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I used to avoid these but see more and more that they can be good brands. Some real world examples: - Slack (implies laziness): business productivity tool - Banana Republic (unstable Latin American dictatorship): midmarket clothing brand - Hotwire (stealing a car): Travel website - Urban...

As reported on Namebio, Himachal.com sold for $19,250

I have renewed several .in domains over the last 72 hours at Dynadot... the domains still are not renewed. Contacted Dynadot support and they say they are having connection issues with the Registry. They say no time frame for a resolution. A bit concerning that this has gone on so long - my...

Received the following email from the Registry today: National Internet Exchange of India (hereinafter referred to as NIXI) is the official .IN registry for the purpose of running .IN and .Bharat domain registry and therefore for granting the said domain names, NIXI enters into agreements with...

The IN Registry keeps an updated list of domain names it reserves from registration at - https://www.registry.in/reserved-names There is a separate list for ASCII and IDN domains. The lists are quite long as the same term is reserved in all the possible .in extensions and IDN extensions.

The Registry is holding a public consultation - https://www.registry.in/system/files/public-consultation-document-terms-and-condition-for-registrants.pdf They are looking at amending the legal agreement for holders of .in domains. Currently the legal agreement with registrars prohibits drop...

Unfortunately, this article is only available to subscribers, but the beginning is quite interesting and relevant...

https://domainincite.com/28572-godaddy-could-lose-out-as-nixi-brings-in-in-house From the tender:

From - https://www.techcircle.in/2022/08/05/nixi-slashes-prices-of-indian-domain-names-by-over-75 Apparently, there are over 3 million .in domains registered to date.

From DNW - ".In cybersquatting dispute decisions are nowhere to be found" https://domainnamewire.com/2022/06/14/in-cybersquatting-dispute-decisions-are-nowhere-to-be-found/ The whole article is worth a read.

DaaZ has added a number of new features. I just received this email from them -

From DomainIncite - “National security” cited as registry says you have to ask its CEO if you want to register more than TWO domains https://domainincite.com/27327-national-security-cited-as-registry-says-you-have-to-ask-its-ceo-if-you-want-to-register-more-than-two-domains Really Bizarre...

Looks like NIXI has hired a marketing agency - https://yaap.in/ to promote on social media and revamp their visual identity. https://www.afaqs.com/news/advertising/yaap-wins-nixis-social-media-and-brand-development-mandate Sounds like a very positive step.

I thought that this twitter thread from Mark Rofe contained excellent information on finding a person's email address -

The registry for .ca has a promotional campaign running on and offline. I think that the ads are quite well done - here is one:

From - https://www.medianama.com/2020/09/223-net-4-india-bankruptcy/

Dofo keeps some interesting stats about all extensions, including .in - https://dofo.com/extensions/in 1.9 million .in domains have been registered. This makes it the 23rd most popular extension and 14th most popular cctld. Apparently 103,100 are listed for sale in various marketplaces. The...

Effective September 16, 2020, there are various changes being made to the INDRP Rules of Procedure, INDRP Policy, and the Code of Ethical Conduct for Arbitrators. You can find the announcement for this at - https://www.registry.in/announcements/amendments_INDRP The link also includes...

Source: https://domaingang.com/domain-news/by-order-of-the-court-cant-register-any-amulet-domains-in-india/ Seems quite an overreach to me! I wonder if the decision will be appealed.

Epik has launched a $4.99 .vc domain special today. The domain extension seems to be gaining popularity - see: Morgan Linton's comments - https://morganlinton.com/the-vc-domain-extension-is-becoming-pretty-darn-popular-with-venture-capitalists/ Jason Sheppard interview -...