According to ntldstats.com, the number of new gTLD domain name registration has now passed the 250,000 mark. .Guru is still leading the pack with almost 45,000 registrations but .Photography is closing in passing 28,000 registrations. .Tips and .Today have about the same amount of registrations which are quickly approaching 15,000 each. .Technology and .Director each have just over … [Read more...]
Apple, Weather Channel, Ericsson, Hallmark, Chanel: Brands Are Getting Their .Wiki
Top Level Design LLC, the company behind the new gTLD, .Wiki announced today that leading global brands including Apple, Ericsson, Hallmark, the Weather Channel, and Chanel were among the first to take advantage of the opportunity to obtain their .wiki domain names through the "TheirTrademark.wiki" program. The world’s best-known online collaboration tool thanks to Wikipedia.org, “wikis” are a … [Read more...]
New gTLD’s Registered With Word “Eco” Are Being Take Back: On ICANN’s Restricted List
As we just went to tape this weeks DomainSherpa.com discussion show, a fellow Sherpa, Page Howe, brought it to my attention that new gTLD domain names that have the word Eco on the left of the dot were in the process of being taken back by the Donuts Registry. Page's domain names eco.directory and eco.careers are only two of the domains now in the process of being deleted by the registry as … [Read more...]
Brands Finally Find A New gTLD They Like For Sunrise .Company has a Few Hundred
Much has been made of the lack of Sunrise applications and Brands seeking their matching trademark or brand domains in the new gTLD rollout. I just reviewed the Zone file for the new Donuts gTLD .Company and it seems like this is a gTLD Brands are ding some registrations on. Although still not a huge number there does seem to be about 3x the activity in Sunrise than the average TLD. I … [Read more...]
Interview with the founder of NtldStats.com
NtldStats.com is a website that offers a comprehensive list of statistics pertaining to the new gtlds. The company behind the website is Greensec based out of Germany. We sat down with Stefan Meinecke to get some more info about the site. 1) What is GreenSec's interest in the space ? Stefan - GreenSec is a software consultant company that offers individual solutions for companies around … [Read more...]
It’s Official: Google Is Giving Away Free Domain Names
Since the ICANN Big Reveal where we learned that Google applied for over 100 new gTLD extension we have been chatting about whether Google would giving away free domains. Well we didn't have to wait long to find out. Google is offering 5,000 new gTLD's in its first live new gTLD which is an IDN, .みんな Domainincite.com broke the news that Google is offering a free domain name to the first … [Read more...]
FT.com Covers Frank Schilling
One of the most prestigious publications in the world, the Financial Times out of London just published a huge cover story on Frank Schilling "Tucked inside a nondescript building on Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, a stone’s throw from the island’s largest and glitziest hotels, Frank Schilling’s home feels a bit like the Batcave. " "A lift leads to a large intercom-protected gate, which … [Read more...]