Domain Names

Priority Access Program for Verisign’s First IDN New gTLD, .コム

Verisign launched its first IDN new gTLD, .コム - the .com you know, now in Japanese - on Dec. 9, 2015 at 12:00 a.m. UTC. We recently submitted updated TLD Startup Information for .コム to ICANN, extending the end date for the .コム Sunrise Period from Jan. 31, 2016, to March 14, 2016, and shifting the dates of the subsequent registration periods. more

New .PET Domain Sunrise Period Begins January 19

Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, today announces that the Sunrise Period for the new “dot PET” or .PET top level domain is now open for eligible trademark holders only. more

.CO Hits 2 Million Domains as Premium Sales Surge

Neustar, Inc., the operator of the .CO Top-Level Domain, today announced that .CO has surpassed 2 million total domain names under management, with new domain registration growth accelerating from 10 percent in 2014 to 18 percent in 2015. more

Neustar’s Career Site Launched Under Its Own Branded TLD: ‘careers.neustar’

We're proud to announce that Neustar's careers webpage has been re-launched as a stand-alone website: careers.neustar more

Radix Closes Holiday Sales With Over 35K Paid Registrations

Radix has been actively working behind the scenes to create a splash across the domain name market with aggressive Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. more

Radix’s .ONLINE Fastest to Sell 100,000 Domains

After a very successful launch (38,000 domains in the first 24 hours) and breaking all nTLDrecords, .online surpassed 100,000 domain registrations this morning. Radix shared the 100,000th domain to be registered -- myfamilyroots.online that came through eNom. more

.PRO Domains Now Available to All

Global registry leader Afilias announced that beginning today, .PRO is an unrestricted Top Level Domain open to all registrants. That means that everyone is now eligible to register a domain name ending with .PRO, such 'yourname.pro'. more

LogicBoxes Announces Pioneer Registrar Program

Program meant exclusively for ICANN Accredited Registrars offers domain automation outsourcing and access to a suite of innovative Registrar tools & services along with strategic investment opportunities. more

Internet Grows to 296 Million Domain Names in Q2 2015

We have released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the Internet grew by two million domain names in the second quarter of 2015, and closed with a base of 296 million domain names across all top-level domains (TLDs). more

.Online Becomes the Fastest TLD to Sell 50,000 Domains

Post a record breaking launch, .online is still going strong 7 days into launch. After registering 28,000 domains in the first 30 minutes, .online seems to have broken one more record -- the fastest to sell 50,000 domains. more