Dotapp, what is Google planning?

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 with...

First Registry Accepting Bitcoin Payment

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...

Last Chance for a .build Landrush application

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!...

ICANN meeting #49 in Singapore

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...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! The Internet turns 25

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! The Internet turns 25

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...

.build enters pre-delegation testing with ICANN

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...

Dot build expects to launch in October 2013

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...