The new gTLD .Services launches tomorrow. Taking into account all Sunrise applications and Early Access Program Registrations, there are 565 domain names registered. We have chatted about the last few weeks that no new gTLD produced any big 1st day registration numbers, but based on the activity I'm seeing in the Zone file it looks like .Services will be pretty successful. Consider that … [Read more...]
.Christmas & .Blackfriday Just Launched & The Extensions Seem To Be Very Lightly Reserved
Unregistry just launched .Christmas & .Blackfriday and the registry seems to have reserved a very small amount of domains. As usually we hunt and peck around for mostly every new extension either to register or to write about. I was actually surprised to see how few domain names seeemed to be reserved by the registry and I would assume most of those are probably on the ICANN collision … [Read more...]
.GOP Registry/Registrar is Live At Join.GOP & Domains Are $20.16
I just checked on the .GOP registry and both the registry and registrar are operational. We reported a few hours ago that the .GOP registry and registrar were not operational To register a .GOP domain name visit Join.GOP Domain names are priced at $20.16 Of course there are reserved and restricted domains but there is a form on the site if you are interested on buying one of … [Read more...]
.GOP Was Suppose To Go Live Today But You Can’t Register One
The new gTLD extension .GOP was suppose to go live today July 7th for general availability but as far as I can tell you can't register one. The Dot GOP registry proudly announced in the Wall Street Journal back on April 23, 2014, that there go live date would be July 7, 2014. Landrush applications were being taken as late as Friday night on Join.GOP. I actually submitted A … [Read more...]
The Namejet .Global Domain Auction Closes In 48 Hours & Reserves Have Been Lowered
Following on the heels of the highly successful Live .Global auction held in London during ICANN where over $63,000 in .Global domain names sold, the remaining domains that didn't sell are at auction at Namejet.com As of publication, out of the 47 domain names in the auction all but 11 have opening bids. The auction closes on Wednesday starting at 3PM EST/ 12PM PST. The best part of the … [Read more...]
ICANN Updates New gTLD Collision Auction Schedule; Here Is The New 2014 Schedule
ICANN has published an updated schedule of the ICANN Last Resort Auction for those new gTLD in Collision. ICANN will hold a Last Resort Auction for new gTLD strings that had more than one application and which have not settled the contention through private auctions or otherwise. You might remember that ICANN … [Read more...]
CentralNic Launches BuyDomains.London, Domain & Website Included For £39.00 A Year
CentralNic announced today that they have launched the BuyDomains.London A "website for Small SMEs to obtain their .London domain names" taking aim "at the "75% of London’s 841,000 SMEs that will fail to register for a .London domain name before the 31 July deadline". For only £39.00 per year, Londoners and London-based businesses will get from … [Read more...]