The National Rifle Association, which applied to operate the new domain extension .NRA, registered its 1st domain names and we have the list for you. According to their application to ICANN to operate the new gTLD .NRA, "All domains under this TLD will be managed by the NRA, so they will only be made available to organizations and individuals that have been personally approved and … [Read more...]
.XYZ is Back Over 1 Million Domain Registrations & None Of Them Are Free
The new domain extension .XYZ has crossed the 1 Million domain name registration mark again. However now all of the "free" Network Solutions (NetSol) domain names that were stuffed into customers accounts on a non-automatic renewal basis have run their course. So all remaining Netsol registrations for an .XYZ domain exist because the owner paid to register or renew the domain According to … [Read more...]
36% Of All US Banks Have Purchased a .Bank Domain Name
fTLD Registry the operator for .Bank announced today that 36% of U.S. banks have purchased a .BANK domain name and many are planning as using them for their online banking operations making .Bank the first break out success of the new gTLD program from an end user perceptive. "Since May 2015, 2,465 banks have purchased one or more .BANK domain names— signaling their commitment to providing a … [Read more...]
Delta Airlines Loses UDRP To Grab Domain Delta.Tours
Delta Air Lines, Inc. just lost its bid to grab the new gTLD Delta.tours in a one member panel UDRP of Douglas M. Isenberg. The domain holder's case was greatly helped because he registered four other .Tours domains on the same day. ""Complaint states that the Disputed Domain Name was registered on July 8, 2015, that “[w]ithout [Complainant’s] authorization, Respondent is likely intending to … [Read more...]
Looks like 86 Sunrise Domains For .Law; 30 For .Abogado But Not All Registrants Are Lawyers
The new gTLD's .Law and .abogado are in general availability but due to the new domain extensions being restricted, registrations are taking a while to show up in the zone file. Today it appears the domain names registered in the Sunrise Period were loaded into the zone and at the moment the count is 86 domain name registrations in .law and 30 for .abogado. However interestingly there seems … [Read more...]
.Wang Adds 90K+ Domains in 1 Day: 160K in 3 Days: Becomes 3rd Largest New gTLD
The new gTLD .Wang gained some 90,000 new domain registrations in the last day or so and over 160,000 new domain registrations since October 17th which is an increase of 50% According to Registered.Today .Wang gained more than 90,000 new domain registrations yesterday. According to ntldstats.com, the number of .Wang domain registration has grown from 285,000 on October 17th to … [Read more...]
MyRescue.Dog Awards A Total of $100,000 to 16 Local Dog Shelters
Petfinder Foundation announced the winners of the MyRescue.dog fundraising campaign, a month-long effort to celebrate rescue dogs and raise funds for the shelters and rescue organizations that save them. The campaign began on National Dog Day August 26 and ran through Sept. 26 www.MyRescue.dog a site built on a new domain extension of the new gTLD domain name registry Donuts. The “top dog,” … [Read more...]