The Spanish domain registry (.es) is planning to introduce multi-year registrations.Although an exact date has not been announced the change is expected to come into effect during October.A number of the ccTLD registries in Europe have either introduced multi-year registrations or are in the process of making changes to the registration periods available.The IE ccTLD introduced … [Read more...] about Spanish Registry To Introduce Multi-year Registrations
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UK Hits Seven Million Domains
The UK registry has now hit the seven million names registered.You may recall them hitting six million names in July of last year, which means (obviously) that they've added over one million names in just over a year.tootsdrivingschool.co.uk was the 7 millionth domain.More on this story on the Nominet site … [Read more...] about UK Hits Seven Million Domains
IE Domain Registry To Introduce Multiyear Registrations
The IE Domain Registry has announced that they will be enabling multiyear registrations of IE domains later this week.From 6pm on Wednesday 13th 2008 it will be possible to register IE domains for 1,2,3,4,5 or 10 years at a time.(Why you cannot register a domain for 6,7,8 or 9 years hasn't been explained as yet). … [Read more...] about IE Domain Registry To Introduce Multiyear Registrations
Record Sales In .FR Aftermarket
Image via WikipediaStephane mentioned the sales of auto.fr and voitures.fr, which are two premium names, being dictionary terms.What's interesting about these sales is that both names were supposedly bought by the same buyer and that they have set a new record for .fr sales.While porn.fr may have sold for €30k, auto.fr went for €100k via Sedo and voitures.fr fetched a very … [Read more...] about Record Sales In .FR Aftermarket
IEDR Boss Interviewed in Sunday Business Post
David Curtin, IEDR CEO, was interviewed during the week by Sunday Business Post's technology editor Adrian WecklerThe full interview is available online.Some of the questions posed by Weckler revealed some of the more awkward and restrictive views of the registry, including its policy on censoring domain names. However it is interesting to note that Curtin not only made public … [Read more...] about IEDR Boss Interviewed in Sunday Business Post
Dutch Registry Reports 3 Million Names
Frank mentions that the Dutch registry (SIDN) has reached the 3 million names mark. … [Read more...] about Dutch Registry Reports 3 Million Names
IEDR Annual Report 2007 – More Fun Reading
The IEDR's annual report for 2007 has been published ( IEDRAnnualReport2007.pdf )Of course they didn't bother telling any of their stakeholders that it had been released, but we're more or less used to their lack of communication at this stage, as they prefer to tell the media!In any case with the current Comreg public consultation ongoing the report was bound to make at least … [Read more...] about IEDR Annual Report 2007 – More Fun Reading
Dotdk To Come Under New Management
It's official.DotDK is to come under new management from early 2009.The DotDK Society have released a full press release detailing some of the reasons why their new management will be a marked improvement for stakeholders.Afilias has been chosen to handle the registry backend, so the full deployment of EPP is to be expected.More information is available on the DotDK siteBoth … [Read more...] about Dotdk To Come Under New Management
AFNIC Publishes Preleminary EPP Timeline
In common with a lot of the other ccTLDs, AFNIC is slowly but surely making the move to EPP.Earlier this morning all registrars were emailed with details of the provisional EPP timeline and technical details.Further information is on the AFNIC site. … [Read more...] about AFNIC Publishes Preleminary EPP Timeline
Consultation Period On IE Namespace Opening
Comreg, the Irish communications regulator, is starting a consultation process on the IE namespace.The consultation paper is ComReg 08/48.Unfortunately any links on the ComReg site to the aforementioned document are returning a 404 (not found) error at present, so it will probably be Monday before we will be able to see the document's contents.EDIT: The links are now working … [Read more...] about Consultation Period On IE Namespace Opening