ICANN operates on a multi-stakeholder model, where every internet community has a voice in developing policies. However, it also relies on contractual instruments negotiated between ICANN and the contracted parties. These contracts include the Registry Agreement, the Registrar Accreditation Agreement, and the Registry-Registrar Agreement, which are negotiated directly between ICANN, registries, and registrars. The following focusses on the recent amendment to these agreements, which requires contracted parties to take reasonable and appropriate action to mitigate or disrupt domain registrations engaged in DNS Abuse.

The ICANN community is trying to start the next round of new gTLD applications, but their quest for perfection has caused delays. They have initiated several policy development processes to ensure the next round is flawless, but this has led to setbacks. However, the Subsequent Procedure working group has acknowledged this issue and proposed a model where new gTLD procedures would be handled in rounds, allowing policy development to continue without halting the program.

To kick off the new year, we’re rounded up the 20 most popular domain extensions from 2022. We’ve got some new entries this year as well as some firm brand favourites holding strong from across the last few years.

Registering a domain is often surprisingly affordable until you see the high cost of renewing the domain. You can save money and keep your domain when you register with one of the sites on this list, such as Upflare, DynaDot, and Porkbun. This article discusses seven of the cheapest domain renewals.

The registry responsible for .ORG also proposes other domain extensions aimed at empowering mission-driven organisations to engage with their communities and positively impact the world.

.AU, the ccTLD for Australia, is now going to be open to registration as a direct domain name. Learn more about its special registration conditions below!