DNS Belgium : 2014 Was a Year of Investing in New gTLDs

DNS Belgium, the company behind .be domain extension, said that the main focus of the previous year was the operational launch of their two new extensions : .Brrrussels and .Vlaanderen.

You can read the announcement after the jump :

“The main focus of the previous year was the operational launch of our 2 new extensions: .vlaanderen and .brussels. We succeeded quite well in this. In this sense, our challenges for 2015 remain the same as in 2014, namely building awareness around the existence and possibilities of these new internet extensions.

From a financial perspective, the impact of the gTLD launch was somewhat larger than expected, which means the organisation will achieve a break-even no sooner than 2015. In other words, 2014 can be seen as a year of investments.

The .be results were good and even ended up higher than we expected. The number of active .be domain names grew slightly, the revenue from paid transactions rose with 13% and the costs remained within budget range.

2014 was also a great year for operational continuity, quality and security. The KPIs that were reached in the previous year become the reference for the coming years. This, in combination with the pursuit of operational excellence, forms our challenge for the years to come.

You can read our complete financial report here.