ICANN proposes .INTERNAL, a new TLD available for internal use but never plumbed into the global DNS, taking on the same role as 192.168.x.x IPv4 bloc
The plan is to keep the world at bay by never recording it in the DNS root - like may already do with a subdomain for an intranet
The manager of .ai TLD for British territory Anguilla estimates the island will make $25M to $30M from domain registration fees in 2023, up from $7.4M in 2021
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg :
The EU is seeking applicants for the next Registry of the .eu TLD, limited to non-profits, and is offering a five-year contract to manage 3.6M domain names
Kieren McCarthy / The Register :
Sources: ICANN delays review period for selling .org registry to Ethos Capital until May 4, after California's AG raised concerns it would hurt non-profits
Kieren McCarthy / The Register : Tweets: @anarchistdalek Tweets: @anarchistdalek : https://www.theregister.co.uk/ ... So the sale of the .org TLD was put on hold due to the fact that a massive shady ...
Ethos Capital, prospective buyer of .org TLD, proposes rules that would ban steep fee increases for nonprofits, establish an independent “stewardship council”
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
Ethos Capital, prospective buyer of .org TLD, proposes rules that would ban steep fee increases for nonprofits, establish an independent “stewardship council”
It also promises an independent oversight committee — Ethos Capital, the company controversially buying the .org top-level domain …
A look at Anguilla, a tiny British territory in the Caribbean with the .ai TLD, which made $2.9M in fees in 2018 through domain sales to AI startups and others
by A.I. start-ups or by speculators hoping to resell the names to big companies or investors — the island of Anguilla collects a $50-a-year fee, which goes mostly to the government treasury. https://w...
California AG asks ICANN for information about .org TLD price caps removal; ICANN says it is cooperating, asks Public Interest Registry to delay .org TLD sale
Office that oversees California non-profits demands extensive documentation. — The California Attorney general …
Tuvalu, a tiny island nation with the .tv TLD, has been cashing in on domain sales to Twitch and others, representing ~8% of the island's gross national income
In 1995, Stephen Boland sat in his government office while working as the macroeconomic planner for the Pacific microstate of Tuvalu when the fax machine whirred to life. Tweets: @yancyeaton , @brians...
Automattic quietly acquired the rights to .blog TLD in 2015 for about $19M, will start selling the domains this year
The company behind the world's most popular publishing platform is trying to make .blog happen. — WordPress.com owner Automattic announced today that it has …