Dolly Parton, the legendary Queen of Country, has agreed to be part of the .new gTLD country pioneer program and registered Dolly.Country, DollyParton.Country, Queenof.Country, Dollywood.Country and 9to5.Country The .Country pioneer program which allows domain names to be registered by musicians, businesses, and organizations before the release of .Country domain names on to sale to the … [Read more...]
Totals For Two new gTLD’s German Geo’s Launched This Week; .Koeln 11,543; .Cologne 2,679
Two new gTLD's launched this week for the German city known as Cologne and also Koeln depending on the language you speak. The two new Geographic domains combined for just over 14,000 registrations. Cologne is the 4th largest city in Germany and has a population of just over one million people. Cologne had 4.31 million overnight stays booked and 2.38 million arrivals in 2008 which is the … [Read more...]
Monte Cahn Of RightoftheDot.com Featured In HuffingtonPost Article On New gTLD’s/Domains
The HuffingtonPost.com just published an article on the new gTLD space domain name aftermarket Entitled "Is It Time for Me to Sell Blunders.com?" "Remember 1997? It was the height of the dot-com bubble. And everyone was registering domain names with unrealistic hopes and dreams of developing profitable, pure-play internet businesses. I, too, drank the Kool-Aid and registered blunders.com, … [Read more...]
1st Day New gTLD Registrations: .Gratis 1,010; .Credit 801; .Audio 701; .Juegos 482; .Hiphop 424; .Claims 397; .Creditcard 281
This week saw 7 new gTLD launch into GA, plus 2 Geographic new gTLD's for the city of .Cologne which is also spelled .Koeln, whose zone files have not updated. For the 7 new gTLD's which launched this week, the results an only be described as pretty much a disaster in terms of domain name registration numbers, as only 1 of the 7 barely broke 4 figures and when I say barely I mean by 11 … [Read more...]
ICANN TO Chat With GAC At ICANN 51 in LA, Whether 2 Character new gTLD Domains Should Be Allowed
In a letter to Heather Dryden Chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Stephen D. Crocker, Chair ICANN Board of Directors made it clear that ICANN will be taking up the issue of allowing the registration of 2 character new gTLD domain names: Dear Heather, On behalf of the Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC), I thank you for your letter of 8 August 2014 regarding requests from … [Read more...]
Minds + Machines Landrush Auctions Start Tomorrow
Over the weekend I got notice that the landrush auctions for Minds + Machines for its first new gTLD's go live tomorrow. We got notice over the weekend that we are in the landrush auction for the following domain names: spear.fishing going.fishing marlin.fishing pro.rodeo The auctions are being handled by Pool.com Each landrush action is scheduled for 7 days. The four auctions … [Read more...]
.Credit; .CreditCard In General Availability Wednesday, Here Are The Taken Domain Names
Two new gTLD's launching this week are pretty closely related, .Credit and .CreditCard and as of publication they have 182 and 130 domains registered respectively, through Sunrise period by trademark holders and through the Early Access Porgram (EAP) which allow registrants to pay a premium for early registrations prior to general availability (GA). Both of the new gTLD's go into GA on … [Read more...]