Targetting the US Market? Maybe A .US Domain Makes Sense?
The internet is global, but it's also local. What do I mean? If you're an Irish business you probably have ...
ICANN Pulls The Trigger on RAA Prematurely
Blacknight are an ICANN accredited domain registrar. We're the only Irish company to have ever been accredited by ICANN and ...
Blacknight Urges ICANN to Reconsider “Closed Generic” TLDs
We've posted about "closed generics" a few times in the past. What are they? Basically they're applications for new tlds ...
ICANN Should Clarify Position On Key Word New TLDs
Back in September a number of domain name industry leaders, including ourselves, wrote to ICANN to express our deep felt ...
Letter to ICANN: Clarifications On Non-Trademarked Generic Keyword TLD Are Needed
Earlier this week a group of domain name industry leaders sent a letter to ICANN about the handling of Non-trademarked ...
Amsterdam, Registrars, Registries, Van Gogh and More
Tomorrow morning I'm heading off to Amsterdam. I wish it was just to enjoy the city, to soak a bit ...
Irish Domain Registrar evaluates which new TLDs will first be available for their customers
Earlier this week ICANN held a lottery or draw to help determine the prioritisation of new TLD applications We put ...
ICANN Toronto Quick Preview
We'll be attending the ICANN meeting in Toronto next week. It's the 3rd ICANN public meeting this year and as ...
Press Release: Blacknight to ICANN – The Registration of Generic Key Word TLDs Should Be Available to All People
Following on from our post about our letter to ICANN we issued the following press release earlier this morning. September ...
Sometimes You Want To Wear Shades – Whois Privacy Now Available
As dragons go Bert is very sociable. Of course being such a well known social media icon and hosting and ...
Squishy Wants A .Cat In The Big .Cat Promo
Squishy is one of our favourite cats (it's just his "stage name") and he's as happy as we are to ...
ICANN Prague Preview
ICANN's 44th public meeting is being held in Prague next week and we'll be attending. It's one of the three ...
