.Shop announced they will be releasing 14,000 three letter names starting tomorrow. These names will have a standard renewal price. The announcement was made on the .shop website: 10/23/2017Over 14,000 New 3L Premium Names to be Released Tomorrow with Standard Renewal Fees We are excited to announce that more than 14,000 three character premium .shop names will be newly released October 24 at … [Read more...]
GDS awards most popular new gTLDs of China
.Shop (an advertiser on TheDomains) was one of the new gtlds that won most popular new gtld of China at the Global Domain Summit. Proud to bring home the "The most popular new gTLD of China" award from @gdschina What an honor - thank you! #GDS pic.twitter.com/QG7JWNSZYq — .shop TopLevelDomain (@shoptld) July 11, 2017 Another sponsor of ours Radix won for .online. The other winners … [Read more...]
Arbel Arif posts largest .shop sale to date with Blade.shop
Domain investor Arbel Arif has posted the highest selling .shop name with his sale of Blade.Shop for $10,000. Arbel kept Namepros members in suspense for a few days while waiting for escrow to clear. There have only been 9 .shop sales reported by Namebio Domain Price Date Venue jetski.shop 4,446 USD 2016-11-03 Sedo 420.shop 3,000 … [Read more...]
Moniker to offer one free .shop domain per customer
Moniker is currently running a promotion where you can register one free .shop domain. The offer extends only to non premium domains. You have to act by December 23, 2016. You can also register a free .shop at Domaindiscount24. Here are the terms: Terms of the .shop Christmas Promotion This offer only applies to new one-year registrations and the first year of multi-year … [Read more...]
An illustrated look at the .Shop launch
The folks over at NtldStats.com published an infographic on InfoGr.Am that delves into the numbers on .Shop. Some of the numbers include: 19,291 people registered one or more .shop domains within the first 24 hours. $1,561,240 have been spent on .shop domains within the first 24 hours after GA. 91 .shop domains have a DNSSEC signature. 82 out of … [Read more...]
Looks Like At Least 4 Brands Paid Tens of Thousands Each To Register 6 .Shop Domain
Yesterday, September 1, 2016, was the first day of the Early Access Program (EAP) for .Shop. I found six .Shop domain registrations that were made on September 1 by 4 brand-holders. It's possible these registrations could have been made in the Sunrise period if the brands were registered with the Trademark Clearinghouse but Sunrise for .Shop closed on August 29, 2016. First day of EAP … [Read more...]