Google’s new .App domain extension is off to a huge start. After posting over 3,000 registrations in the Sunrise Period which was open to just to trademark holders; .APP generated over $1.7 Million in Early Access (EAP) Fees in its first 2 days and added over 700 registrations in day 3 of EAP. The prices vary by registrar but using $1,100 as a day 3 EAP cost, Google’s EAP haul after 3 days … [Read more...]
Google’s New Domain .APP Gets Over 700 More Registrations In Day 3; Now Over $2.5 Million In Just Early Access Fees
Google's new .App domain extension looks like a big winner. After posting over 3,000 registrations in the Sunrise Period which was open to just to trademark holders; .APP generated over $1.7 Million in Early Access (EAP) Fees in its first 2 days and added over 700 registrations in day 3 of EAP. The prices varies by registrar but using $1,100 as a day 3 EAP amount puts Google's EAP haul … [Read more...]
.Tech Crosses the 100,000 Domain Registration Mark; Here’s an Infographic
Radix Registry announced today that the new gTLD domain name extension .Tech crossed the 100,000 domain registration mark. Here is an infographic published by Radix on .Tech: … [Read more...]
.Club Rings Up $90K in Premium Domain Sales In February
.Club sold $90,000 in premium domain name sales in February 2016. According to a blog post on it's site, .Club, without any auctions being held during the short month, 17 different registrars and Sedo contributed to a "very respectable Premium Name Sales total of $89,236.65. This brings the total cumulative premium name sales for .CLUB to $3,629,874.44." "During the month of February 2016 … [Read more...]
How Many New gTLD’s Are Left To Be Launched?
A reader to thedomains.com asked as a comment on another post, as to how many new gTLD's are there still to come Good question The answer is quite a few. We have excluded .Brand gTLD's which can basically launch once the .Brand decides to move it along There are two new gTLD's that are scheduled for an ICANN auction in May unless settled privately prior. .DOCTOR .MOBILE The … [Read more...]
Chinese Domain Registrar Moves from 72e.Net To 72.Win
According to a press release out today, Foshan DiYong Network Co. Ltd, a domain name registrar in China has decided to change their domain name, from 72e.net to the new gTLD 72.win. .Win is owned and operated by Famous Four Media, and Richard Downs, VP of Sales at Famous Four Media had this to say in the PR: “We are over the moon with the growth of the .WIN domain extension. “We are … [Read more...]
89 of The Top 100 New gTLD Domain Holders Are From China
We have chatted about the growing influence of Chinese domain investors in the domain industry before, however today I checked out ntldstats.com to review the top 100 largest holders of new gTLD domain names and found 89 of the top 100 domain holders are from China. That number gets even more dramatic when you take into account that of the 11 non-Chinese largest new gTLD domain holders in the … [Read more...]
