The guys over at the .me registry have reason to celebrate - they've just announced that they've hit an important milestone. There are now over 1 million .me domain names registered. You can read about the .me 1 million names and how much it means to them over on their blog. In the meanwhile this graphic shows how the zone grew over the past 8 years: There's quite a … [Read more...] about DotMe Breaks 1 Million Domain Names
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Over 19 Thousand Welsh Domains Registered
The first .wales and .cymru domains went live back in September 2014. Just over a year later there are now over 19 thousand .wales and .cymru domains registered. The .wales domain extension appears to have been significantly more popular than the Welsh language version .cymru, with approximately twice as many registrations so far. In terms of registrar spread, it looks like … [Read more...] about Over 19 Thousand Welsh Domains Registered
PuntCat The .Cat Registry Breaks 100k Domains Registry
The .cat domain name registry has broken the 100 thousand domains registered mark. The milestone was reached last Friday evening and was made official Saturday. The registry put out a release to celebrate the milestone and are confident in their claim that the .cat domain name is now the "go to" domain extension for Catalonia and Catalan speakers. This is exactly what Santi … [Read more...] about PuntCat The .Cat Registry Breaks 100k Domains Registry
Minds & Machines Replace CEO Antony Van Couvering With CMO Toby Hall
Minds and Machines (Top Level Domain Holdings) is one of the publicly traded companies involved in the TLD space. The company trades on the UK stock market with the symbol: LSE:MMX Earlier this morning news broke that the company's board had voted unanimously to remove company founder and CEO Antony Van Couvering. Van Couvering broke the story himself in a blog post … [Read more...] about Minds & Machines Replace CEO Antony Van Couvering With CMO Toby Hall
IEDR Hire New Staff
IEDR have announced via an email to their registrars two new hires: Customer Operations Manager Financial Controller The roles were previously held by one person, Angela Butler, who not only ran both areas of the IEDR's business, but also acted as the organisation's number 2. Ms Butler announced her departure from IEDR a couple of months ago, which led to IEDR … [Read more...] about IEDR Hire New Staff
Dot London Running Twitter Based Advent Giveaway
The .london domain registry has been working hard over the past year to build on its "local" roots. As you can expect the .london domain name is meant to be for people and businesses in London, so their site is full of examples and testimonies of London based businesses and people and how they use their .london domain name. Earlier this year the registry launched the .london … [Read more...] about Dot London Running Twitter Based Advent Giveaway
DotGlobal Registry Giving Away Premium Names
The guys over at the .global registry are doing something a little different for Christmas. They've giving away premium domain name every day of advent! Every day from December 1st until December 24th you can enter a draw to win a premium .global domain name: We will be giving away one valuable premium domain name every day up to December 24th. We have 24 .GLOBAL premium … [Read more...] about DotGlobal Registry Giving Away Premium Names
The .Quebec Registry Celebrates One Year
Like other businesses, new TLD registries like to celebrate milestones. In the case of .quebec they are currently celebrating their 1st year in business, or as they like to put it, their first birthday: As .quebec is aimed at the French speaking community of Quebec they do most of their marketing and outreach in French, so choosing to launch the … [Read more...] about The .Quebec Registry Celebrates One Year
ICANN To Host Brand Focussed New TLD Breakfast Event
ICANN is hosting a breakfast event entitled "The Evolution of Domain Names" in London next week. The event, which will be held at the Royal Society, will have a firm focus on how big brands plan on using domains. The speakers for the event are: Akram Atallah, President of the Global Domains Division (GDD), ICANN Freida Tallon, Sky Elliot Antrobus-Holder, … [Read more...] about ICANN To Host Brand Focussed New TLD Breakfast Event
Uniregistry Provides A New Home For .Hiv
Earlier today Uniregistry and the .hiv registry announced that the .hiv registry was changing hands and that it was being taken over by Frank Schilling's Uniregistry. That .hiv is going to a good home is excellent news. But why did this happen? The .hiv domain extension wasn't setup like other domain extensions. It was established to be something else - a digital red … [Read more...] about Uniregistry Provides A New Home For .Hiv