Panel denies community objection against Donuts' .charity top level domain name application. New top level domain name company Donuts is officially back in the running for the right to run the .charity top level domain name, clearing the way to ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Radix to generate $12 million revenue in 2017
· UncategorizedNew TLD company discloses some financial results. New top level domain name company Radix announced today that it will generate $12 million or more in revenue in 2017. The company has $11.7 million in revenue up until the end of November. According ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Amazon.com launches .Bot domain names on Tuesday
· UncategorizedBot it won't be easy to register them. Amazon.com is making .bot domain names available to the public on Tuesday starting at 6 a.m. The company has been testing different business models for its new top level domain names and this domain is no ... Continue Reading7 Comments
.Brand domains are making progress
· UncategorizedPresentation at ICANN meeting shows slow progress. Like many things in the new top level domain name program, the launch and acceptance of .brand top level domain names has been slower than a lot of people hoped. But slowly but surely, new websites on ... Continue Reading4 Comments
AXA uses its dot-brand domain name and blockchain for new insurance product
· UncategorizedFizzy launched on fizzy.axa a couple months ago. This September insurance company AXA introduced a new test insurance product called Fizzy. The company launched it on its own .brand domain, Fizzy.axa. Launching the test product on a dot-brand domain ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Donuts’ numbers show promise for new TLD business model
· UncategorizedCompany reports solid growth and metrics. Keep an eye on it as discounted domains come up for renewal. Donuts has summarized data about its progress in 2017 and there are some interesting tidbits: Year-over-year growth in new registration volume ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Donuts files opening brief in .Web appeal
· Policy & LawCompany believes covenant not to sue is invalid. New top level domain name company Donuts, through its company Ruby Glen, LLC, filed its opening brief (pdf) last week in an appeal over the .web domain name. Donuts was one of the applicants for the ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Beijing starts issuing ICPs on new top level domains
· Policy & LawBeijing residents of approved TLDs can now get a license to use them. Getting approval for registrants to use and host content on new top level domain names in China can be a complicated process for registries. First, they need to get approval from ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Can .Web revive .Wed ?
· UncategorizedJean Guillon argues that the similarity between .web and .wed might help the latter as companies register them defensively. We're talking about two Registries: one which is live and the other which should be live sometime soon. Two Stories The ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Yes, people are using new top level domain names
· UncategorizedNot a lot, but you can't ignore that some people are choosing .com alternatives. It's no secret that usage of new top level domain names has been far below industry expectations. But that doesn't mean people aren't using them and using them in greater ... Continue Reading31 Comments