DNS.be, the organisation that runs the .be registry, recently upgraded their software backend to add some new features. While most upgrades usually only impact registrars, the latest update includes an interesting new feature for registrants - registration certificates. While this isn't a completely novel idea (a number of other ccTLDs offer it) it's a nice little … [Read more...] about .Be Registry Offering Registrants Certificates
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UK Domain Names Now Available For 1 to 10 Year Registration and Renewal
Nominet turned on multi-year registrations and renewals today, so now UK domain names can be registered or renewed for periods from 1 to 10 years. With this move Nominet brings itself into line with gTLDs and a lot of other ccTLDs, where the 1 to 10 year registration period has been available for some time. As a registrar and registrant I'm delighted by this move. It also … [Read more...] about UK Domain Names Now Available For 1 to 10 Year Registration and Renewal
Nic MX Rebrands Registrar Division
The .mx registry, Nic MX, has rebranded its registrar division as "Akky" and sports a new logo and corporate image. They've adopted the hare as their new image stating that it symbolises agility, speed and warmth (or maybe I messed up the translation!) The new site doesn't have any additional information on what exactly they're doing, and currently is just a Flash … [Read more...] about Nic MX Rebrands Registrar Division
Denic Breaks 15 Million Names
Denic, the registry operator for .de, the country code for Germany, has now got over 15 million domain names registered. The registry operator is currently showing 15,000,530 names in total, so the 15 million milestone was probably hit in the last couple of hours. I suspect they'll make an official announcement in the next day or two. Related … [Read more...] about Denic Breaks 15 Million Names
IE Domains Break 175 Thousand Mark And Reports Growth
The latest press release from IEDR covering Q1 of 2012 announces a couple of things: Q1 2012 registration figures were 12.2% higher than Q4 2011. We previously reported that they'd recorded a 12.9% growth during 2011 There are now more than 175 thousand .ie domain names registered. (As of 12.21 today there are 178949 in total) There's no actual analysis of the … [Read more...] about IE Domains Break 175 Thousand Mark And Reports Growth
Nominet Breaks 10 Million Domains
Nominet, the .uk registry, announced yesterday that they'd broken the 10 million domains mark. The .uk registry is currently the 2nd largest country code extension in the world. Interestingly there were over 2 million domain names registered in each of the last two years and the renewal rate stands at around 70%. Later this year the registry will be introducing multi-year … [Read more...] about Nominet Breaks 10 Million Domains
Irish Country Code High Risk For Business
If you're going to choose a country code for your business you might want to think long and hard about choosing the .ie ccTLD. Why? Because if you reorganise your business you might end up losing your domain. In several recent cases the IEDR have flatly refused to update the registrant details on domain names citing registry rules that were never applied to the initial … [Read more...] about Irish Country Code High Risk For Business
Nominet Non-Executive Board Election 2012
Nominet's board elections for 2012 are kicking off today. Up for grabs are two non-executive board posts, though both of the current board members whose seats are being vacated are also standing for re-election. The timeline is pretty simple: Nominations open - 5 March Closing date for nominations - 19 March, 12.00 noon Voting commences - 16 April Voting closes … [Read more...] about Nominet Non-Executive Board Election 2012
Peter Vergote New Chair of CENTR
Peter Vergote has been elected chair of CENTR. Mr Vergote works in the legal and policy team with the .be registry. The election took place at the organisation's meeting earlier today in Salzburg. The previous chair was Mathieu Wiell, AFNIC's CEO. … [Read more...] about Peter Vergote New Chair of CENTR
Nominet Publish Draft Member Code
Nominet, the domain registry for the .uk ccTLD, has published a draft "member code". Nominet's structure means that its registrars are also "members" of the organisation, so this move is quite an interesting one. You can read the draft text on the Nominet site here. From an initial reading the "code" appears to be quite "light" and doesn't impose any onerous obligations … [Read more...] about Nominet Publish Draft Member Code