Everyone hates Verisign’s new .net deal856 The public has commented: Verisign’s .net registry contract should not be renewed in its currently proposed form. ICANN’s p...
UAE boasts rapid domain growth in 2022615 The United Arab Emirates reckons its ccTLD saw growth of 20% last year, crossing a landmark in the first quarter this year. Local regul...
Three more straggler new gTLDs coming soon508 Three more new gTLDs from three different registries are set to launch this (northern hemisphere) summer. Identity Digital is gearing u...
woke.com among domains in NamesCon auction478 Right Of The Dot has published the list of domains it hopes to help auction off during the forthcoming NamesCon 2023 conference in Texa...
Domainer asks court to block Epik sell-off429 The customer suing Epik and its management over a fumbled $327,000 domain deal has asked a US court to prevent the company from selling...
Newly launched .zip already looks dodgy959 A trawl through the latest zone file for Google’s newly launched .zip gTLD reveals that it is likely to be used in malware and ph...
Progress made on next new gTLD round rules753 Pace towards finalizing the details of the next new gTLD application round is picking up, with a group of policy-makers close to overco...
Brands ask for cheaper ICANN fees422 The group representing dot-brand gTLD registries has asked ICANN to relieve its members of millions of dollars of annual fees. The Bran...
ICANN salary porn: 2022 edition410 ICANN has published its fiscal 2022 US tax returns, revealing as usual the big bucks its top brass and contractors are paid for boldly ...
Another registrar seemingly vanishes444 An accredited registrar appears to have gone bust after its parent company failed. ICANN has sent a breach notice to Nimzo 98, which wh...
