According to ntldstats.com almost 10% of all registered new gTLD domain names are in upcoming delete status; meaning for at least a while new G's domain name may have peaked out. On March 24, 2017 the number of new gTLD domain registrations sat at 28,854,146. As of yesterday the number is 28,818,819. However the number of new gTLD's in "upcoming delete" status is 2,738,536 which 9.50% of … [Read more...]
.Doctor Winds up With Over 1,400 Domains After First Day of Availability
The new domain extension .Doctor launched yesterday into general availability where domains could be registered on a first come first served basis. The zone file now reflects 1,421 domain registration which includes those domain names registered in Sunrise by trademark holders and those registered during the Early Access Period (EAP) for an extra fee. Many of the registered domain names have … [Read more...]
Donuts Launches DPML Plus To Protect Trademarks & 3 Typos for $9,999 For 10 Yrs
The largest new gTLD operator in terms of number of new domain extensions, Donuts Inc. today announced DPML Plus, an enhancement to its existing Domains Protected Marks List product that it developed in partnership with the IP community. Donuts already has the DPML which allows brand owners to protect their marks across all of Donuts’ current 197 domain name extensions at a fraction of what it … [Read more...]
.Guru After Hitting a High of Almost 85K Domains is Now Under 60K
.Guru which hit a high of over 84,000 domain names on April 1, 2015 now has less than 60,000 domains. .Guru was the first new gTLD to hit 50,000 registrations back in April 2014. .Guru was one of the first new gTLD's Donuts released launched in January 2014. However as you can see from its second expiration period, which seemed to take place in April of this year, the number of .Guru … [Read more...]
Donuts Closes Strategic Investment In Netki Blockchain Technology
According to a press release out today, "Donuts Inc., the world's largest operator of new domain name extensions, announced an investment in Netki, Inc., a digital identity startup dedicated to democratizing digital currency. Netki uses the domain name system (DNS) to humanize typically complex numbering mechanisms needed to exchange digital currency." Partnering with Netki further advances … [Read more...]
Quick Poll How Much Will .Web Sell For In The ICANN Auction On July 27th ?
The new gTLD .Web is scheduled to go to an ICANN auction, on July 27th. There are 8 companies in the auction and 3 of them are public. The public companies are Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW) and Cimpress NV (NASDAQ: CMPR) which is the parent company of Vistaprint Limited. Google has a market cap close to $500 Billion, Web.com has a market cap of $1.26 Billion while Cimpress … [Read more...]
Donuts Offers To Buy All Of Rightside new gTLD’s For $70 Million Cash
Donuts Inc., publicly announced its interest in acquiring Rightside Group, Ltd.'s (NAME) entire registry of generic top-level domains (gTLDs, also known as domain extensions) and related assets for $70 million in an all-cash deal. According to a press release out today, Donuts said "this move is in keeping with Donuts' stated strategy of expanding its selection of not-com domain extensions, … [Read more...]
