The Sunrise period for trademark/brand holders closed on June 20 for the .NYC new gTLD, the extension for the city of New York. The latest zone files indicate that brands and trademark holders participated very lightly in the Sunrise period, where I count less than 160 domain name registrations (of course all of the Sunrise maybe in). However since New York is largely regarded to be the … [Read more...]
1st Day New gTLD Totals .Tools 1,759.Supplies 1,143; .Parts 1,010; .Supply 864; .Industries 566
Several new gTLD's went into its first day of general availability yesterday. For the second week in a row, no new gTLD that launched had any particularly great results. Matter of fact the total amount of all the new gTLD's that went into GA yesterday was just over 5,500 domains Here are the total number of registrations after the 1st day of general availability including all Sunrise … [Read more...]
Afnic: “Launch of the new TLDs: validity of the 50/50 law”
French Study Has Some Interesting Assumptions Afnic the organization that governs the .fr extension put out a report where they took a look at the 50/50 law and how it correlates to new gtlds. It seems the study refers to a law they say is well known among domain professionals. I am not sure this is well known, if it is true then some new gtlds are in for a tough time. One of the points of … [Read more...]
New gTLD’s Break The 1.3 Million Mark; .XYZ Tops Over 200K; .Berlin Tops 140K & .Club Over 75K
The total number of new domain extension (gTLD) registrations topped 1.3 Million overnight at ntldstats.com. According to ntldstats.com there are just about 1,310,000 new gTLD registered .XYZ is now also topped 200,000 registrations sitting at 208,792 registrations. 86.5% of all .XYZ registrations or over 180,600 are at Network Solutions which continues to give free .XYZ domain names to … [Read more...]
Auction Day At ICANN: Here is How You Can Watch & Bid On The .Global Auction Online
The Live .Global Auction event is being held today from London during ICANN 50. The auction will start approximately at 5:30 London time which is 12:30pm EST/ 9:30 PST Here is a short information sheet on how you can bid online or watch the auction. Yes there will be a Live Webcam broadcast of the auction. The Auction will be broadcast live. You HAVE to sign up even if you just want … [Read more...]
.Global Online Auction Signup Is Live; You Must Sign Up Even If You Pre-Bid With Namejet
The signup for the .Global online Live Domain Name is now active. If you want to participate remotely in the .Global Live domain name Auction which is being held during ICANN London, you need to go and sign up here. The auction will be held starting at around 12:30 PM EST; 5:30 PM London time. Even … [Read more...]
NetNames: .New gTLD’s Will Overtake .Com/.Net Registrations By 2020
According to NetNames' Internet 2020 report, 92% of large companies in the US, Britain, France and Germany are planning to invest in new domain names (new gTLD's) over the next three years, and 46% say they already have begun to invest in this area. The telegraph.co.uk, wrote about the NetNanes' report and chatted with CEO Gary McIlraith: "Although .com will remain popular, registrations of … [Read more...]