We have chatted about the growing influence of Chinese domain investors in the domain industry before, however today I checked out ntldstats.com to review the top 100 largest holders of new gTLD domain names and found 89 of the top 100 domain holders are from China. That number gets even more dramatic when you take into account that of the 11 non-Chinese largest new gTLD domain holders in the … [Read more...]
Stats Spin? .London Renewal At 75.4% For Sunrise, Landrush & 1st Day Domains
The .London registry along with Minds + Machines (LSE:MMX)) announced today that the renewal rates for .London domain names "exceeded expectations by reaching 75.4%." However that "renewal rate is for a total of 38,389 names applied for during the Dot London combined Sunrise and Landrush period as well as the first day of General Availability, registered between August 19th and September 9th … [Read more...]
New gTLD .Miami Gets Almost 5,000 Registrations After It’s 1st Day Of Availability
The new domain name extension .Miami , which had it's first day of General Availability yesterday, where it could be registered on a first come, first served basis got almost 5K registration including around 200 in Sunrise. According to ntldstats.com, .Miami had 4,959 domain names in the zone after its full day of GA. The Godaddy family of registrars, dominated the top 10 of domain … [Read more...]
Dot London Releases Great Video With Real Life Success Stories Using a .London Domain
A great video has been posted by the the Dot London registry that features interviews with real registrants of .London domain names talking about why they generally traded in their .com or .co.uk domain name for a .London domain and how its helped their businesses. Many of the people interviewed chat about how a .London address helped their business get a higher ranking on Google. The Video … [Read more...]
Registrant Of Playboy.London Wants To Keep The Domain For His unborn Child Hoping Its A Boy
Standard.co.uk just published a blog post entitled "Property boss at war with Playboy over Dot London domain name" Michael Ross, director of CNM estates, registered the domain name Playboy.London after the publishing company failed to register the domain name in the Sunrise period that was opened to trademark holders According to Mr. Ross, he received a strongly worded letter from its Los … [Read more...]
Report: 8 .NYC Sites Are Already In Alexa Top 1 Million
The launch of domain names ending with .NYC about a month ago have just 47,000 .NYC domains have been claimed and will become internet websites from and for New York City. Sites are following suit. Eight sites are already in Alexa´s top One million count. Alexa provides traffic data, global rankings and other information on 30 million websites and is one of the main sources of information for … [Read more...]
Godaddy 15%+ .LONDON domains registered outside of the UK; US & Germany Are 8%
According to a press release from Godaddy over 15% of .LONDON domains that were registered through GoDaddy came from outside of the UK. 5.9% of all .London domains registered by Godaddy were registered by people in the United States and 1.9 percent were registered by people or businesses in Germany. Stefano Maruzzi, VP of GoDaddy EMEA, says: “These figures show that London is one of the … [Read more...]
