NIC.ar is considering to allow registrations under the second level extension .ar. They follow, among others, Nominet who made .uk domain names available for registration. Until now only registrations under third level domains names are available for Argentina, like .com.ar and .net.ar, but soon you might also be able to register your domain name directly […]

Afilias, the registry for .info, .bet, .pink,… introduces the registry lock for all 28 extensions they manage. This registry lock, not to be confused with the transfer lock, is an extra security that you can activate to protect your domain name. The transfer lock, which is usually standard and free for all names registered under […]

DNS-LU (.lu registry) reached 100,000 registered .lu domain names last week. A milestone for this extension. DNS-LU registered the 100,000th .lu domain name 27 years after its launch in 1992. 100,000 registered .lu names may not seem that much but if you compare this with the number of inhabitants, 1 in 6 Luxembourgers has a […]

Last week the domain name voice.com was sold by MicroStrategy Incorporated for as many as 30 million dollars, fully paid in cash. This transaction is considered by DNJournal as the largest domain name sale this year and even the largest known domain name sale ever, paid for in cash. Block.one, a Blockchain Software Developer, purchased […]

Top Level Design (the .gay-registry) communicated that the .gay release will be postponed until 2020. Originally .gay would have gone live October 19th 2019, coming out day, but this won’t happen..gay will now be released in 2020 and will coincide with a Pride Event according to the registry. Ray King, CEO of the .gay registry, […]