by George Minardos | May 9, 2016 | DNS, ICANN, News, Updates
It was pretty big news in the domain world when Google paid 25 Million dollars for dotapp in an ICANN auction last February against 12 other bidders including Amazon. Since then there hasn’t been much news or information on what Google is planning to do...
by Brian | Sep 22, 2014 | DNS, Registrars, Updates
San Francisco, CA- .Build, the new Top Level Domain (TLD) for internet domain names announced it will now accept bitcoin as a payment method from its customers. Registrars that would like to pay their monthly bill now have an option in our electronic invoicing system...
by Brian | Jun 6, 2014 | .Build Community, Updates
We thought we’d share some innovative uses of new .build domains and websites: www.nerd.build or tweet them @nerd_build www.rally.build www.passed.build Build Better!
by Brian | Jun 6, 2014 | .Build Community, Updates
.BUILD is about a month into being open and available to all entities and it is exciting to see the number of large brands and small and medium sized companies in the global building and construction business registering both their company names as well as key...
by Brian | Jun 4, 2014 | .Build Community, Interviews, Press, Updates
What in your opinion is an example of the best use of the internet in the construction industry and why? There are many great examples but I am most excited about our launch of .build. For the first time in the building industry’s we have a created a unique namespace...
by Brian | May 23, 2014 | .Build Community, Press, Updates
The American Subcontractor’s Association (ASA) has demonstrated itself as a leading builders association, paving the way forward for subcontractors to build better by offering a .BUILD domain to its members. Through its ASA Advantage program, the ASA is...
by Brian | Apr 29, 2014 | Press, Registrars, Updates
Builders around the globe now have a new name for their online identity that matches what they do. We are proud to announce that the New Internet real estate for builders is now available at all major registrars worldwide. Read the full press release here: Build...
by Brian | Apr 26, 2014 | .Build Community, Updates
Hello Builders! After nearly 120 days, our Sunrise Period and Landrush are both almost over. It’s almost hard to believe that we will be in our General Availability (GA) period on Tuesday April 29th! It took almost three years of planning and development to get here!...
by Brian | Apr 26, 2014 | .Build Community, Updates
Check out this great use case of a .build domain! It is awesome to help builders build:) http://www.mgroup.build
by Brian | Mar 22, 2014 | ICANN, Updates
The 49th meeting of ICANN will be held in Singapore starting tomorrow March 23rd -Thursday the 27th. http://singapore49.icann.org/en In addition to the business at hand of new registries launching, there will be much discussion around the NTIA’s announcement to...
by Brian | Mar 14, 2014 | Press, Updates
On March 12th 2014, the Internet turns 25 years old. It’s hard to believe on one hand how young the internet is, and that it is already 25 years old. We’ve come to accept it as a given that it’s always there and always growing and improving. .BUILD wishes many...
by Brian | Mar 2, 2014 | Updates
.build is about to launch the new gTLD for builders of all kinds, at the largest construction industry show, ConExpo. Next week March 4th-8th in Las Vegas Nevada, over 125,000 attendees will be taking over the Las Vegas Convention Center to learn about all the latest...
by Brian | Dec 10, 2013 | ICANN, Updates
One week and counting….On December 2nd .build started pre-delegation testing (PDT) with ICANN. This is one of the last steps before .build becomes added to the internet root. What that means in plain English is soon .build will be a piece of virtual real-estate...
by Brian | Dec 27, 2012 | Updates
On December 17th, ICANN completed the new gTLD prioritization draw. Dot build drew ticket number 1049, which we believe translates into a launch date of approximately October 15th 2013. Of course the new gTLD process is very dynamic, and we will keep you updated on...
by Brian | Nov 19, 2012 | Updates
Effective today 11/19/12 dotbuild is accepting statements of interest and url requests for the future building and constuction gTLD (generic top level domain).