According to a press release sent this morning, Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) applied for 68 new gTLD's on its on behalf and a submitted total of 92 applications. In addition to 68 application it filed on its own behalf, the company submitted 5 gTLD geographic applications for or in association with the cities of London, Miami, and Budapest, together with the German States of Bayern and … [Read more...]
NameJet.com Throws Its Hat Into The Ring For Landrush & Sunrise Auctions For New gTLD’s
According to a press release just out NameJet.com announced that offering Land Rush and Sunrise auction services for new gTLD registries to settle contested domain name applications. "The unprecedented release of so many top level domains means that domain Registries will need a trusted, reliable partner to handle the various auction-related opportunities that the ICANN process will allow," … [Read more...]
Google Applies For 50 New gTLD’s
According to Adage.com Google has applied for 50 new gTLD's altogether, including those reported by other media outlets. .Google, .Youtube, .Lol and .Docs are the only 4 new gTLD's that Google announced on its blog today, so they have 46 more they aren't releasing information on today. You can check out the full Adage.com story here. … [Read more...]
Directi Invest Over $30 Million & Applies For 31 New gTLD’s: Including: .Law, .Web, .Bank, .Shop
Directi Group, today announced its is applying for 31 new gTLD's under its new brand - Radix. Directi has committed over $30 million on the application of 31 strings comprising several generic and mass market names. “This is a historic moment in the evolution of the Internet,” said Bhavin Turakhia, founder and CEO of Directi Group. “We have invested a significant amount of time and … [Read more...]
CloudNames Announces Application For gTLDs: .Cloud and .Global.
CloudNames.com just announced it has applied for two new gTLDs, .cloud and .global. “In applying for these two unrestricted gTLDs we want to give businesses and individuals the chance to secure new and highly relevant domains. We believe that .cloud and .global will be valuable additions to the new top level domains structure,” says Rolf Larsen, CEO of CloudNames." “Both .cloud and .global … [Read more...]
PIR Operator of .Org, Applies For Four New gTLD’s IDN of .Org and For .Ngo & .Ong
PIR, the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain, announced today it has applied for the creation and management of four internationalized domain names (IDNs) recognized as .ORG in non-Latin-based scripts and for the new gTLD's of .Ngo and Ong "As part of its application to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), PIR submitted for the generic top-level domains … [Read more...]
Web.com Starts Accepting Pre-Registrations For .Web Domain Names
Web.com (WWWW) which owns Register.com and NetworkSolutions.com announced last night that they applied for the new gTLD .Web. Web.com is taking "pre-reservations" for .Web domain names. Here is some text from the signup page: "The introduction of .WEB™ extensions may be the biggest thing that has happened to domain names since .COM." "" .WEB™ registry will be provided by Web.com – … [Read more...]