Famous Four Media, one of the largest applicants for new gTLD's announced today they have signed its 100th ICANN accredited registrar. Famous Four Media believes that these 100 registrars provide the largest distribution channel currently held by any new gTLD Registry operator, covering some 90% of all currently registered domains. Registrars are the only way through which end-users of … [Read more...]
.Vegas Hits The Big Apple With Times Square Billboard
The .Vegas registry has a very nice sized ad that is in New York's Time Square Thanks to a reader of the domains that spotted it and sent it over. We should expect to see more of the new gTLD's marketed in a big way especially the Geo's. … [Read more...]
Guest Post: An Insider’s Guide to .Wiki Landrush
This is a Guest Post written by Andrew Merriam who is the Business Development Coordinator for Top Level Design LLC, the new TLD registry for .wiki, .ink, and an applicant for an additional 7 TLDs. Andrew has been involved in Top Level Design’s applications from their start and has a background working with CEO Raymond King on a separate project, ICANNWiki, where he first entered the world of … [Read more...]
Namejet.com To Auction Of Premium .Buzz Domains
NameJet just opened bidding on "35 premium .Buzz domain names. "One of the first pure generic strings to be launched, .BUZZ is short, edgy, fun, and globally recognized. " "The term "buzz" typically refers to what people are talking about. This premium domain list represents some of the hottest topics being discussed on the web. Reserve yours today! "" All the domains appear to in … [Read more...]
Minds + Machines Wins Auctions For .Garden & .Yoga Loses .Deals & .Property & Pays $5.97M
The Directors of Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX) are delighted to announce that following the private auctions held last week for .deals, .garden, .property and .yoga, the Company has secured the uncontested application rights for .garden and .yoga. The net cost to the Company for securing the sole application status for .garden and .yoga was approximately $5.97 million (circa £3.6 … [Read more...]
The Prediction Made On TheDomains Comes True As The 2 Chinese IDN Both Make The Top 5
Back on March 19th we published an interview with Simon Cousins about the two extensions TLD Registry is rolling out the Chinese IDN for Online (.在线) as well as Dot Chinese Website (中文网) Back then Simon told TheDomains.com that: "I would say we have a greater than 50% chance of both of our strings being in the top 5 new gTLD’s in terms of domain name registrations at the end of … [Read more...]
Venture Beat “Domain gold rush: Why your company needs to speak Chinese online”
Kathy Nielsen from Sedo did a guest post on Venture Beat discussing domain names and the upcoming Chinese new gtlds. From the article: By now, many savvy businesses and investors have heard about the expansion of the domain name system. New extensions (known as “top-level domains” or “TLDs”) are joining .com, .org, .net and the others we’ve grown accustomed to – extensions including generic … [Read more...]