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EURid sold its 2 millionth .eu domain in just three months (Photo: EURid)

Thousands of .eu domain names abused

The European internet domain name authority, EURid, has suspended 74,000 .eu domain names and taken legal action against 400 registrars for abusing the service.

The move comes after a syndicate of registrars systematically acquired domain names with the intent of reselling them at a higher price – an act called warehousing.

"Since registrars should only register domain names for existing customers and not 'warehouse' the names in order to resell them at a higher price, this is cle...

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EURid sold its 2 millionth .eu domain in just three months (Photo: EURid)

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