We are on the 4th day of the Early Access Program (EAP) for .World which are priced at $1,222.99 at enom.com (rack rate).
This $1,222 fee is assuming there the domain names are not premium domain names, which actually some of these, are meaning that the registrants paid the premium renewal and registration fee in addition to the Early Access Fee.
The biggest registrant of .World domain names so far today is Chad Wright of Webquest who bought several of these domain names.
Day 4 of EAP continues all day today, Saturday until around 11am EST on Sunday when day five rates kick in which are less than half of day 4 EAP rates.
.World launches into general availability on Wednesday of next week .
According to ntldstats.com there are 294 .World domain names registered through the last update including Sunrise registrations by trademark holders.
Here are the 16 domain names registered on day 4 of EAP so far, according to Registered.Today:
Surprised Virtual.world not one of those taken. Or game.world
Looks like a GTLD domainer took Virtual.World now, paid $6xx today, Game.World is registry reserved.
This registrant looks to own over 1000 GTLD’s, I hope they put serious renewal funds away.
Yes, budgeted 5 years worth of renewals.
You have put aside $250K+ for renewals of all these GTLD’s? Aren’t you the guy who was complaining that M&M raised prices on you via hexonet, and you won’t be paying their ramped up renewals?
That is quite the commitment, good luck with your investment.
Yes, I am allocating $250K+ for domain investments.
Yes, Hexonet informed me that some domains were mispriced and prices were not $25 but instead $1,000+ or more on some of the domains I had registered… that is not reasonable and no longer worth the investment.
Thanks, I think it is worth the investment.
I registered Virtual.World today at 11AM Eastern.
It goes nicely with my previous registration of Virtual.Life
The name of my company that I registered last year is Virtual, LLC, I plan on applying for a trademark on “Virtual”, “Virtual Life”, and “Virtual World”.
You guys have to look at Trademarks, many WORLD domain have very active, and prior marks.
This is a slippery slope, and will probably yield more C&D than .email.
VirtualWorld has an active TM
GameWorld active TM from LG Electronics
Step up and pay $1000, then $500 renewal, then deal with legal issues. Due your DD people.
“virtual world” is a generic and descriptive word.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_world
Plus, my intended use will not conflict with current trademark. Keep in mind that the same words can be trademarked by different entities for use in non-competing categories.