Donuts posted a blog post yesterday about looking to the future and that .com is that old stodgy utility that is staid but it is unremarkable. Yet Microsoft had plenty of options for example to register Hololens.newgtld but they still paid to buy the .com and handregister the .us. The article is worth a read, especially for those all in with the new gtlds. The leave a comment link does nothing … [Read more...]
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Vlaanderen 3,880; .Brussels 3,742; .Forsale 2,197
Three new gTLD's went into general availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Here are the totals after the first day of GA. The totals include all domain names registered by trademark holders in the Sunrise Period and those who paid an extra fee to get early access in a landrush period or in an Early Access Program (EAP). Any domain that … [Read more...]
.ForSale (IN EAP) Has Almost 200 Registrations: Apple & Microsoft Leads The Way
The new gTLD .Forsale is launching next week and has just under 200 registrations through Sunrise and the first two days of the Early Access Program (EAP) Both Apple and Microsoft went in heavy into the Sunrise program registering most of their tech product names in .forsale. If your wondering iphone and ipad are not on the list because Apple bought a trademark block on all Rightside … [Read more...]
New Gtld Resource Site Registered.Today is For Sale
Gtld.Link is a new forum that focuses strictly on the new gtlds, I just joined a couple nights ago. While I was going through the names for sale listings, I came across a listing for Registered.Today. Registered.Today-5K - developed site with daily updates of all NEW gTLDs We are moving on to much bigger projects like USA.Properties and Chicago.Land so this one will go with all … [Read more...]
Donuts Beats Google, Amazon, Dish Network, Radix, Famous Four To .Movie New gTLD
Donuts has won the rights to operate the new gTLD .Movie beating out 7 other applicants including publicly traded Google, Amazon, and Dish Network. .Movie was the last new gTLD scheduled to go to the ICANN last resort auction in January and was apparently settled by private auction. The other applicants that have now withdrawn their applications for .Movie were Radix, Famous Four, ARI … [Read more...]
New gTLD Domain Name Registrations Top 4 Million
The number of domain names registered using a gTLD new domain name extension has topped over 4 million domain names according to ntldstats.com. The official total according to ntldstats.com is 4,010,951. Not too much has changed since our post when the number of new gTLD domain name registrations passed 3.5 million million mark. Over 350,000 of the 500,000 additional domain registrations … [Read more...]
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .World 5,081; .Degree 160; .Gives 158
Three new gTLD's entered General Availability (GA) yesterday and after the first day, including all registration in the Sunrise period by trademark holders and including those domain names registered for an extra fee in the Early Access Program (EAP) here are the total number of registrations: .World 5,081 .Degree 160 .Gives 158 We have already written twice about .World as we saw … [Read more...]