According to the ZACR (ZA Central Registry), more than 1.2 million domains have now been registered across all Second-Level Domains that the registry administers. This includes the SLD’s “co.za,” “org.za,” and “net.za,” amongst others, as well as 3 Geographic TLDs (Top-Level Domains), “.joburg,” “.durban” and “.capetown.” The most popular of these, the eponymous “.co.za” has […]
Tag Archives: Domain Name Authority
Since the beginning of the year, ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has been taking applications for custom generic TLD’s or top level domains, which will enable companies to have their own brand as a domain, rather than the standard .com or .co.za. Coming in at $185,000 per application, and an annual […]
In some earlier articles, (ICANN Approves Brand Name Suffixes and IAB Opposes Brand Domains) we’ve discussed the then approaching launch of generic top level domains, and some of the issues around them. Now, the day has come, and as of yesterday, ICANN began accepting applications for top level domains with custom suffixes, instead of the […]
According to a recent report in WebProNews, IAB, the Interactive Advertising Bureau, is opposing the recently publicised decision by ICAAN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to lift restrictions on generic top level domains. The lifting of this restriction will make it possible for companies to use their own brand names as top level […]
In what has been hailed as the most significant decision since the creation of the “.com” suffix, more than 25 years ago, ICANN, (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) the global body that regulates domain naming conventions among other things, has voted in favour of the implementation of new top level domains. At […]
There’s a domain sales con that’s been going around for quite a few years now, and it looks like it’s come back with a vengeance again. In the last few years, we’ve probably fielded over 500 calls from concerned clients asking for our advice on this one, and a recent spate of new enquiries has […]