Over 6,000 2014 domain names registered in December.
It’s almost 2014, and the market for registering domain names that include “2014” is apparently quite robust.
Verisign data show that 6,108 .com and .net domain names including “2014” have been registered in December as of the end of yesterday.
Scanning through the list, I picked up on a few trends.
First, counterfeiting and unauthorized trademark use is alive and well. Many of the domain names include a brand and the year 2014, and they aren’t registered by the brand owner:
reebokshoes2014.com
2014seahawksjersey.com
replicapradabag2014.com
cheaptimberlandboots2014.com
Second, over the past week wedding domain name registrations have been robust. A lot of people get engaged over the holidays and plan their wedding for the following year. For example, pittmanwedding2014.com and matthewandjessica2014.com were registered within the past week. I saw many more examples following the nameandname2014.com pattern.
Third, people are registering names of events and holidays that will take place in 2014.
If you’re not ready to say goodbye to 2013 just yet, you’re not alone. Over 2,100 domain names including “2013” have also been registered so far this month.
todd says
“Scanning through the list, I picked up on a few trends.”
What website do you use to check this data?
Andrew Allemann says
Todd – http://domainview.verisignlabs.com/
Domenclature.com says
We have a whole category of 2014 Names on Sale at:
http://domenclature.com/buy-domains/#!/~/category/id=7194631&offset=0&sort=normal
Top names and keywords. Check them out. Thanks.
solerwin says
are there any new gtld? I hope to see new gtld that is so personalized.
patrick says
endoftheworld2014.com is available
patrick says
PS,you can probably buy every year over year and you will be bound to get it right. Happy New Year