The French Really Are Different: .Paris Announces 100 Pioneer Domain Names

The city of Paris released today the names of 100 Pioneers (Les pionniers ambassadeurs) for the new gTLD .Paris.

For 6 months, these Pioneers will be the only ones using .Paris domain names, and will participate in all events around the launch of .Paris.

The 100 pioneers were selected by a Jury which used several criteria mentioned in the call for proposals Pioneers :

• The candidate must have an original project.

A pioneer can not simply propose a redirection of its .Paris domain name to a .fr or existing com. It can be used to move its .Fr or .Com domain to a .Paris, but ideally the best project is to create a new site or a new service with the difficulty of convincing the jury on the quality and ability to produce a new project in time.

• The significance of the proposed vis- à-vis the overall .Paris project.

The candidate must demonstrate and explain how the project inserted in the industry, is emblematic or exemplary for Paris, what its symbolic contribution in the construction of this new digital territory.

• The economic contribution can be in cash (with a minimum varies according to the category selected ) and in kind including communication actions to further increase awareness of the project .Paris candidate and the overall project .

So here are the winners some of the winner and the first 100 .Paris domain names. You can see the whole list with more information here.

TourEiffel.Paris Awarded To The Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE)

Metro.Paris Awarded to RATP

Airports.Paris Awarded to Aéroports de Paris

Merci.Paris Awarded to MERCI SAS

m.paris Awarded to Mails en @m.paris

Livraisons-restaurant.paris

Dsworld.Paris Awarded to CITROEN

accessibilite.paris

Spotteo.Paris PagesJaunes SoLocal

BandB.Paris

BercyArena.Paris Awarded to Bercy

Delsey.Paris Awarded to DELSEY Paris

Lageode.Paris Awarded to La Géode

Havasparis.Paris Awarded to Havas

Fauchon.Paris awarded to FAUCHON

Sodexo-prestige.Paris Awarded to SODEXO Prestige

Peterandmaywalk.Paris Awarded to Peter and May Walk

Randpalais.Paris Awarded to RMN Grand Palais

AJTonaturel.Paris

Vilefertile.Paris

Cityfloating.Paris

Reservation-hotels.paris Awarded to OTCP