An interesting mix of companies applied during Sunrise for .menu domains. While some of the Sunrise domains like nestle.menu; fridays.menu; tgifridays.menu; panerabread.menu; pfchangs.menu; icantbelieveitsnotbutter.menu, joyofcooking.menu; sweettomatoes.menu and kentuckyfriedchicken.menu are bang on for those in the food or restaurant industry, most of the trademarks were by tech companies and … [Read more...]
New gTLD Registrations Top 125K As .Today; .Technology; .Land; .Directory Open Up Strong
The total number of new gTLD domain name registrations have now passed the 125,000 mark as several new extensions have finished Sunrise and starting to take registrations. .Guru continues to led the pack now topping over 35,000 registration with .Photography topping 18,000 registrations. Quite a few new gTLD's are hitting RegistrarStats.com for the 1st time with .Today leading the way with … [Read more...]
.Wiki Picks Namejet.com For Sunrise and Landrush Auctions
Top Level Design, LLC, the applicant for the new top level domain .wiki, has selected NameJet, to operate the sunrise and landrush auctions and help with future premium auctions. Sunrise is expected to begin in March, 2014. The .wiki TLD will make wikis more valuable through greater visibility and ease of use. Most Internet users are familiar with the concept of wikis, thanks to … [Read more...]
.BUZZ Release Premium Domain List With Prices As High As $46,880
The new gTLD .Buzz has released its premium list of domain names on its website, names.buzz . The most expensive domain name on the list is Games.Buzz at $46,880 but its on the ICANN collision list so its not quiet available yet. The most expensive domain not on the collision list is Jobs.Buzz at $42,000 Business.Buzz is priced at $33,500 Clothes.buzz is priced at … [Read more...]
The New gTLD .HIV Project Has Pretty Creative Way Of Distributing Money To Non-Profits
At the Fairwinds Beyond The Dot conference this morning a presentation by the supporters of the new gTLD .HIV explained that part of the project will "generate funds to support the dedicated all over the world, raise awareness of the topic HIV/AIDS and work against the stigmatization of people living with the virus." The .HIV new gTLD is being described as more than just a domain name, its "A … [Read more...]
.UNO Wants To Be The Spanish Equivalent of .Com
At the Fairwinds Beyond The Dot conference this morning Shaul Jolles President and CEO of the the .Uno registry laid out his goal for the .UNO registry .UNO wants to be the .COM to the spanish speaking market. .UNO will globally connect over 490 million Spanish speaking businesses, consumers and individuals. Mr. Jolles in laying out his vision cited some live .UNO "sites" However each … [Read more...]
Capturing the Gold by Stepping Up Your Game With the Right Registrations
FairWinds Partners is hosting the Beyond the dot conference in Washington D.C. today, Michael is at the conference for TheDomains.com and RightoftheDot.com The 2014 Beyond the Dot Conference will be held at the Newseum tomorrow, February 19. The event will bring together policymakers, corporations, non-profits, government officials, and average Internet users to explore and discuss what they … [Read more...]