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Dear .UK,

Those letters are so familiar, and yet, we don't really know you at all. You've always been so distant, separated from us by your second-level domains .co, .org, and .me, with their cold, uncompromising restrictions...

Now, you've promised we can be together, and that anyone who meets your residency standards will be able to register a .UK of their very own!

 

Registration priority

Registrants of existing third-level .uk domains (.co.uk, .org.uk, and so on) will have priority rights to the corresponding .UK domain for five years(*). (Five years! This is the internet, .UK. Five years is a long time. But that's cool, we can wait.)

Here's how it will go down if the same domain name exists with different registrants in multiple second-level .UK TLDs (e.g. .co.uk, .org.uk...):

  • Top priority will go to the registrant of the corresponding .co.uk,
  • The owner of the .org.uk will get next priority,
  • Finally, registrants of the corresponding .me.uk will get their chance.

 

.UK verification

Nominet has established an automated verification system to confirm the owners of new .UK domains meet residency requirements. The rule is pretty straightforward:

  • .UK registrants must have a verifiable physical address in the United Kingdom.
  • If the address doesn't pass the automated verification, it must be manually validated, by Nominet or by Gandi. If this hasn't been completed within 30 days, the domain will be locked, and bovines shall be hurled over the walls of your castle.

Gandi doesn't offer a trustee service for .UK yet, but we're working on it.

 

Prices

The prices of .uk domains will be the same as .co.uk. That is to say, the price of a one-year registration will be $9.00, or £4.00, or 7,00 €, depending on your currency of choice, and a two-year registration ends up being a bit less.

Details can be found on the .UK TLD pricing page.

 

New API method

Users of our API may be interested to note that we've added a new API method to verify eligibility for .UK domains.

 

So, how do I get my .uk?

Start the registration process as you would with any other domain, while logged into the Gandi account that owns the corresponding .co.uk, .org.uk or .me.uk domain. If you have any trouble, contact our support team or on Twitter @gandibar.

 

(*) valid for domains registered up to June 10, 2014 for the .co.uk rule, and prior to October 29th, 2013 for the other third-level .uk domains.



Two cities in the land of the rising sun are getting their own gTLDs: .TOKYO and .NAGOYA.

You can already register .tokyo domains in Landrush for $69.48 or pre-register for GoLive, which starts 22 July, for $15.88.

.nagoya, the third largest Japanese city, is in Landrush until 13 June, also at $69.48. General Availability begins 23 June; pre-registrations and registrations for that phase also cost $15.88.

You can register domains under either of these extensions using Latin characters (ASCII, to be exact) or in Japanese (IDN). For more information, see the Registry's IDN policy (new window).

 

Register a domain under one of these TLDs?:


All is not as it should be.

Over the past year, it has become more and more evident that our governments have been infringing on our rights to privacy online. They have no intention of changing their policies of interpreting the law in the most extreme way possible, and using all the data they can get thier hands on, warranted or not. 

Today, June 5th, we take matters into our own hands. Those of us who love privacy, freedom and the Internet will collectively make our voices heard.

As a company beholden to no one but our customers, one of the things we can do is to share our resources with those who are dedicated to fighting for the things we believe in. Therefore, we have created a promo code, valid today only, to be used on new domain registrations:

RESETTHENET

50% of the price of all domain registrations purchased using this promo code will be donated to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Fight for the Future.

Note: This is not a discount code. When applied, your shopping cart total will not change, and a "promotion" of 0% will appear.

We'll be updating this post throughout the day, and on Twitter: @gandibar

For more information about how we fight for a free and open Internet, check out our latest blog post, Come back with a warrant!

We hope you will join us in Resetting the Net!

The Gandi team

Update 9 June 2014:

Thanks to all who made purchases using the promo code, which totaled $713, despite the low-key announcement on our part. As promised, we'll be donating 50% of the total to EFF and Fight to the Future who are at the front lines of this fight. You guys are awesome.


It's a full Wednesday indeed, with no less than eight more new gTLDs entering General Availability! \o/

The list follows, including links to the corresponding pricing pages and the GoLive price at A rates:

The exact times the gates will open on these TLDs is as follows (PST) [UTC]:

  • 8am [15h00]: .JETZT
  • 9am [16h00] : .CONDOS, .MAISON, .PROPERTIES and .TIENDA
  • 10am [17h00]: .FUTBOL, .REVIEWS and .SOCIAL

If you want to register a domain under one of these extensions before anyone else, and you're reading this before GoLive begins, we strongly encourage you to submit your pre-registration now, and the Gandi robot will submit your order to the registry at the earliest possible moment.

 

Register a domain under one of these TLDs?:


Four new gTLDs are entering the Sunrise phase this Tuesday, where they will remain until August 2nd.

General Availability will begin August 13th, 2014.

The list, along with links to the corresponding TLD pricing page and Sunrise and GoLive prices (at A rates), is as follows:

  • .CARE $158.68 | $178.68 | $38.34
  • .CLINIC $171.68 | $191.67 | $63.04
  • .DENTAL $171.68 | $191.67 | $63.04
  • .SURGERY $171.68 | $191.67 | $63.04

As usual, you can submit GoLive pre-registrations starting now, and we'll submit them to the registry on your behalf when GoLive begins, STAT.

[Pre]Register a domain under one of these TLDs?:


You may have seen that certain domain names could not be immediately registered at Gandi, especially if they are based on common words or phrases. These "premium" domains are actually reserved by the registry, and the pricing varies with the domain and the registry, and may change over time.

Up until now, you could register these domain names at Gandi by clicking the "Contact us" link we displayed, and we would then guide you through the pricing and purchase process.  

This process is now completely automated for certain TLDs, and many more will be added in the near future.

We hope you enjoy searching for and registering the exact domain names you want!


Out of a cloud of smoke and swirl of cherry blossoms... .ninja is in the house.

A .ninja domain will cost $19.61 at A rates.

Now only if they would accept our applications for .teenage, .mutant and .turtles, our life would be complete...

Get stealthy?:

.NINJA


Two newcomers are elbowing their way into the list of the more colorful new gTLDs: .fail and .wtf.

Is this an ill-fated attempt to capitalize on those new-fangled meme things the internets keep referring to? A free-speech zone where shock and bafflement can be candidly expressed by all? Only time will tell.

In other, slightly more boring news, .financial and .limited are entering Sunrise as well. Businessfolk, go to town.

Here's the list of all four new extensions, accompanied by links to the TLD pricing pages as well as Sunrise, Landrush and General Availability (GoLive) prices, all at A rates:

  • .FAIL $158.68 | $178.68 | $38.34
  • .FINANCIAL $171.68 | $191.67 | $63.04 
  • .LIMITED $158.68 | $178.68 | $38.34
  • .WTF $158.68 | $178.68 | $38.34

 

Search for a domain under one of these TLDs?:


.org is going international with three new IDNs in Cyrilic, Hindi and Chinese: .орг (xn--c1avg), .संगठन (xn--i1b6b1a6a2e) et .机构 (xn--nqv7f).

The prices for a one-year registration at A rates are as follows:

Note: There was no Landrush phase for these three new extensions! Domains can be composed of Latin characters (accented or not), or of the corresponding script (e.g. Russian or Cyrillic for .орг, Devanagari or Hi-deva for .संगठन and simplified or traditional Chinese for .机构).

Register a domain under one of these TLDs?:


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