Efty added today an additional 22 categories, bringing the total number of categories and matching For-Sale landing pages to 46. When Efty launched it had a list of categories users could assign to their domains and to list them under on their marketplace sites.  The list was based on a wide range of categories Efty sourced from [...] Continue reading →

Three foreign new gTLDs have been approved for sale and resolution in Chinese capital Beijing, according to MMX. The portfolio registry said today that its .vip is among the first to receive approval from the Beijing Communications Administration, one of China’s many regional authorities. According to MMX, while many gTLDs have managed to pass through [...] Continue reading →

Catalonia’s future will be decided later this year when the people will vote on whether to remain part of Spain or to become an independent state. If Catalonia becomes an independent country then it will need its own domain name extension (ccTLD). So what will it end up with? The ISO list of two [...] Continue reading →

The horrible events of Houston and its impact on domain investors such as Eric Lyon show that we all can be effected by life’s hardships regardless of wealth and income level.  Everyone assumes that as investors we must all be wealthy and that we make hundreds of thousands of dollars if not millions.  The reality [...] Continue reading →

The 15-year-old .museum gTLD could soon be open to a great many more potential registrants, following an ICANN contract renewal. The registry, MuseDoma, has negotiated a new Registry Agreement that rewrites eligibility rules to the extent that soon basically anyone should be able to register a name. Since the gTLD went live back in 2002, [...] Continue reading →

As the Internet continues to expand, it’s becoming more and more important that we involve younger generations, who are digital natives, in Internet governance discussions. They are the future leaders, and we want to encourage them to take an active role in shaping Internet policies. But how do we do that? The recent Asia [...] Continue reading →

Part 1: Why You Need to Keep Your Contact Information Up-to-Date Have you received an email reminder from your registrar sometime in the past year, reminding you to review and update your contact information? You should have. This reminder email may be long and contain a lot of information, but it's important that you don't [...] Continue reading →