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go.theregister.com /4 weeks ago

ICANN opens applications for new generic top-level domains for the first time since 2012

$227k gets you a hearing for your dot.vanity project, or strings in one of 27 scripts The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Thursday kicked off a new a...

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3dnews.ru /4 weeks ago

ICANN впервые с 2012 года открыла приём заявок на новые домены первого уровня

Организация ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) накануне инициировала новый процесс приёма заявок на регистрацию доменов первого уровня (gTLD), впервые с 20...

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domainincite.com /1 month ago

The internet just got its first new TLD since 2022

There’s a new gTLD in the root, the first time ICANN has added a string in over four years. Don’t get too excited though: it’s a dot-brand, kinda. As of the weekend, .merck is live...

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jdsupra.com /1 week ago

Amazon launches .PAY

While the second round of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) opened at the end of April, a number of new gTLDs from the first round of 2012 have yet to launch; however, the wait...

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domainincite.com /4 weeks ago

2026 new gTLD round has actually opened

As of today, you can now apply to own a piece of the internet’s root zone for the first time since 2012. Almost unbelievably, given some of its relatively recent history, ICANN has...

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domainincite.com /1 month ago

Introducing Stringtel, my new free new gTLD tool

I’ve launched Stringtel, a free, industry-first string discovery and risk mitigation tool for new gTLD applicants. Stringtel is designed to help applicants reduce the risk of their...

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domainincite.com /3 weeks ago

Over 100 new gTLD bids have already been announced

With the 2026 ICANN new gTLD application window now officially open, one striking difference compared to the 2012 round is the number of organizations that have broken cover to ann...

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domainincite.com /1 month ago

Amazon sells three gTLDs to Identity Digital

Amazon appears to have offloaded three of its dormant gTLDs to Identity Digital, judging by ICANN records. While no formal notices of registry contract reassignment have yet been p...

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domainincite.com /3 days ago

More cheap new gTLD applications approved

ICANN has approved 18 more requests for reduced-fee new gTLD applications under its Applicant Support Program. As of last week, the Org said it has conditionally approved a total o...

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jdsupra.com /4 weeks ago

ICANN Offering “dotBrand” Top-Level Domains — Application Window for a [.Brand] Domain Opened April 30, 2026

For the first time since 2012, ICANN—the body that governs internet naming—is opening applications for “dotBrand” generic top-level domains (gTLDs) beginning April 30, 2026....By:...

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domainincite.com /2 weeks ago

Identity Digital acquires another dormant gTLD

Identity Digital has taken over another 2012-round new gTLD that never launched. The ICANN contract for .safety recently changed hands, with original registry Safety Registry Servi...

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domainincite.com /1 month ago

Unstoppable buys 10 new registrars

Unstoppable Domains has got 10 new registrar shell companies accredited by ICANN. According to ICANN records, the companies UnstoppableUS1 LLC through UnstoppableUS10 LLC now have...

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domainincite.com /1 month ago

ICANN to throw millions more at cheapo gTLDs

ICANN wants to increase the number of new gTLD applications it will subsidize from its own coffers, as well as the size of the discounts it will provide. The Applicant Support Prog...

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domainincite.com /1 month ago

.radio’s new owners might have a fight on their hands

Should gTLD registries that avoid costly auctions by promising to serve special limited communities be allowed to later change their business models to improve sales? That’s the qu...

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jdsupra.com /1 month ago

Why .Pay Is a Critical New Domain for Brand Owners in Payments, Fintech, and Financial Services

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is rolling out a new generic top-level domain (gTLD): .pay. Marketed by the registry as an extension dedicated to en...

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domainincite.com /1 week ago

Identity Digital takes over 25-year-old TLD

Identity Digital’s recent acquisition spree has continued, with the company recently taking over as registry operator for a sponsored gTLD that made its debut in 2001. The registry...

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domainincite.com /1 month ago

Kid-friendly domains could be reborn

With governments around the world increasingly looking at reducing the harmful effects on the internet on children, it seems child-friendly domain name projects may see a resurgenc...

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domainincite.com /2 weeks ago

ICANN throws a bone to its most stubborn new gTLD applicant

ICANN has offered an olive branch to a new gTLD applicant that refuses to accept defeat well over a decade after it was rejected. The Org has offered one last chance for Indian app...

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domainincite.com /1 month ago

Is a .tree gTLD very cool or very silly?

.tree is one of the first-ever publicly announced gTLD applications, predating even the 2012 application round, and it seems to have been proposed for a second time. A web site usi...

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domainincite.com /1 month ago

Shrinking .us TLD is up for grabs

The .us ccTLD may change registry operators in the not too distant future, but the domain is currently on a fairly steep downward trajectory in terms of registrations. There’s also...

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domainincite.com /1 month ago

GlobalBlock signs the two best deals it will ever get

Trademark-blocking service GlobalBlock has added the world’s second and third-largest TLDs to its roster. China’s .cn and Germany’s .de are now among the hundreds of TLDs, pseudo-T...

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domainincite.com /3 weeks ago

.music has competition as .mu repositions

Identity Digital and it.com Domains are to market the Mauritius ccTLD, .mu, as an open alternative to the .music gTLD. According to it.com, the ccTLD will be marketed international...

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domainincite.com /4 days ago

.pay sunrise going gangbusters

Amazon’s .pay gTLD is seeing defensive sunrise registrations selling far in excess of what you’d normally expect from a new gTLD launch. .pay went into sunrise April 14, with an ex...

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domainincite.com /2 weeks ago

Verisign to delete .name 3LDs and email addresses

If you needed more evidence of how innovation-resistant the domain name industry can be, Verisign is killing off two non-standard services that have been running for a quarter-cent...

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