Domain names

The .CO domain was first intended for use with the country Colombia – meaning only people who lived or had business in Columbia could use it. After many years of debate it was finally decided on the 7th February 2010 by the registry operator of the .CO domain (.CO Internet S.A.S), that the .CO domain […]

Numerous businesses use .ME domain names such as About.me . Also, many businesses that use a .com extension have also registered a .ME domain – either to secure it for trademark reasons or to develop it. However, another group who registered .ME domains were people who wanted to use it for their personal websites. .ME […]

Easyspace is happy to announce launch of WHOIS Privacy service for .xxx domain registrations. As of January 2012, customers purchasing .xxx domains with Easyspace will be able to protect their details by adding the WHOIS privacy service during the initial registration process. Existing customers who would like to protect their details on current .xxx domain […]

From the 6th of December 2011 the .xxx domain name will be available for anyone to register on the Easyspace website. During the final stage (general availability), both members and non-members of sponsored adult community will be eligible to apply for domain name with .xxx extension on a first come, first serve basis. According to […]

EURid, the official .eu registry, is offering the chance to win two iPad 2’s during this fantastic Christmas competition. Until Xmas day 2011, both new and existing customers who register a new .eu domain name will be able to enter Christmas competition at http://www.winwith.eu. EURid’s “Win With .eu” Christmas competition will be running from 24th […]

On November 5, 1986, .de was the 10th ccTLD added to the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) database. Since the official launch the .de web address became the largest country code top-level domain name with more than 14.6 million registrations to date followed by .uk (United Kingdom) with more than 9 million registrations and .nl […]

Tuesday 8th November 2011, marks the beginning of the second period of the launch for .xxx domain names – The Landrush period. Only members of the adult entertainment community such as representatives, individuals or businesses that work in the sex industry or provide adult entertainment products or services are eligible to apply for .xxx web […]

According to VeriSign’s Quarterly Domain Industry Brief review, the second quarter of 2011 ended with over 215 million domain registrations across all top-level domain names (TLDs), an increase of 5.2 million (2.5%) since the Q1 of 2011. Overall domain registrations have grown strongly with a massive increase of more than 16.9 million (8.6%) since the […]

Until the 31st December 2011, Easyspace, the ICANN accredited domain name registrar is lowering .eu web address price from £12.50 to only £3.75 to help all new and existing customers to tap into European market. The .eu is country code top-level domain name for European Union which connects over 500 million people in 27 countries. […]

October 28th, 2011 will mark the official end of the Sunrise A and B period of the new .xxx domain. During these phases both adult and non-adult companies can apply for .xxx domain names before the general release in December. The new extension was initially proposed by ICM Registry in 2000 and then approved in […]