According to ntldstats.com, .XYZ has more domain registrations than all of Donuts strings combined. Donuts has 1,527,510 domain registrations according to ntldstats.com (including 35,306 which are upcoming delete) while .XYZ has 1,560,576 active domains according to namestat.org. There are 183 new gTLD's of Donuts in general availability (GA) meaning they can be registered on a first come … [Read more...]
Worldtrademarkreview.com: New gTLD’s .Law & .Legal not Getting Much Love
According to the Wordldtrademarkreview.com, the new gTLD space for lawyers which highlights .Legal, which is unrestricted and .Law which is heavily restricted have gotten off to a very slow start. "An analysis of take-up within the two most relevant new gTLDs - ‘.law’ and ‘.legal’ - suggests that law firms are taking a tentative approach to their new gTLD registration strategies, with only a … [Read more...]
3 Applicants For New gTLD .Radio File For Independent Review Process
According to a press release out today, BRS Media, has filed, in conjunction with two other applicants, an Independent Review Process in accordance with Article IV, section 3 of the ICANN Bylaws re: The .RADIO gTLD and .RADIO Community Priority Evaluation Results. Although not mentioned in the press release the other two applicants are Afilias and Donuts. ""On Sept. 10, 2014 ICANN … [Read more...]
MyRescue.Dog Awards A Total of $100,000 to 16 Local Dog Shelters
Petfinder Foundation announced the winners of the MyRescue.dog fundraising campaign, a month-long effort to celebrate rescue dogs and raise funds for the shelters and rescue organizations that save them. The campaign began on National Dog Day August 26 and ran through Sept. 26 www.MyRescue.dog a site built on a new domain extension of the new gTLD domain name registry Donuts. The “top dog,” … [Read more...]
Famous Four Media Becomes 3rd New gTLD Registry To Pass 1 Million Domains
According to a Press Release out today, Famous Four Media has become the 3rd new gTLD registry to pass one million domain names. Donuts was the first to hit 1,000,000 domain registrations but they offer well over 100 new domain extensions for sale. .XYZ was the second registry to hit 1,000,000 domain names but they did that only on 1 new domain extension .XYZ. According to the press … [Read more...]
.XXX, .Porn., .Adult & .Sex Start Selling Premium Domains Through Registrars + 2 Characters
ICM Registry (ICM) which operates .xxx as well as the new gTLD's .porn, .adult and .sex announced today the launch of its tiered-pricing, premium names program for .XXX, .ADULT, .PORN and .SEX.domain names. ICM is joining a growing list of new gTLD registries who are selling the vast majority of its premium domain names through the registrar channel with premium registration and renewal … [Read more...]
Donuts Sells Around 800 Two Character New gTLD’s Domains In The Early Access Program
According to Donuts they sold around 800 Two Character New gTLD's domain names in its Early Access Program (EAP) which ended yesterday. Donuts released around 200,000 Two Character New gTLD's domain names last week, meaning domain names that are two letters (LL), a letter and a number (LN), a number and a letter (NL) and two numbers (NN). The Early Access Program allowed customers to … [Read more...]