The number of new gTLD registrations has topped 6 million according to ntldstats.com Lets break down the numbers by looking at the difference from our last report published on April 10th, when new gTLD domain registrations broke the 5 Million mark (Referred to as the April Report or April numbers) .Science owned by Famous Four Media added 200,000 registrations. .Science was launched and … [Read more...]
When Will The 2nd gTLD Round Open? ICANN Puts Out RFP For Study; Final Report July 2017
There has been much discussion on when ICANN would open up a 2nd round of new gTLD's. We at thedomains.com, already went on record last year predicting 2018 would be the earliest and its looking like we were right. ICANN has put out a Request for Proposal (RFP) to conduct a technical study examining the impact of the New gTLD Program (the Program) on the DNS root system. According to … [Read more...]
Inc.com Says Guru & Ninja Are 2 of the 12 Worst Things You Can Call Yourself On Linkedin
An interesting post by Inc.com on the worst things you can call (or refer) yourself on Linkedin and out of the 12 words you can use the authors says that two of the words are also new gTLD's. "There are so many terrible words people use to make themselves sound exciting on LinkedIn." Guru and Ninja both make the list. If these words are bad to refer to yourself on linked in by the same … [Read more...]
.Porn Ends Its 1st Day Of With 10,038 Domain Registrations; .Adult 8,277
According to the ICM Registry as of midnight EST, the first day of general availability (GA) the number of registered .porn domain names totaled 10,038. This number includes all domain name registered in Sunrise by trademark holders which numbered around 4,000 and the number of .porn domain names registered in the matching program for .XXX domain holders which was around 3,500 so basically … [Read more...]
.Porn & .Adult Rack Up Around 4K Registrations In 1st Hour
According to Stuart Lawley the CEO of ICM Registry the operator of .XXX, .porn and .adult registry about 4,000 domain names were registered in the 1st hour of general availability today of the new gTLD's .porn and .adult that went live at noon EST today. Of today's registrations about 60% where for .porn and 40% were for .adult The first .porn domain that was registered was large.porn The … [Read more...]
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .School 1,933; .Football 1,730; .Casino 1,447
Three new gTLD domain name extensions launched into General Availability (GA) yesterday, where domains can be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including the domain names registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders and those who paid an extra fee to register domain name ahead of GA in the Early Access Program (EAP) here are the number of domain names in the zone file … [Read more...]
.BUZZ Registry To Release 924 Previously Reserved For Normal Reg Fees: Here is The List
The .Buzz registry announced that is will rolling out of a select number of previously reserved .buzz domain names, which will become available in June. “In all 924 of our previously reserved domain names will become available to the public for registration at standard pricing, on a first-come first-served basis" The names are expected to be available on June 17, 2015. Included in the … [Read more...]