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Three more straggler new gTLDs coming soon

Three more new gTLDs from three different registries are set to launch this (northern hemisphere) summer. Identity Digital is gearing up to launch .watches in June, while newcomer Digity will launch .case in July and Intercap will launch .box in August, according to ICANN records. .watches was bought from luxury goods maker Richemont, which hadn’t […]
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Danish national registry changes its name. Don’t laugh.

DK Hostmaster, the ccTLD registry for Denmark, is changing its name to Punktum dk. The company, which has been running .dk since 1999, said that it’s a move to modernize the brand away from the old days where it only had one narrowly technical task. Google Translate tells me “punktum” is the Danish word for […]
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Verisign narrows domain growth guidance

Verisign cast a slightly more optimistic light on the potential for .com and .net growth last week, as it reported a modest improvement in first-quarter sales. Management told analysts that it’s now expecting domain growth of between 0.5% and 2.25% for the year — a boost to the low-end but a lowering of the high-end. […]
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Nominet looking for another director

.uk registry Nominet has opened up its 2023 elections for a new non-executive director. The company is looking for a NED able to serve a three-year term starting at the AGM in the fourth quarter. Director Phil Buckingham’s current three-year term is up in September. You don’t need to be a Nominet member to apply, […]
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CentralNic expects revenue up 24% in Q1

CentralNic has disclosed its earnings expectations for the first quarter, and revealed it has diversified its pool of advertising partners. The company expects revenue for the three months to March 31 to come it up 24% at $194.9 million, with adjusted EBITDA up 15% at $21.3 million. Excluding acquisitions, year-on-year organic growth for the trailing […]
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Uniregistry successor makes big pricing changes on two TLDs

Internet Naming Co is slashing thousands of dollars from the price of one of its TLDs and increasing the price of another by a similar amount. The company, which took over nine former Uniregistry gTLDs last year, is reducing the wholesale price of .forum domains from $1,000 a year to a retail price of $39 […]
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