new gtlds

Currently in the 'SUNRISE' Phase >> Only Trademark Holders - with their TMs Entered into the Global, CENTRALIZED, TM DataBase ( www.trademark-clearinghouse.com ) May Register .LLC domain names during this Phase.) They may do so at >> www.101domain.com/llc.htm >> Or at Any Other .LLC...

A lawyer for domain name registry Afilias says the company plans to file a Cooperative Engagement Process (CEP) and subsequent Independent Review Process (IRP) should ICANN move forward with delegating .Web to Nu Dot Co. Nu Dot Co won the auction to operate .web for $135 million. It was...

Are .fan and .fans the latest new gTLDs to go out of business? It certainly looks that way. ICANN has hit the registry with a breach notice for unpaid dues and stripped it of its registrar accreditation. In addition, its web sites no longer appear functional and I’ve just bought its official...

With another ‘out of the ordinary’ new Generic Domain Name sale publicly announced by Donuts Inc. for Vacation.Rentals(reportedly acquired for $500,300.00 in an all-cash deal) this becomes their second earth-shattering alternative-dot transaction in the last twelve months of which many will...

.NYC will have a travel and tourism related domain name auction in May. The auction opens May 3, 1 PM ET and closes May 10, 1 PM ET. The auction features 25 domain names: boattour.nyc boutiquehotel.nyc broadwaytickets.nyc bustour.nyc carrental.nyc citytours.nyc concierge.nyc flights.nyc...

They say that ‘money talks and bullshit walks’ (at least that is what my father used to say) and no-one likely knows this better than domain registry Radix, who maintains and operates several new catchy gTLD domain endings such as .tech and .online. Since 2016, Radix has been helping startup...

When Ward asked one of the companies why they went with a new top level domain they said “because all of the .coms were taken”. Here are the new TLDs he saw: GlobalVillage.world is used by a publishing company. IOP.global offers a peer-to-peer system and yes, they have a token...

During the 'SUNRISE' Phase - domain names using the 'New TLD' .APP may ONLY be Registered By Trademark Holders who have had their Trademark(s) Registered in the the CENTRALISED, Global, TM Database >> trademark-clearinghouse.com The .APP 'New TLD' is Owned / Operated By 'Google Registry' /...

High renewal rates and revenues for premium domains. On this week’s podcast I spoke with Tobias Sattler, the CIO of domain name registrar United Domains. He talked about the technical struggles of selling premium domains in new top level domain names. Despite all of these struggles, he said...

Here’s a view of all new gTLD domain registrations combined. 2017 started with just under 28M new gTLDs registered and ended with just under 24M. After all was said and done, we’re now starting 2018 with three new gTLDs all neck and neck in the top three spots, .XYZ, .LOAN, and .TOP. What I...

.TOP has been the #1 new gTLD for a while this year, and even now they sit at the #2 spot when it comes to registrations…but their one-year chart tells a different story: Ouch. This doesn’t look like a chart that would make you think this is one of the top new gTLDs. Think about it, if a stock...

I find myself somewhat frequently checking nTLDStats.com to follow what’s going on in the world of new gTLDs. One of the recent trends I’ve been keeping an eye on is .TOP overtaking .XYZ as the “most registered” new gTLD and .LOAN is getting closer and closer to overtaking .XYZ to move into the...

What other registrars will stop carrying new gTLDs?

In the whitepaper that EFF released they share some good tips for steering clear of what they call trademark bullies, copyright bullies, and overseas speech regulators. If none of these things ring a bell I’d recommend taking a look at the whitepaper because let’s be honest, there’s nothing more...

Source - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/07/how-threats-against-domain-names-used-censor-content Whitepaper - https://www.eff.org/files/2017/07/26/domain_registry_whitepaper.pdf

As a business owner and a domainer, I have never been a fan of the new GTLDs because of the headache it gives me when I think about actually using them as a URL in the real world. Explaining them to people you meet in the normal course of a business day. The leakage of traffic when advertising...

One of the most problematic things about the new gTLD space is that all of the applicants are trying to accomplish the same exact thing; to create a single authoritative place for their industry or brand. So they all want their dot, to be “the” dot. However, what they all do seem to agree on is...

What does it mean that a web address ending in .pizza costs more than one ending in .beer? Or that .bar costs more than .academy? That .church is pricier than .company? Hard to say. Maybe it doesn’t mean anything at all. Judging from a casual browse, the rental rates for top-level domains...

There are some misconceptions out there about new gTLDs and separating the facts from the myths is one way to gain an advantage on your competition. 1) Nobody is buying new domains 2) Nobody knows that new domains exist 3) New domains are penalized in search results rankings 4) The up-front...

Uniregistry released over 3.5 million previously withheld domain names across 19 TLDs, including 1.2 million premium names. The 3,636,440 domains were released today at 10am PDT / (17:00 UTC). Most of the Uniregistry TLDs, such as .lol and .help, released about 20k to 45k names. But .click and...