new gtlds

Rightside is releasing over 25,000 two-character domain names next week that were previously reserved. Most notably, the domain names will go through a dutch auction “early access” phase from September 14-20. During that time you can pay a premium to register the domain names at Enom, Hexonet...

Radix produced an infographic based on an ICANN survey to analyze how their new strings are doing with consumers. Some of the ICANN results: 52% of surveyed consumers were aware of at least 1 new gTLD presented to them 7 out of 10 of new-gTLD-aware consumers had visited a site on a new...

The domain name extension .Party has been losing thousands of domain name registrations a day over the last few weeks. The new gTLD domain extension .party launched in February 2015. However in May 2015, after just 5,600 domain names had been registered, Alpnames.com offered free .party domain...

The zone files finally updated for Thursday and Friday,and there are now more than 21 million new gTLD domain names registered. Yesterday we reported the .XYZ passed .info but did not have the actual number of registrations. Today we know the actual number of registrations for .XYZ is...

The 1,000th new gTLD from the 2012 application round was delegated yesterday. It was either .shop or .realestate, appropriately enough, which both appear to have been added to the DNS root zone at about the same time. But since once new gTLD was removed, here is the 1000th new gTLD in the...

“IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), has released one and two-character domains across its portfolio of financial Top Level Domains (TLDs), (new gTLD’s) which include .Markets, .Forex, .Broker, .Trading, .CFD, and .Spreadbetting. Prices start from $200, with the domain names are available on a...

It’s no secret that Rightside has a lot of premium domains. Given that we’re just four weeks away from a premium domain promotion that drops the wholesale renewal and transfer prices on premium domains to $10 for the lifetime of the registration, the fact that we have so much incredible premium...

Restrictions mean little exposure for .boat and .yachts. Publishing company Dominion Enterprises launched the .boats and .yachts top level domain names last week. Odds are you didn’t hear about the launch. The reason is simple: these are restricted domain names. You must have a tie to the...

.tech domains from Radix Registry, continues to be the hot choice of all techies and startups! Radix Registry has partnered with over 40 Startup Communities and Tech Universities in order to support several startup founders and students, to ensure they get the best .tech domains for their tech...

According to ntldstats.com, the number of new gTLD’s domain registrations grew by 1.1 million domains, in just the last 5 days. In terms of percentage of increase, the 1.1 million increase in new gTLD domain names, is close to a 9% increase in just 5 days. On February 13th, there were a total of...

The new gTLD universe passed 12 million domains for the first time today, according to zone files. Today, we counted 12,001,346 domains across all the 2012-round gTLD zones, up by just under 60,000 names on the day. Over 50,000 of the new names were split fairly evenly between .xyz and .club...

Donuts today said that it has added its two millionth new domain name registration. The domain in question was schedule.holiday, the company said. The number appears to refer to fresh registrations, not including renewals, across all of its TLDs. Its first batch of gTLDs launched about two...

We are excited to announce that any business, organization, or individual can now register .Security, .Protection, and .Theatre domains. With these domains launching into general availability this morning, you can now secure secure short, authoritative names and establish yourself as a leader in...

Vox Populi is taking ICANN to mediation over a row about what some of its registrars call a “gag order” against them. Its lawyers have sent ICANN a letter demanding mediation and claiming ICANN has breached the .sucks Registry Agreement. Complete article here

Accent Media sells ‘.tickets‘domains to every team in Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Basketball Association (NBA) as well as a number of teams in the National Hockey League (NHL) London start-up building presence in American entertainment...

How new top level domain names progressed this year. New top level domain names came out with a whimper in 2014, with plenty of birth pangs. What about 2015? It wasn’t a break-through year Hundreds more top level domain names hit the market during 2015. But adoption of new domains didn’t...

According to nTLDStats.com, there are now more than 11 million registered new gTLD domain names. I am not sure if the 11 million mark was passed today or yesterday, but it currently stands at 11,062,149 registered domain names.

Someone just registered DonaldTrump.Sucks via the This.Sucks platform. Whois records show that the registrant is listed as This.sucks, Inc, and the domain name was registered on December 18th. As you likely know, Donald Trump is an American businessman who is currently running for President of...

This morning, I caused the registration of and was given control of a web site at twitter.sucks. I didn’t pay a thing, though I did — by checking a box linked to hidden terms and conditions — promise to pay $10,000 if I was later determined to be working for Twitter. Ordinarily, registering a...

This past weekend at the movie theaters there was not a single movie worth mentioning. Everyone is getting ready for the big premiere of Star Wars – The Force Awakens. Star Wars is a famous trademark of Lucas Films, and an intellectual property of Disney. Still, people will go register domain...