Registry Services

DomainsBot to Help Professionals Find .PRO Internet Addresses More Easily

RegistryPRO, the ICANN-designated operator of the .PRO top-level domain and a subsidiary of leading registry services provider Afilias, today announced that DomainsBot will now include .PRO in their domain name search and suggestion tool, used by the majority of the world's best-known Internet domain name retailers, including 101Domains, Blacknight, MeshDigital, Net4In and Tucows.

The Ratings Are In: Measuring .ORG’s Trust and Success in Numbers

We were pleased to find that a large majority of all respondents (90%) associate a .ORG web address with the words "non-profit," "trusted," "exclusive," or a combination of all three. Furthermore, nearly half (49%) of the respondents polled would choose to purchase a .ORG domain to relay information about a cause that they were passionate about.

dot Brand or dot What? Consumers Unaware of New TLDs, Including .Google, .Microsoft and .Nike

Afilias Limited, a global provider of domain registry services, has announced the results of research on consumer attitudes towards the hundreds of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) that will launch beginning in 2013.

.PW General Availability Opens With More Than 4000 Orders in 30 Minutes

The newest TLD has fast gained worldwide acceptance with over 110 active registrars signing up from 32 countries to offer .PW domain names to customers; launched as the Professional Web at the ICANN Meeting in Toronto, .PW is a new namespace operated by the Directi Group.

LogicBoxes Announces Vertical Integration Solutions for New gTLDs

LogicBoxes, the developer of OrderBox, a Registrar automation product currently used by over 100 ICANN Accredited Registrars, announced the launch of a new solution, 'Integrate Vertically', tailored to meet the needs of New gTLD operators.

.PW Registry Extends Landrush Till March 22, 2013

The Registry for .PW – the Professional Web, today announced that the Landrush Period will be extended for 4 days, until March 22, 2013.

Network Solutions & Register.com, Web.com, become 100th and 101st Accredited Registrars for .PW

Network Solutions and Register.com, Web.com brands, 2 of the world's top 10 registrars became .PW Registry's 100th and 101st accredited partners respectively.

Public Interest Registry Releases Report Revealing Continued Growth of the .ORG Domain

Public Interest Registry - the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain - today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, "The Dashboard," detailing the increased growth of .ORG from July to December. The report reveals that new .ORG registrations increased by 11.9 percent in the second half of 2012.

.PW Landrush Goes Live

The Registry for .PW – the Professional Web, today announced the opening of the Landrush Period, a limited time opportunity to acquire short, valuable and industry defining keyword domain names. The Landrush phase is active for just 29 days from 18th February, 2013 to 18th March, 2013.

Public Interest Registry Opens Call for Expressions of Interest for .NGO & .ONG Domain Registrations

Interested parties who submit an EOI online will receive alerts and updates on the status and registration process of .NGO/.ONG domains when they become available in 2014.