The current financial crisis appears to be impacting on the New Zealand domain name market, with the number of domain names not renewed in 2008 jumping almost four-fold over 2007 according to a report in New Zealand’s Business Day.The current financial crisis appears to be impacting on the New Zealand domain name market, with the number of domain names not renewed in 2008 jumping around one-third over 2007 according to a report in New Zealand’s Business Day.This is a significant number for the .nz ccTLD that currently has 349,830 registered active domain names.Under rules for .nz, if a registrant doesn’t renew a domain name within 90 days after the expiry date, the domain name is released by the New Zealand Registry Service and is again available for registration on a first-in, first-served basis.The Business Day report is available from:
www.businessday.co.nz/industries/telco_it/4838849
NZ Domain Renewals Slump in Financial Crisis
The current financial crisis appears to be impacting on the New Zealand domain name market, with the number of domain names not renewed in 2008 jumping almost four-fold over 2007 according to a report in New Zealand’s Business Day.