26
May
Cameroon, 26 May, 2009 – The president of NETCOM.cm Sarl, the official registry in charge of the Country Code Top Level Domains of The Republic of Cameroon, announced today that the top-level domain .CM will be launched this summer. Mr. Moustapha Saya Kaigama, president of NETCOM.cm Sarl, will present the details about the launch and […]
25
May
Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, is celebrating reaching the five million mark for .uk domain name registrations. The landmark registration, Hosepipebanbuster.co.uk, was registered on 16 May 2006 by Watermatics Ltd, an irrigation company based in Hertfordshire.
When founded in 1996, Nominet registered 2,000 .uk registrations in its first month of operation. Now the world’s fourth […]
21
May
Nic.ar will limit the number of domains per Entity Registrant from tomorrow. The maximum allowed is 200 domains. You will need a special permit if you need more.
This new rule appears in the B.O. 20/05/09 - Res 203/2009 - MRECIC-REGISTRATION OF DOMAIN NAMES ON THE INTERNET - Limit the number of registered names
More information: Buenos […]
21
May
PODGORICA, Montenegro, May 20 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — The .ME Registry announced today its popular ccTLD extension has hit 250,000 domains registered. Montenegro’s .ME Registry has seen significant growth since it launched the domain extension worldwide just over one year ago. In fact, .ME is the fastest growing new ccTLD.
JamesCrocker.Me, registered through GoDaddy.com, was the name which […]
21
May
- Milestone Achieved Within Two Months of Public Launch
Telnic Limited (http://www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD) nominated for a 2009 World Technology Award and InfoCommerce Group 2009 Model of Excellence Award, today announced that over 200,000 registrations of domains had been received within two months of General Availability.
“This […]
18
May
Customers of registrar OnlineNIC who had problems with previous transfer requests should now be able to transfer their domains to a different registrar if they wish.ICANN is aware that some customers of OnlineNIC have been prevented from completing requested transfers and ICANN has been working with the relevant parties in an effort to resolve complaints.
OnlineNIC, […]
18
May
The Irish registry, IE Domain Registry (IEDR), reported this week that the first quarter of 2009 saw the highest number of .IE domain name registrations for any quarter to date and defying the global financial crisis.While IEDR has restrictive rules for the registration of .IE domain names, the latest figures showed a total of 9,781 […]
7
May
Sedo has launched Sedo.com/Adult, a new portal to showcase the best adult domain names available through the website. The portal aims to tap into the global adult industry which they estimate to be worth $13 billion annually.So to search for .com or .net adult domain names available for sale or auction on Sedo, or to […]
7
May
LiveStream.com was the only reported domain name sale to break six-figures in the week to April 19 according to Domain Name Journal, selling for US$100,000. Other notable sales were Jeddah.com ($58,050) and LevelUp.com ($50,000).
Sedo sales made up the top five sales and seven of the top ten. The highest non-.com sale for the week was […]
7
May
The actress,Cameron Diaz filed for arbitration to get the domain name CameronDiaz.com. The domain name is currently parked at SmartName with links to “Cameron Diaz Actress”, “Entertainment”, and “Celebrity Posters”. The domain name’s whois record shows that it is owned by a Canadian company.
Lately,many celebrities have filed for abitration.Jay Leno who filed to get three […]