ICM Releases 2 Character Domains In .XXX - ICM Registry, the registry operator for .XXX, .PORN, .ADULT and .SEX, announces the launch of 2 character domains in .XXX.
The press release also came with a bold statement:
“””In dollar amounts, we have likely sold more in premium names than any registry launched in recent times.”””
ICM is also claiming “a growing interest from the Chinese market and a general increase in awareness of all our TLDs leave the outlook for brands, adult companies, and domain investors very strong in 2016.”
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Thu 7th January 2016
Wed 4th November 2015
.Sex is Live - ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, .ADULT and .SEX top-level domains (TLDs), announces the launch of its general availability period for .SEX.
Domain names in all of ICM Registry’s extensions are now available for public purchase.
Retail prices vary by registrar but Godaddy is charging $72 for a .sex domain name.
According to ntldstats.com .Sex got just over 3,800 domain registrations through Sunrise and the .XXX matching program although the registry told me that .sex had ... read more ...
Tue 6th October 2015
.Sex Matching Program For .XXX Domain Owners is Open - ICM Registry, the company that operates .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT announced today the launch of its .SEX Domain Matching/Sunrise B program.
From now until October 30th, if you own a .XXX domain name, or if you are a trademark owner that reserved a name during the .XXX Sunrise B program, you are eligible to participate in this unique opportunity to register .SEX names before they become available to the general public.
This program gives most .XXX participants a priority opportunity to register domain ... read more ...
Thu 3rd September 2015
Paris Hilton; Harry Potter; Playboy; AARP Among 1st To Own a .Sex Domain Name - The new gTLD .Sex went into the first day of the Sunrise on September 1st where trademark holders registered with the Trademark Clearinghouse can register .Sex domain names.
Over 700 .Sex domain names have been registered.
Google, Apple, Microsoft, Time Warner and Marriott seemed to register the most .Sex domains to date.
With some of the trademarks there are some interesting .sex domains, including Office.sex, JustEat.Sex, Swift.sex; Priceless.Sex; Safari.sex
Then there is MTV.sex, which the Network ... read more ...
Wed 2nd September 2015
.SEX is Now Available: .XXX, .Porn & .Sex Premiums Go Tiered-Pricing on Registrars -
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT domain names announced that the new gTLD .SEX opened up yesterday for Trademark holders.
.SEX launched on September 1, with three distinct phases.
The first phase is the TMCH Sunrise phase for trademark owners (Sept 1-Oct 1).
The next is a combined Sunrise B/Domain Matching phase for existing .XXX participants (Oct 5-Oct. 30); and the final phase is general availability (Nov 4th).
Names in each phase will be available on a first-come, ... read more ...
Fri 5th June 2015
.Porn Ends Its 1st Day Of With 10,038 Domain Registrations; .Adult 8,277 - According to the ICM Registry as of midnight EST, the first day of general availability (GA) the number of registered .porn domain names totaled 10,038.
This number includes all domain name registered in Sunrise by trademark holders which numbered around 4,000 and the number of .porn domain names registered in the matching program for .XXX domain holders which was around 3,500 so basically .porn got over 2,500 registrations on the first day of availability.
As far as .adult the first day of general ... read more ...
Mon 11th May 2015
.Porn and .Adult Domain Matching Program For .XXX Owners Opens For Business - ICM Registry, LLC, the company that operates the .XXX, .PORN, .ADULT and .SEX TLDs, announces its Domain Matching Program for .XXX domain name owners is now open for business.
“The .PORN and .ADULT Domain Matching Program gives most .XXX domain holders a priority opportunity to register directly matching names in .PORN and .ADULT.
ICM Registry has reduced its registration fees for these names and some participating registrars are offering the names for as low as $12.99.
ICM has created an easy ... read more ...
Sun 3rd May 2015
Beyonce; Britney Spears, Blake Shelton; Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez All Register Their .Porn Domain - It looks like Taylor Swift was not by far the only celebrity to register a .Porn new gTLD domain name extension in the recently concluded Sunrise period.
Lots of the biggest names in the music business joined Taylor Swift in registering their .porn domain including; Beyonce,
Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, Cher, Britney Spears, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Faith Hill, Ed Sheeran, Sheryl Crow, James Blunt, The Band Perry, The Beach Boys.
Jennifer Lopez registered ... read more ...
Thu 30th April 2015
ICM Just Made $1.2 Million On Sunrise Registrations For A $370K Investment - The ICM registry, which is the operator of .XXX, announced a short time ago that their two new extensions .porn and .adult each got around 4,000 registrations in the Sunrise Period which was opened to trademark holders.
The wholesale cost for each sunrise registration was just $62, which is quite a bargain considering that the wholesale cost of a .sucks registration is around $2K + for any domain they deemed as “premium” going up to $185K wholesale for a domain like ICANN.sucks
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