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Important notice regarding phishing emails

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Some of our customers may have received an email from abuse@imperialregistrations.com with a download link to an external website along with an USA telephone contact number.  Please be advised that this is a phishing attempt and not sent or authorized by 2020Media.  We have also discovered that a number of domain name registrars have also been affected by this.  These emails are being sent to the registrant email address fetched via the whois record associated with the Domain.

We advise you to delete the email immediately.

If you are unsure of the validity of the emails please check the email headers to determine the source and return path for the email address. If you require any assistance or have any questions regarding the email please contact us via our customer portal – https://pfs.2020media.com/my-messages.html

Here is a sample of what the fraudulent messages look like.

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Domain Names

Domain Name Industry Report

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Source: French Domain Name Industry Report – AFNIC

New Top Level Domains (nTLDs) accounted for 21% of the net growth of the domain name market in 2014
The recent publication of the ICANN reports for the month of December 2014 enables us to finally take stock of 2014, marked by the launch of the “new TLDs” (or “top-level domains”)  expected since their announcement by ICANN in Paris in June 2008.
We now have all the figures for 2014, so we  can provide an overview of market trends and outline an assessment of the impact of the nTLDs on the 18 “traditional” generic  top-level
domains  (known  as  “legacy  gTLDs”,  i.e. .com,  .net,  .org, .biz,  .info,  etc.)  and  the  countrycode TLDs (or “ccTLDs”).

Key figures

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According  to  the  ICANN  reports  compiled  by  the  Afnic  Market  Research  team,  as  at  31/12/2014  there  were  approximately  158.6  million  domain  names  registered  under
gTLDs, of which 3.8 million were nTLDs.
These gTLDs, added to the 134 million ccTLDs counted by Verisign / Zooknic, result  in a total  of  292.6  million  domain  names  at  the  end  of  2014,  of  which  54%  were  gTLDs,
compared with 55% at year-end 2013.

The emergence of nTLDs, therefore, has not been sufficient to allow gTLDs to regain a growth rate higher than that of ccTLDs.

Global growth in the domain name market reached 6.5% in 2014 (Fig. 1), against 7.3% in 2013. However, this average masks contrasting dynamics.
The country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) continued to grow at a rate of 8.5%, that being a marked slowdown, however, compared with the two previous years.
The  .com  dropped  below  5%,  while  all  in  all  gTLDs,  boosted  by  the  nTLDs  introduced  in 2014,  experienced  a  slight  upswing  in  growth.  The  major  losers  appear  to  be  the  legacy gTLDs (except for the .com), which lost 3% in stock after having already lost 1.3% in 2013.

 

 

Domain Names

500+ New gTLDs Introduced

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ICANN has announced the 500th new gTLD.

The gTLD .NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) was the 500th new gTLD to be delegated, with new domains rolling out at an average of one per day.

The New gTLD Program is the Internet’s largest expansion ever, introducing hundreds of new top-level domain names or “strings” which could become available in the next few years. With the first four strings delegated on 23 October 2014, the Program continues to make advancements and enable enhanced competition, innovation and choice.

A few days ago, ICANN updated delegates at the Singapore ICANN meeting, and the video and transcript is available online:

http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-new-gtld

The 2012 round of the New gTLD Program is well underway and the next application round is on the horizon

Domain Names

New top level domain update

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4 Million Milestone Reached

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4 million new top level domain

https://ntldstats.com/ reports there are now (just about) 4 million new top level domains registered – that’s more than a lot of country-code top level domains. The big news in the last few days is that .网址 which means .website in Chinese has gained over 1/4 million registrations in just 3 days.

parked-overviewThere is not a great deal of change in the percentage of domains being parked (unused) however.

67 per cent of the new domains are not yet being used for websites.

Some lay the blame for this on the .xyz promotion. This domain, seemingly meaningless, has been heavily promoted by Network Solutions which has registered them to customers free of charge – controversially without asking the customers. Presumably they hope they’ll end up renewing them in a years time.

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Find the Perfect Domain

2020Media offers over 100 new top level domains, and additionally offers an aftermarket negotiation service. Get started at http://www.2020media.com/registrar-services, or contact us at http://www.2020media.com/contact

Some of the new top level domain names we offer:

.academy .company .fitness .loans .surgery
.accountants .computer .flights .maison .systems
.agency .condos .florist .management .tax
.associates .construction .foundation .marketing .technology
.bar .contractors .fund .media .tienda
.bargains .cool .furniture .network .tips
.bid .credit .gallery .partners .today
.bike .creditcard .gifts .parts .tools
.boutique .cruises .glass .photography .town
.builders .dating .graphics .photos .toys
.business .deals .gratis .pictures .trade
.cab .dental .gripe .pizza .training
.camera .diamonds .guide .place .university
.camp .digital .guru .plumbing .vacations
.capital .direct .healthcare .press .ventures
.cards .directory .holdings .productions .viajes
.care .discount .holiday .properties .villas
.careers .domains .host .recipes .vision
.cash .education .house .reisen .voyage
.catering .email .immo .rentals .watch
.center .engineering .industries .repair .webcam
.ceo .enterprises .ink .report .website
.cheap .equipment .institute .restaurant .wiki
.church .estate .insure .sarl .works
.city .events .international .schule .wtf
.claims .exchange .investments .services .xyz
.cleaning .expert .kitchen .shoes .zone
.clinic .exposed .land .singles .中文网
.clothing .fail .lease .solar .在线
.club .farm .life .solutions .移动
.codes .finance .lighting .supplies .公司
.coffee .financial .limited .supply .网络
.community .fish .limo .support

Domain Names

.LONDON by the numbers

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London is a leading world city and a vibrant centre for business, investment, technology, creativity, education and tourism. London is made up of the City of London Corporation and 32 boroughs, has a population of 7,900,500 and is home to 331,540 businesses. London attracts over 100,000 international students from 200 nations to its higher education institutions and welcomes millions of visitors each year.

London is the powerhouse of the UK economy and is Europe’s leading centre for technology. According to a recent report on London?s Digital Economy (GLA, 3 Jan 2012), there are over 23,000 ICT and software companies in London, the highest number of any European city. London hosts a quarter of all British jobs in computer and related activities and 22% of jobs in telecommunications. According to the Experian Business Strategies Regional Planning Service, in 2010 the Gross Value Added of communications companies in London was £7.9 billion.

Now London adds something new to these figures – a unique web address for London. Dot London.  A domain name that links the thousands of businesses and millions of people living and working here, with their city. The benefits:

  •   Link yourself with the place you’re proud to live and work in.
  •   Get the domain you’ve always wanted.
  •   Let London and the rest of the world know exactly where you are.

Dot London domains will be on general sale from the 9th September 2014 at midday and we are expecting strong demand.

Place your order here: https://pfs.2020media.com/index.php?option=com_rsform&formId=9

The domains have no restrictions and are open to all.