Thousands of new top level domains

New top level domains (TLDs) have started to flood the domain market. A few examples of these new TLDs are: .academy, .cab, .carreers, .center, .company, .computer, .construction, .contractors, .diamonds, .directorym, .domains, .enterprises, .kitchen, .land, .limo, .management, .photos, recipes, .sexy, .shoes, .systems, .tattoo, .technology, .tips, .today and .voyage to name a few.

Many have predicted that the decision by ICANN/IANA to open up registration of new TLDs would inflict dramatic changes to the internet. Others point out that this is not the first time that new TLDs have been introduced (.museum, .biz, .xxx, .job, .info, .pro), which to date have made very little impact at all. One thing's for sure, the changes now are bigger than we've ever seen before and the uncertainty and possibilities are therefore greater.

Internet á Íslandi - ISNIC does not have any plans to service or register other TLDs than .is, but ISNIC will, like all established registries, have to adapt to these great changes. In our opinion, these new TLDs open up new possibilities as competition grows. ISNIC will continue to offer a safe and secure DNS service with high technical standards. We've already seen that these new TLDs have caused many registries to open up their registrations and relaxed some of the more inhibiting registration requirements.  ISNIC will continue to grow foreign .is registrations, as it has done these last few years. That is unavoidable, mainly due to the small size of the domestic market in Iceland.  Some people find this regrettable and maintain that ccTLDs should first and foremost be for the domestic population and businesses. Others say that any such local-precense requirements is contrary to the spirit and nature of the internet, which is why limitations of that nature are slowly disappearing.

One thing is for sure, there will only be one .is and it is arguably one of the most beautiful TLDs on the internet.

Office Hours over the holidays

We will be here:

23.12. open 09-15 (GMT)

Our web portal will be open 24/7 as usual, and you can manage and register your .is-domains after login on isnic.is.

24.12. Office closed.

25.12. Office closed.

26.12. Office closed.

27.12. Friday, open as usual.

30.12. Monday, open as usual.

31.12. Last day of 2013, open 09-12 (GMT).

01.01. Office closed.

ISNIC sends warm greetings to all of it's customers, very many new ones from all over the world who now have a nice litle .is domain in 2013. 

Happy new year!

ISNIC's Staff.

ISNIC's "litlu jól".

Becouse of our "litlu jól" (staff x-mas party) we can't answer the phone after 15.00 Hour (GMT) today :)

ISNIC's Staff.

Ovation Hair gets ovation.com

Trademark Holder of "Ovation Hair" Registered In 2012 Wins UDRP On http://t.co/arMn6YqxoM Registered in 2008... http://t.co/yL60fz9zUZ

— The Domains (@thedomains) November 19, 2013

First DS records added to the .is zone

Registrants can now add DS records for their domains to the .is zone. This formally makes it possible to activate DNSSEC for any .is domain. Shortly after this was enabled, the first DS records where added. Congratulation to the registrants of 'tass.is' and 'secure.is'.

DNSSEC for the ccTLD .is is now fully deployed and we encourage our registrants to secure their domains as soon as possible.