The new domain name extension .Miami , which had it's first day of General Availability yesterday, where it could be registered on a first come, first served basis got almost 5K registration including around 200 in Sunrise. According to ntldstats.com, .Miami had 4,959 domain names in the zone after its full day of GA. The Godaddy family of registrars, dominated the top 10 of domain … [Read more...]
Here are Some .NYC Collision Domains That Won’t Be Available To Be Registered Next Week
.NYC updated it's list of domain names it will be releasing from the collision list next week. The collision domains will be release on 8 October 2015, these domains are being offered on a first come first served basis at normal registration fees with no premium renewal fees. There will be no auctions other than possibly at the registrar level for these domain name. The applicable names … [Read more...]
Uniregistry Takes Over New gTLD .HIV
According to imstilljosh.com, who seems to be involved with the .HIV registry, the new gTLD string .HIV is being transferred to Uniregistry. ""Today, Uniregistry takes over the lead in this unique journey to use a top-level domain to promote a social good. The dotHIV charity will continue its work for .hiv and focus on community support. The creative agency thjnk from Hamburg, Germany, … [Read more...]
DNpric.es Compares Aftermarket For .Guru, .Expert & .Ninja
DNPric.es issued a report to "compare three pretty equal new gTLDs and see how they do in terms of various key performing indicators, .EXPERT, .GURU, and .NINJA." "They were delegated around the same time a year and a half ago. About half of all registrations in each zone originate from the United States. All three are operated by strong registries and all of them are relatively short, … [Read more...]
ICANN Releases Results of Its 1st Global Registrant Survey
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published the findings of its first Global Registrant Survey, which was conducted on its behalf by Nielsen. Here are the key findings: Awareness of new gTLDs is higher among registrants of domain names than among general Internet users; 65% of domain registrants reported awareness of at least one new gTLD versus 46% of general … [Read more...]
Amazon Turns On AmazonRegistry.com To Sell New gTLD Domain Names
Amazon applied for 76 new generic top-level domain names (gTLD's). When Amazon applied for their new gTLD's they applied to operate them on a closed basis meaning the public would not be able to register any domain names without Amazon allocating them, but the Governmental Advisory Council (GAC) to ICANN nixed the plan for the most part, while still allowing .Brand Applications. Amazon won … [Read more...]
New gTLD Totals This Week .Rent 540; .Tickets 523; .Courses 447
Three new TLD extensions went live this week and here are the numbers .Rent which was bought to you by the .XYZ guys has around 540 registrations. .Tickets which is a one off registry, has a retail cost of around $500 per domain and has 523 registrations. .Courses which was sponsored by OPEN UNIVERSITIES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD which honestly I don't know much about has 447 … [Read more...]