Iwantmyname Blog

[...] very post—my spiel on domain names, what you’re buying, what the deal is with all the new domain extensions, what email has to do with it all, and a bit about Whois privacy. Domain name? Domain [...]

[...] iwantmyname chief writer Chris asked an interesting question the other day: “Do domain extensions really matter anymore?”. This is something I’ve also been thinking about, and here are three [...]

[...] with a bang, but the month of October was a bit slower than the rest. Last month, only six domain extensions went live, but one particular TLD made a big wave—.NYC, which is already the eighth most [...]

[...] online businesses to be an unhealthy model, but each month we do like to put a few domain extensions on sale as a market predictor of sorts. This month, we're really excited about a few [...]

[...] -level domain (TLD). A year ago, that wasn't such a big deal to manage, but once the new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) launched, the search quickly became a lumbering hulk. Every time you ran a [...]

[...] domain name. My ongoing quest has gotten a bit easier since the launch of the new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) (being able to get just about any name in some form is a huge time-saver), but [...]

[...] neat platform—something we think you should know about. And we often post about new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) coming out, which could inspire you to start the next great website. We’ [...]

[...] for tech startups and developers. Now, after the 2014 introduction of the new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), we’re looking at yet another shift. So which TLDs will take the [...]

[...] for migrating a site to a new gTLD? Should brands REALLY get on new gTLDs and give up the status quo? Let's address them one by one. [...]

[...] make your decision. From Globe Runner's article "Search Engine Marketing Study: .Com Vs. New gTLDs" Our overall goal when setting up these tests was ultimately to determine whether using a . [...]

[...] a lot of perceived fraud probably isn't a compelling business plan. Once the world deems these new gTLDs normal, I'm guessing the "discount TLDs" will start changing over to get out of the [...]

[...] week for quite a while now, but never have we seen a launch so loaded as next weeks. 15 (?!) new gTLDs are launching between September 15-17, and this calls for some kind of pre-week announcement. So [...]

[...] I kind of love a good list. And today I came across a great one—a list of the 100 oldest .com domain names, which go all the way back to March 15, 1985. Here are the first ten, from Domain Holdings: [...]

[...] : Domain hack - Using domain extensions like .es and .io to create words or phrases out of domain names. Things like: .es: mak.es, bak.es, flak.es, cak.es, tak.es, cod.es, dat.es, pag.es, pi.es, [...]

[...] by the registrant. Registrants may not license, sub-delegate or otherwise transfer .NYC domain names to third parties that otherwise fail to meet the requirements of this Nexus Policy. So [...]

[...] : Several new gTLD registries will release hundreds of thousands of currently blocked domain names — some of them quite nice-looking — next Wednesday. It’s one of the first big batches [...]

[...] September was a giant month for new domain extensions, with 32 new top-level domains (TLDs) coming out, including the popular .london (now the [...]

July was a bit of a slow month for new generic top-level domain (gTLD) launches, with only four cracking the 5,000-registrations mark so far: .voting, [...]

We've now launched more than 150 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), and as expected, they're each experiencing different levels of popularity. Som [...]

The world of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) is looking up in September, with a great collection of locations, professions and industries being [...]

[...] it all out of our system. Last year we chose Fiji, which is only a short 2.5 hour flight from New Zealand, and it went so well that we stayed with the four-letter theme and packed our bags for Bali. [...]

[...] if this is the path you want to take, don't let it slip by. This is a big deal for the world of New Zealand websites, so if you have any questions about the launch or your specific domain's status, [...]

[...] The shorter .nz domains have arrived! Now you can purchase New Zealand’s country-code domain extension without the additional ‘.co’, ‘.net’ or ‘.org’. This naming [...]

[...] personal domain names. For example, if you're a designer who does the bulk of your work in New Zealand, picking up a .NZ (or .KIWI) domain name is a great choice. Due to popularity, many basic names [...]

[...] create a small set of "rules to name by," this would be it: You're free to use any domain extension (and there are a ton of good options now), but people are trained to be wary of salesy or [...]

There are countless sites on the web dishing out advice for how you should name your website/company, but sometimes the very best recommendation is to [...]

[...] of particular interest was the fact that the blog the author created is using the .kitchen domain extension. The author wrote, "we needed to have the term pescetarian within it. We finally [...]

[...] for others, but it drives me nuts when I type in a domain and get thrown off by the domain extension. Now, with the new gTLDs, I'm to a point where I don't instantly type in .com—but I [...]

[...] , a deep integration with Getty Images, a cover page builder, an integration with Gmail and Google Apps for Work, 15 new category-specific designs, and much more. The new version is being rolled out & [...]

[...] -click installs won't work anymore. If you have any platforms currently installed like Bit.ly or Google Apps, you'll need to reinstall those settings in your new Bluehost DNS manager.) Now that you're [...]

[...] : The Zoho platform is extremely easy to use, and I almost always recommend it to friends over Google Apps. Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but I generally like to go with platforms that have [...]

[...] Google Apps are fine—in fact, they're quite wonderful and have changed the industry in so many ways—but [...]

[...] "iwantmyname" would raise some eyebrows. Instead, I said "I work for a domain registrar called iwantmyname—you should check out our site!" Reflexively, the guy pulled [...]

[...] extensions, what email has to do with it all, and a bit about Whois privacy. Domain name? Domain registrar? Domain extensions, or top-level domains (TLDs) The new gTLDs What to do with your domain [...]

[...] to be thinking about domains all the time. We designed iwantmyname to be the simplest domain registrar on the internet because we didn't want people to have to regularly think about our [...]