The Baltic Domain Days conference was held for the first time last year in Riga, Latvia. Its focus being on the ccTLD domains in the Baltic region of Europe, which means .lv (Latvia) , .lt (Lithuania) and .ee (Estonia). This year sees the event move to Talinn, Estonia. When? 15-16 April Where? Kultuurikatel, Talinn, Estonia The event is free to attend, … [Read more...] about Baltic Domain Days 2019
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Estonian Domain Registry Reduces Wholesale Prices
The Estonian domain registry has announced a price drop on their wholesale rates. From January 1st 2014 .ee domain names will be 20% cheaper for registrars. The retail prices are set by the registrars. More details here … [Read more...] about Estonian Domain Registry Reduces Wholesale Prices
Google Withdraws 3 New TLD Applications
Google has withdrawn 3 of its new TLD applications. Its applications for .and, .are and .est are now listed as "withdrawn" on the new TLD application status page: As Kevin pointed out, the three strings break the rules, as they appear on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 list and are the codes for the United Arab Emirates, Estonia and Andorra. A fourth application, for .ksb … [Read more...] about Google Withdraws 3 New TLD Applications
ICANN Culls Registrar and Attempts To Offload Domains
As I've mentioned a few times in the past, ICANN takes a dim view of registrars who misbehave.EstDomains cropped up in the news a few times over the last few months, as their head honcho, Vladimir Tsastsin was embroiled in a number of legal issues in Estonia.ICANN finally sent EstDomains a notice of termination (burnette-to-tsastsin-28oct08-en.pdf )based on Tsastsin being an … [Read more...] about ICANN Culls Registrar and Attempts To Offload Domains