ICANN’s 3rd public meeting which is also its AGM will he held in Montreal, Canada
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CENTR Registrar Day
Annual event organised by CENTR where registrars can meet with domain name registries from across Europe
Growth, Private Sales and ‘The Brexit Effect’ – .IE Report
The total .IE domain database grew by 8.3% in H1 2019 compared to the same period last year, and by 39.7% compared to the same period five years ago, according to new figures published today in IE Domain Registry’s biannual .IE Domain Profile Report. At the end of H1 2019, there was a total of […]
‘Exceptional Growth’ as .IE Annual Report Shows a 29% Increase
IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the company responsible for managing the .IE registry, Ireland’s country-code domain name, has published its annual report and review for 2018. 51,040 new domain names were registered in 2018, an increase of 29.1% YoY (2017- 39,523). The total .IE domain database recorded 259,815 active domains by the end of 2018, up 10% […]
Final Call for .UK Right of Registration on Monday
If you have a .CO.UK domain name, you may also have the first option to register the equivalent shorter .UK domain name – but only if you do so before 25 June (i.e. on 24 June!) Prior to 2014, it was not possible to register a so-called second-level .UK domain. Registrants could only register a […]
Yes – Your €40* Website Includes a Domain Name and SSL Cert
Our new radio advertising campaign gets underway this morning on the Ryan Tubridy Show on RTE Radio One. The message: you can have a website for much less than you might think! Listen. I know what you’re thinking: websites are expensive, right?Wrong!With Blacknight siteBuilder you can build your site – and get a dot-IE domain […]
Off to Bangkok for Domains & DNS
Next week ICANN is organising a number of events that are focussed on the more operational side of domains and DNS. For the last few years ICANN’s Global Domains Division (GDD) has organised an annual conference that was aimed at registrars, registries and related organisations, but with a much stronger focus on our day to […]
IE Domain Registry Launching New Dispute Resolution Process
The IEDR, which runs the .ie domain name registry, will be introducing a new dispute resolution process in July of this year. At the moment if there’s a dispute involving a .ie domain name registration, such as one in relation to trademark rights, the only avenue open to a complainant is the ieDRP which is […]
EU Domain Brexit Update
We have been keeping a close eye on developments involving the .eu domain and Brexit. As a result of the most recent changes to Brexit the .eu domain name registry (EURid) have announced that they are suspending all actions for now. Once the UK’s plans with respect to withdrawing from the European Union are updated […]
ICANN 64 Kobe
The first public ICANN meeting of 2019 is being held in the Japanese city of Kobe.
Brexit and .EU Domains
If you have a .eu domain name with us and you’re using an address in the UK you’ll probably have got an email from us in the last couple of days. As we’ve mentioned several times over the past few months Brexit will have an impact on a number of things, including .eu domain names. […]
UK Domain “Right of Registration” Expiring Soon
If you’ve had a co.uk domain name for a few years you might have got email from us recently about a “reserved” .uk domain. What’s this all about? When Nominet, the domain registry for co.uk (and .uk and others) introduced registrations directly under .uk they put a layer of protection in place for existing holders […]