There are three ICANN new gTLD contention resolution auctions scheduled for next week and for the first time Amazon and Google will go head to head for a new gTLD extension in an auction whose results including the amount paid will be made public. Not only will Google and Amazon duke it out for .Buy but they will be joined by Donuts and Famous Four Media. In the new gTLD ICANN auction for … [Read more...]
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Digital 2,658; .Finance 1,057; .Insure 788; .Accountants 371
4 New gTLD's went into the 1st day of general availability (GA) yesterday. Here are the number of new gTLD registrations after the 1st day of General Availability (GA) for the 4 extensions which includes the domain name registered by Trademark holders in the Sunrise Period and the domains registered in the Early Access Program (EAP) for which people paid extra money to get early access to the … [Read more...]
.London Winds Up With Just Over 35,500 Domain Names After Its 1st Day; .Global 1,638
One of the best and most anticipated new gTLD domain name extensions went into general availability (GA) yesterday as .London wound up with over 35,500 registered domain names .London wound up with 35,557 domain names registered after its first day of general availability according to ntldstats.com. However .London had over 24,000 domains before GA, in Sunrise for trademark holders and … [Read more...]
After One Of The Most Successful Sunrise & Landrush Periods .Global Goes Live Today
.Global which got almost 650 domain name registrations between its in Sunrise and Landrush period, goes live today for general availability at 11am EST. .Global which already ranked in the top 5 of all new gTLD's including .City gTLD's in the number of domain name registered in Sunrise, with almost 400 Sunrise registrations, added 225 domain names in … [Read more...]
The Mayor Of New York Declares The 1st .NYC Websites Are Live
Think of it as a virtual ribbon cutting ceremony as the Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio today announced that the first .NYC websites have gone live. The owners of these domain names, officially called ".NYC Founders," represent a diverse group of New Yorkers" "It's exciting to see New York City's official domain coming to life with the launch of our first .nyc Founder websites," said Mayor … [Read more...]
Is .London Killing The Value Of .Uk Domains?
If you have been following NameJet.com over the past couple of weeks you couldn't help but notice the number of two letter .co.uk and .Uk that have been at auction. Two letter domain names are some of the most valuable Internet real estate space. In the past few weeks over 50 two letter .co.uk and .Uk domain names have been at auction at NameJet.com As you can see from the list below, no … [Read more...]
AllThings.Digital Tops Our List Of The More Interesting .Digital Registrations Ahead Of GA
The new gTLD .Digital goes into General Availability on Wednesday September 10th, and there are over 250 domain names registered in Sunrise by trademark holders, and in the Early Access Program (EAP) by those willing to pay additional fees for early access. The normal registration fee for a .Digital domain registration of $39.95 at Godaddy. Here are the more interesting … [Read more...]