Yesterday we reported on the top 20 domain name registrars in terms of new gTLD domain name registrations. The domain name registrar in second place on the list was Enom with 23,167 new gTLD domain name registrations. Today the CEO fo NameCheap.com Richard Kirkendall told TheDomains.com that of the 23K domain name registrations of Enom.com, NameCheap.com accounts for over 14,000 of … [Read more...]
.BUZZ signs RRA with GoDaddy & Frank Schilling New Uniregistrar Is One of .Buzz Registrars
(Photo: Rich Merdinger of GoDaddy, Pinky Brand of FocusNUA advisor to .BUZZ and Bill Doshier, Founder and CEO of .BUZZ) .BUZZ signed its RRA with GoDaddy in New York City at the Momentum 3rd Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress and announced over 40 other registrars that will be taking .BUZZ registrations. One of the registrars on the list grabbed my eye, Frank Schilling … [Read more...]
Godaddy Has 40% Of The New gTLD Market; 1and1 For Its $50M Got 12K Registrations
A new site (or at least new to me) is showing the most detailed stats I have seen for new gTLD's. According to ntldstats.com, there are a total of 215,638 new gTLD domain registrations as of 16:30 (time zone not defined) on March 6th. According to the site, Godaddy registered almost 87,000 of the 215,000 new gTLD's giving it a 40% market share. 1and1.com which spent a reported $50 … [Read more...]
.Build Hires Tim Switzer, Formerly of Neustar and DotGreen As Head of Operations
George Minardos, Founder and CEO of .BUILD, announced today that Tim Switzer, formerly of Neustar and DotGreen, is joining .BUILD as head of operations and registrar relations. Switzer will team up with Minardos, Tom Brackey, ARI Services and the rest of the .BUILD team to bring the global building industry on-line via the .BUILD domain name. Minardos commented, “We are excited to have Tim join … [Read more...]
Afilias Wins .Green To Add To Its Collection Of New gTLD Colors
United TLD Holdco Ltd which is owned by Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD .Green leaving Afilias as the sole applicant for the .Green Extension. Last week it was revealed that some private auctions had been settled and Minds + Machines announced they had withdrawn their application for .Green, but we didn't know who won the .Green string until now. With … [Read more...]
20 .Guru Sites Make Alexa’s Top 1M List
Its been only a few week since .Guru fully launched and already sites built on .Guru domains have cracked the Alexa Top 1 Million domain mark. Alexa.org ranks websites based on estimated traffic each site receives. I went through the Alexa top 1,000,000 list today which ranks websites on the basis of traffic and found 20 .Guru domain names in the Alexa Top 1M list. The highest ranked … [Read more...]
.Guru Tops 40,000 Registrations; Not Bad For A TLD Donuts Did Not Have In Its Top 50%
The new gTLD .Guru just topped 40,000 registrations making it the most successful new gTLD to launch. .Photography is the second most popular new gTLD with almost 25,000 registrations. .Tattoo is the least registered new extension, fully launched to date, still under 1,000 registrations. I had a chance to chat with Dan Schindler of Donuts the registry that owns .Guru as well as almost … [Read more...]