Ireland’s ccTLD hit the quarter million domain name registrations mark last week as .ie has been on a mini boom since a relaxation in eligibility rules in March. Today there are 254,400 .ie domain names registered, and 34,000 have been registered this year. The magical domain name chosen as the 250,000th was for a leading…
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.NET Slide Continues As New gTLDs Rebound and Total Domain Registrations Close on 340 Million: Verisign DNIB
The number of domain names registered around the world closed in on the 340 million mark at the end of the second quarter, 2018, according to Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief, as .net registrations continued to slide and new gTLDs rebounded. At the end of the quarter, there were 339.8 million registrations, an increase…
DomainTools Sees 1 Billionth Domain Name
There are currently around 335 million domain names registered around the world, but many domain names are deleted or expired and some are re-registered. So DomainTools has announced they’ve seen their 1 billionth unique domain name in the 17 years they’ve existed. But how many domain names that have come and gone, nobody knows. DomainTools…
.LUXE Launches With Ethereum Blockchain Innovation And Security At Its Heart
Minds + Machines (MMX) has launched what they’re describing as the first open top level domain to combine Ethereum blockchain innovation and security with ease-of-use for today’s world, with a Sunrise period commencing today. The .luxe standard that “lets you exchange easily” smart contracts, crypto and other blockchained products. With a .luxe domain name, there’s…
Escrow.com Introduces Escrow Pay: Secure Online Payment of Domain Names
Escrow.com has introduced a new streamlined checkout payment system for the buying and selling of domain names, as well as cars, boats, aeroplanes… anything of value, with one line of code added to a website. The service is called Escrow Pay and has no minimum fee and prices as low as 0.89%. It’s being billed…