next week. ICANN's Reveal Day for new TLDs is set for October 7. At 18:00 UTC, the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Slovenia’s .si domain grows more than 15% in wake of Trump’s UN speech
· UncategorizedTrump jumpstarts new growth in Slovenia's ccTLD. The country code domain for Slovenia, .si, has seen a surge in registrations over the past ten days. During a United Nations speech on September 22, Donald Trump said the U.S. government would ... Continue Reading1 Comment
ICANN heads down under for 2027 AGM
· UncategorizedICANN90 will take place in South Australia. ICANN announced this week that it has chosen Adelaide, Australia, as the location for its 2027 Annual General Meeting. The event will take place October 30-November 4, 2027, at the Adelaide Convention ... Continue Reading5 Comments
D3 launches new TLD pre-order platform Frontier
· UncategorizedCompany aims to determine demand for TLDs, and help connect early registrants with participating registries. Domain company D3 has launched Frontier, a platform that could help registrants get first dibs on new top level domains when they begin to ... Continue Reading5 Comments
ICANN confirms 1,616 new top level domain applications
· UncategorizedICANN collected over $350 million in application fees. ICANN has confirmed the final tally of top level domain name applications for the 2026 round: 1,616. The organization said it received 1,663 applications, but not all were paid for. At ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Identity Digital spins out agentic effort, now called Known
· UncategorizedCompany's Innovation Labs will become a separate company. Domain name company Identity Digital has spun out its nascent agent identity initiative into a new company called Known. Identity Digital launched a division called Innovation Labs earlier this ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Twente region of the Netherlands to get its own domain
· UncategorizedThe Netherlands will have three local TLDs. Twente, a region in eastern Netherlands, is getting its own top level domain. Dotlocal announced it submitted an application for .twente in this year's top level domain expansion round. Twente has ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Why these “bad” domains sold for big bucks
· UncategorizedEditor's note: When you see a nonsensical expired domain sell for lots of money, it's likely that the buyer purchased it for the SEO value instead of the domain itself. After a long absence, I'm excited to have Sean Markey back to cover these domains and ... Continue Reading11 Comments
