The official 2026 new gTLD Applicant Guidebook is finally here, and the real question for serious applicants isn’t “Can we apply?” but whether our business case and risk tolerance truly justify it.
Category Archives: New gTLDs
3 Ways to Launch a New gTLD Without Begging Registrars for Shelf Space (Lessons from 30+ Years in Domains)
The next round is coming. If you think landing enough registrars will magically make your new TLD a success, you’re betting your entire business on someone else’s shelf space.
A Female Perspective on the Domain Industry
My discussion with Mou, a woman of color, born in India, raised in Canada, working for an Italian company, and doing business in China.
How .BANK addresses the Cybersecurity Problem
Watch or listen to my interview with Drew Schiff at fTLD, and learn more about the .bank story, and how they are making the internet a safer place for banks and their customers.
Premium Domain Names | A .cloud & European perspective
Besides heading up Premium Names at .cloud, Shaun speaks six languages, and founded and runs a children’s charity based in Kenya. Watch or listen to our discussion.
Managing Domain Name Abuse
How can a registry or registrar reduce the amount of duplicative and non-actionable abuse reports? How do you get off a blacklist or bad list? Should there be evidence standards from the reputation/blacklist providers? And more…
Cleaning Up The Internet
By allowing Internet Infrastructure providers to act faster, more effectively and efficiently against scams. My interview with Jorij Abraham, director of Scamadviser.com.
iQ Domain Analytics Campaign Tracker saves time, headaches and resource costs for registry operators.
Spend 4 minutes and take a look at the iQ Analytics Campaign Tracker and Dashboard. It’s specifically designed for the domain industry, by the domain industry.
RegistryOffice becomes iQ
Introducing you to iQ, our new company name and the umbrella for all our products and services! Our ownership, people and services remain the same.
RegistryOffice adds more COVID-19 scam domain report feeds to Abuse Monitor.
We will provide these feeds, as well as our existing reputation feeds, via Abuse Monitor at no charge or obligation for 60 days to any registry operator (gTLD or ccTLD), registrar or hosting providers that desire to access.
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