.Website may well be the next big new gTLD success story. According to Radix the registry the operates the .Website extension there were 634 domain names registered during the Sunrise period which is opened to trademark holders. With the 634 Sunrise domain registrations.Website has the second highest number of Sunrise applications of all new gTLD's to date A lot of the big brands grabbed … [Read more...]
As New gTLD Registrations Hit 2 Million Domains, Here Is Our Take On The New G’s
We have been talking about the new gTLD program for well over 6 years and over the weekend we noted that the number of new gTLD registrations passed the 2 Million mark. So we thought this would be a good time to give some thoughts about where the program is at and where it is going. Since we have been writing about the new G's we have pretty much said the same thing, we don't know how they … [Read more...]
UPDATED: DotHIV Launching With A Social Purpose & a $200 Price Tag Today
The .Hiv registry sent us this information on the launch of the new gTLD .Hiv The domain is not being offered by some of the bigger registrars and is priced around between $196 and $230 a year at some of the registrars I checked, although a portion of the price is being given to HIV and AIDS charities. Here are some of the registrars that you can register a .HIV domain name … [Read more...]
Apple Goes In Heavy On .Discount Which Gets Over 300 Sunrise/ Early Access Domain Registrations
.Discount which launches into General Availability this week on Wednesday, is doing pretty well compared to the most recent launches with over 340 Sunrise and Early Access Program Registrations and we thought we take a look at the more interesting one's. For me Discount is one of those terms that is usually used more on the left side of a term than on the rightside, so discount travel, … [Read more...]
$55,000 A Year For A Domain Registration? Wecolme To .Attorney & .Lawyer
Two new gTLD's that will be launching into general availability on October 8th 2014, .Attorney and .Lawyer premium domain names are carrying the highest costs of any extension we have seen so far by a mile. Both extensions are being launched with an Early Access Program (EAP). The good news is that very few domains are being reserved by the registry. The bad news is for those domains … [Read more...]
New gTLD Domain Name Registrations Break 2 Million But There Are Lots Of Caveats & Asterisks
According to nTLDstats.com the number of new gTLD registration broke through the 2 million mark today and sits at 2,011,549. However there are plenty of caveats and asterisks to go around. Its interesting to note that there are only 666,394 distinct registrants for the over 2 Million domain names, meaning that the average registrant owns over 3 new gTLD domain names. cnnic.cn the registry … [Read more...]
Registry Registers & Reserves over 33,500 New gTLD’s For .公司 (Business Organizations)
The registry we wrote about the other day which registered and reserved over 23,500 domain names for a new gTLD IDN has done it again with another new gTLD IDN. This time Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China Internet Network Information Center registered and reserved over 33,500 domain names for the extension .公司 which means "business organization" You … [Read more...]