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New gTLD Registrations Hit Lowest Numb...
Registrations among new gTLDs aren't in freefall, but numbers continue to drop as registrations come up for renewal and, for some, following heavily discounted promotions, registrants aren't renewing. Registrations were 26,770,640 across the 1,226 new gTLDs to have been delegated by ICANN as of 25 July according to nTLDstats.com, the lowest they've been since 28 November last year when there were 26,692,986 registrations. In the intervening period registrations have
ICANN Opens Registrations for ICANN60 ...
ICANN has opened registrations for ICANN60, which will also be the ICANN Annual General Meeting. The meeting will take place from 28 October through 3 November. And for anyone unable to travel to Abu Dhabi, there will be remote participation options. Abu Dhabi is the capital and the second most populous city of the United Arab Emirates, and also capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the largest of the UAE's seven emirates, according to Wikipedia. To register, go to:ht
Jordans ccTLD Halves Registration Fees
The Jordan National Information Technology Center has announced it halved the registration fees for .jo domain names on 1 July. The Jordanian ccTLD is one of the smaller ones with 4,809 domain name registrations as of 20 July, almost half (2,225) at the second level and almost one third (1,546) under .com.jo. The new fees will see .jo domain names now available for registration for $71, and given the original fee was double this it's not hard to see why, in part, re
Anyone Anywhere Can Now Register a .AS...
The .asia top level domain has commenced its new simplified registration processes that allow for any business or person anywhere to register a .asia domain name. The new simplified rules commenced on 15 July with an official update to the .Asia Eligibility Requirements policy. The easier registrations are particularly beneficial for entities without a pre-existing regional Asian address or proof of local I.D. This means anyone can now register a .Asia domain, even i
.health new gTLD Completes First Phase...
[news release] dotHealth LLC announced today (11 July) the conclusion of the first phase of its launch, which ended on July 7, 2017. The 'Sunrise' phase was a 60-day period during which trademark holders were eligible to claim the .health domain name that corresponds with their trademark. 'It's great to have completed the first phase smoothly, and we are looking forward to the next phase of our launch,' said Jose Ignacio Rasco, CEO of dotHealth, 'We saw many great he
FICORA Claims New .FI Registry-Registr...
Registrations of .fi domain names has increased markedly since the last northern autumn when the Finnish registry introduced a new registry-registrar model. From the beginning of 2017, more than 40,000 new .fi domain names have been registered and at the end of June, the number of .fi domain names registered totalled 430,000. The Finnish ccTLD registry attributes a large portion of the increase has been attributed to the new model where FICORA has delegated registrat