$55,000 A Year For A Domain Registration? Wecolme To .Attorney & .Lawyer - Two new gTLD’s that will be launching into general availability on October 8th 2014, .Attorney and .Lawyer premium domain names are carrying the highest costs of any extension we have seen so far by a mile. Both extensions are being launched with an Early Access Program (EAP). The good news is that very few domains are being reserved by the registry. The bad news is for those domains labeled as premium domains by the registry, .Attorney and .Lawyer domains are names are carrying the highest premium ... read more ...

New gTLD Domain Name Registrations Break 2 Million But There Are Lots Of Caveats & Asterisks - According to nTLDstats.com the number of new gTLD registration broke through the 2 million mark today and sits at 2,011,549. However there are plenty of caveats and asterisks to go around. Its interesting to note that there are only 666,394 distinct registrants for the over 2 Million domain names, meaning that the average registrant owns over 3 new gTLD domain names. cnnic.cn the registry of two IDN gTLD extensions registered and reserved over 55,000 of the 2 million domains just this week.  You ... read more ...

Registry Registers & Reserves over 33,500 New gTLD’s For .公司 (Business Organizations) - The registry we wrote about the other day which registered and reserved over 23,500 domain names for a new gTLD IDN has done it again with another new gTLD IDN. This time Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China Internet Network Information Center registered and reserved over 33,500 domain names for the extension .公司 which means “business organization” You can read more about this application here The number of reserved and registered domains in .公司 (Business ... read more ...

This Weeks New gTLD 1st Day Totals: .Bio 2,679; .Haus 1,261; .Tax 1,135; .Cash 1,026; .Investments 876; .Fund 772 - The zone files for the new gTLD that launched on Wednesday updated later than usual this week but here are the 1st day totals for the new gTLD’s that launched this week. The totals include domain names registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders as well as those registered in the Early Access Program (EAP) or Landrush, as well as during the 1st day of general availability. .Bio 2,679 .Haus 1,261 .Tax 1,135 .Cash 1,026 .Investments 876 .Fund 772 Haus is the German word meaning house. .Investments ... read more ...

Registry For New gTLD IDN .网络 (Network) Registers & Reserves Over 23K Domains - A new gTLD IDN .网络 which means network in Chinese (xn--io0a7i) registered and reserved over 23,500 domain names yesterday increasing the overall number of new gTLD registered to 1.96 million according to ntldstats.com. The registry of the IDN new gTLD is Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences （China Internet Network Information Center) You can read more about about their application here. The extension which seems to either be in landrush or  has wrapped up its ... read more ...

ANA: “Hard to Imagine That Most of The Already-Launched TLDs Will Be Around in 2 Years - The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) an opponent of the new gTLD program wrote a post on its corporate blog today asking “Already Launched New gTLD’s : Is Anyone Out There?” The post is a “report” written by their general counsel Reed Smith LLP, and Brad R. Newberg of the firm wrote the piece which gave its rundown of the state of the new gTLD program and is definitely worth a read. Here are the highlights: This post asks the question: Putting aside cybersquatters, domainers (those ... read more ...

.XYZ Claims Its The Most Used New gTLD Extension - In a blog post Daniel Negari the CEO of the .XYZ registry claims that .XYZ its the most used new gTLD extension. The post uses the numbers furnished by ntldstats.com that we disclosed  in our post the other day that looks at the percentage of registered new gTLD domain names that are parked by extension. “”Let’s look at utilization on a few levels: 1. Registration numbers 2. Active website statistics 3. Quality of these active websites 1. Registration numbers .xyz has received the most registrations ... read more ...

Tech Publications In China Giving Postive Coverage to .XYZ - Techweb.com.cn, gave a pretty good endorsement to the .XYZ registry. We had to use Google Translate to turn this into broken English but you get the general idea, that they are recommending to their readers they try .XYZ as an investment: 2014 has been in the past half more, this time in the domain name industry after another we see a lot of new top-level domains, such as Online, Chinese net, .club ,. move, .xyz, .wang more. Among them, have to say .xyz is a new top-level domain of the black horse! ... read more ...

.Cash & .Tax Launch Today Here Are The Registered Domain Names - We have chatted earlier this week about the new domain names registered in two of the 5 new gTLD’s going live today, .Fund and .Investments and thought we would let you know what domain names were not going to be available when General Registration opens today for .Cash and .Tax. We think .Tax is going to be the weakest of the 4 new Donuts extensions launching today. Although its the cheapest of the four new gTLD’s  extension in terms of registration prices, we think the application for .tax ... read more ...

420K ICANN Collision New gTLD Domains Start The Process of Being Freed As They Are “Registered” - There are a ton of new gTLD’s being “registered” today. Many readers have written and commented about the volume of domain “registered” today and that these registrations may screw up the  new gTLD stats when the zone files update tomorrow. However the vast majority are domain names on the ICANN Collision list and appears to be a technical entry, rather than a real domain registration, one of the steps in the domain name being freed. According to Registered.Today over 420,000 new gTLD ... read more ...

.Investments Launches Today Here Are The Domains Already Registered - The new gTLD .investments goes into general availability today meaning it can be registered on a first come first serve basis. The registration price is high at a whopping $129.99 registration price at Godaddy.com Here are the more interesting domain names registered in Sunrise for trademark holders and in the Early Access Program for a higher one time fee. Either way these domain names are no longer available: about.investments abudhabi.investments accelerator.investments advisorshares.investments aia.investments allfundsbank.investments alternative.investments amazon.investments amerivest.investments amil.investments anf.investments angel.investments apax.investments aqr.investments bcv.investments berkeley.investments bgc.investments bitcoin.investments bitcoins.investments bitpay.investments blackstone.investments bny.investments bond.investments bonds.investments broker.investments brokers.investments buildingblocks.investments business.investments caixabank.investments cantor.investments ccre.investments cip.investments coin.investments corporatepartners.investments costar.investments costargroup.investments crowd.investments csg.investments csgp.investments danskebank.investments darby.investments dubai.investments eight.investments expat.investments firstcitizens.investments firststate.investments florida.investments foreign.investments franklin.investments franklintempleton.investments fxcm.investments gasnatural.investments glacier.investments global.investments goldmansachs.investments good.investments great.investments hightech.investments homesteadfunds.investments iam.investments icap.investments imx.investments intuit.investments johnhancock.investments jointhenation.investments jti.investments kbc.investments koc.investments lasvegas.investments lazard.investments libertymutual.investments libertymutualinsurance.investments lowrisk.investments macau.investments make.investments makemoney.investments marijuana.investments market.investments mellon.investments miami.investments microsoft.investments mill.investments moodys.investments mortgage.investments mutualfund.investments mytrade.investments nationwidebank.investments naughty.investments nestegg.investments newyork.investments one.investments papermoney.investments park.investments peak.investments pennystock.investments prime.investments putnam.investments rbc.investments reit.investments roofing.investments royal.investments royalbank.investments scotland.investments scout.investments showcase.investments smart.investments southflorida.investments steadfast.investments stock.investments stockmarket.investments stocks.investments tech.investments templeton.investments the.investments thebankofnewyork.investments thehartford.investments thinkmoney.investments titan.investments trustmark.investments veo.investments vpi.investments vtb.investments wallstreet.investments weed.investments worst.investments wrap.investments ... read more ...

.London Gets Over 600 Trademark New gTLD Registrations Here Are The Most Interesting - .London just updated its Zone file today and is reporting over 600 new gTLD registrations which all seem to be domain names registered in Sunrise for trademark holders. Some interesting no shows include a lot of US tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Twitter just to name a few. BuyDomains.London was not applied for buy Name Media but by a British company. Luxury.London went to the same people that are operating the .Luxury new gTLD Registry Here are the most interesting: 101domains.london 123reg.london 1881.london 1and1.london 20thcenturyfox.london 21stcenturyfox.london abebooks.london abellio.london abled.london abp.london absolutelymagazines.london accenture.london adsense.london adwords.london aegis.london aegiscanada.london aegisenergy.london aegislink.london aga.london agrafe.london aim.london airbnb.london alexanderhall.london alexandermcqueen.london alfreddunhill.london alldata.london alliancefrancaise.london allsaints.london amplify.london android.london angloamerican.london apax.london aquatimer.london aquis.london arcis.london asda.london ashmore.london asos.london aspen.london aspeninsurance.london aspenre.london aspers.london audible.london autoanything.london autozone.london avanta.london aws.london axa.london baignoire.london ballerine.london ballonbleu.london barclaycard.london barclays.london bathstore.london bbcworld.london bbcworldservice.london bbonline.london bbr.london bdo.london beefeater.london belron.london berghaus.london berluti.london berrybrosandrudd.london betboo.london bidvest.london bistroduvin.london bizarre.london bloomberg.london bloomingdales.london bluerubicon.london bmw-i.london bmw-m.london bmw-motorrad.london bmwi.london bmwm.london bnymellon.london boisdale.london booktrust.london borsaitaliana.london bottegaveneta.london boucheron.london boulle.london bourdon.london bourjois.london boxfresh.london brandpoint.london brasher.london bree.london britishland.london brownejacobson.london bugatti.london businessdesigncentre.london businessinsider.london buydomains.london bwin.london cabochon.london cadenas.london calibredecartier.london calvin.london calvinklein.london canterbury.london capita.london carglass.london carnaby.london cartier.london cartierdamour.london casablancahire.london cateringhire.london cathkidston.london catwalk.london cbre.london celine.london cerruti.london cerruti1881.london chairhire.london chanel.london cheapmonday.london cheekybingo.london choo.london chopard.london christianlouboutin.london christopherkane.london chrome.london chunk.london cirrus.london cirruslogic.london citylifeline.london claridges.london clarisonic.london classicvacations.london classious.london clermonthotels.london clivechristian.london clublipsy.london cnk.london comlaude.london communityfoundation.london competition.london conventionbureau.london cosmopolitan.london countryliving.london cultbeauty.london cushmanwakefield.london dailytelegraph.london dating.london datograph.london daymatic.london decathlon.london deeptwo.london delano.london delicesdecartier.london dethlac.london dexters.london diabolo.london diageo.london diamantslegers.london digit.london disneystore.london djx.london dkny.london dknyjeans.london dlapiper.london donnakaran.london dorsey.london dorseyandwhitney.london dowjones.london dreamboys.london dreams.london dreamteam.london dropbox.london dual.london dualcorporaterisks.london dune.london dunhill.london ebooking.london edelman.london efinancialnews.london egencia.london elemis.london ellesse.london emirates.london engineeredformen.london entrepreneur.london entryphone.london epson.london eres.london escada.london esquire.london etrala.london etro.london eventhire.london exness.london expedia.london fabulous.london facet.london faraday.london fasthosts.london financialnews.london firststate.london florilege.london fountainhead.london fox.london foxy.london foxybingo.london frivole.london ftse.london fulltilt.london fulltiltpoker.london furniturehire.london fxcm.london gammatelecom.london george.london getonline.london ghd.london gilbeys.london glassmedic.london gleeds.london glh.london godaddy.london goodhousekeeping.london gordons.london graduatejobs.london grandprix.london graze.london grosvenor.london gunners.london gva.london gyro.london h-m.london haart.london hackett.london hamleys.london harpersbazaar.london harrowschool.london hatchards.london heathrowairport.london heathrowconnect.london heathrowexpress.london herbertsmithfreehills.london hfw.london himalia.london hippodrome.london hitachi.london hlb.london hmrc.london holidaycheck.london holmanfenwickwillan.london homepage.london hotel-deals.london hotelduvin.london hotrate.london hotwire.london housebeautiful.london howden.london howsafe.london hrowen.london hsf.london hyperion.london i100.london icap.london ihotel.london imdb.london immigrationsolicitors.london ingenieur.london intuit.london investmentproperties.london investmentproperty.london itradein.london iwcportugieser.london jackbarclay.london jackdaniels.london jackpot247.london jackspade.london jackwills.london jamespurdey.london jimmychoo.london jkrowling.london jll.london johnlobb.london joneslanglasalle.london justeunclou.london justwilliam.london kalla.london kangaroos.london karenmillen.london katespade.london keeklamp.london kindle.london kindlefire.london kinnarps.london knightfrank.london kpmg.london ladyarpels.london lange.london lanieres.london laterooms.london latreiziemeheure.london lavazza.london lease.london legacylist.london legalzoom.london lessonslearned.london lesuniversinfinis.london lift.london lillywhites.london linkedin.london lipsyvip.london lloyds.london lmeclear.london londonandpartners.london londonlive.london londonmetalexchange.london londonstockexchange.london loreal.london louboutin.london luminor.london luxury.london m4m.london macys.london majesticwine.london malmaison.london mandarin-oriental.london mands.london marcellodecartier.london markmonitor.london marksandspencer.london markxvii.london marquee-hire.london marqueehire.london martinstoll.london maybelline.london mazars.london mccafe.london mcdonalds.london mcq.london mcqalexandermcqueen.london mcqueen.london meantime.london meinl.london merck.london metrobank.london milkround.london milos.london mini.london ministryofsound.london missguided.london missoni.london mitre.london moda.london mondrian.london monki.london monsoon.london moodys.london moodysanalytics.london moodysinvestorsservice.london morgans.london morganshotelgroup.london moritz.london motorities.london mrporter.london mustdecartier.london mwe.london nba.london nbastore.london nespresso.london netnames.london neverstoptank.london newcastleunited.london newscorp.london newscorporation.london newsuk.london nextdirect.london nextplc.london nicholaskirkwood.london nimaxtheatres.london nominate.london nouvellevague.london nufc.london oldmutual.london onewhitehallplace.london oriens.london osteopathy.london otherstories.london oxylane.london page3.london pagethree.london panerai.london panthere.london pantheredecartier.london paradisecasino.london paradisepoker.london partycasino.london partypoker.london pashadecartier.london patrimony.london paulsboutique.london penguin.london penkat.london pentland.london pepejeans.london perlee.london petplan.london pimms.london poetryoftime.london pokerstars.london poloralphlauren.london porsche.london portofino.london premierline.london priceless.london prime.london prostar.london provident.london prudential.london pullman.london purdey.london quaidelile.london quiz.london rachelriley.london radiomir.london ralphlauren.london redordead.london redrowhomes.london reflex.london regentstreet.london reiss.london remoracleaning.london researchnow.london revolette.london reynoldsporterchamberlain.london ride.london rightmove.london ritzcasino.london ritzfinejewellery.london rivoli.london rollagas.london rollsroyce.london roos.london rothschild.london royaldocks.london rpc.london rugbyworldcup.london rugbyworldcup2015.london rus.london saintlaurent.london sanlam.london santander.london santosdecartier.london saxonia.london sbgsecurities.london sbtv.london scoffandbanter.london scoremobile.london seatwave.london sentryman.london setforyoubycartier.london seymourpowell.london simoncarter.london simpson.london sinara.london sky.london skyarts.london skybar.london skybox.london skybroadband.london skygo.london skymovies.london skynews.london skyscanner.london skystore.london skywifi.london smoothradio.london sofitel.london solidea.london soprettydecartier.london southerncomfort.london speedo.london sportingbet.london sportsbet.london sportsdirect.london spurs.london stanbic.london stanbicbank.london standard.london statoil.london strato.london streetview.london stringfellows.london studyworld.london sunbingo.london sundaytelegraph.london sunperks.london sunsport.london superbahis.london supercasino.london surpricehotels.london sweeney.london symphonyorchestra.london tablehire.london tanqueray.london tate.london taylorwimpey.london teamsky.london techhub.london ted-baker.london telegraph.london theallstars.london thebodyshop.london thecommitments.london thedailytelegraph.london thelondonclinic.london thename.london theo2.london theoutnet.london theritzclub.london thermatic.london thescore.london thesundaytelegraph.london thesundaytimes.london thesunonsunday.london thetelegraph.london thewallstreetjournal.london toonarmy.london tortue.london toryburch.london tottenhamhotspur.london tourbograph.london travelers.london tripadvisor.london troisanneaux.london tsohost.london tudor.london tudorwatch.london turquoise.london twentiethcenturyfox.london twinings.london ufc.london urbandecay.london vacheronconstantin.london valideus.london vancleef.london vanguard.london vanquis.london vanquisbank.london venere.london viaegencia.london virginexperiencedays.london virginmoney.london virgintrains.london vivastreet.london vodafone.london voipfone.london voting.london wallstreetjournal.london waste.london waterview.london wavex.london waze.london webuyanycar.london weekday.london westhamunited.london whistles.london whufc.london wibo.london wingstravel.london winner.london wnba.london wolford.london worldtradecenter.london wsj.london wtc.london xist.london yachtclub.london yelp.london ysl.London yvessaintlaurent.london zeitwerk.london zomato.london zorotools.london ... read more ...

Leading This Weeks New gTLD’s .Fund, Here Are The Taken Domains - According to ntldstats.com,  .Fund is leading the other new gTLD’s that go launch into general availability on Wednesday which includes .investments, .Cash and.Tax in terms of domain registrations through Sunrise and EAP Here are some of the more interesting .Fund registrations taken in the Sunrise period by trademark holders and through the Early Access Program (EAP) where registrants paid an additional fee for early access to the domains. Personally I like .Fund I’m sorry I missed out on the ... read more ...

IRP Panel’s Declaration of a IRP Procedure in a box of DotConnect Africa Trust vs ICANN - IRP Panel’s Declaration of the IRP Procedure was released on August 14, dealing with the matter between DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) and ICANN. In June of 2013 ICANN decided not to accept the application from DCA with regards to the .Africa extension. Over the last year the two sides have been battling it out back and forth. According to DCA Trust, “ICANN’s administration of the New gTLD Program and its decision on DCA’s application were unfair, discriminatory, and lacked appropriate due diligence ... read more ...

This Weeks 1st Day New gTLD Totals; .Dental 1,971; .Clinic 1,447; .Care 1,395; .Surgery 534 - Four new gTLD’s went into general availability yesterday, meaning domain names could be registered on a first come first served basis. Including domain names registered during the Sunrise period for trademark holders and in the Early Access Program (EAP) where people paid a higher fee to get early access to domain registrations here are the totals after the first day of GA according to ntldstats.com .Dental 1,971 .Clinic 1,447 .Care 1,395 .Surgery 534 So we are looking at a total of just over 5,000 ... read more ...

As .Clinic Launches Into General Availability Tomorrow Here are The Taken Domains - The new gTLD .Clinic launches tomorrow into general availability here are the more interesting domains that were taken in Sunrise or Early Access Program (EAP) and therefore will not be available: 24hour.clinic airway.clinic alabamaallergy.clinic asthmacontrol.clinic autism.clinic babyscan.clinic bitcoin.clinic boi.clinic bone.clinic breath.clinic brisbane.clinic childcustody.clinic dermatology.clinic detox.clinic diabetes.clinic doctors.clinic euro.clinic familytherapy.clinic harley.clinic hipandknee.clinic hormone.clinic hypnosis.clinic implant.clinic keith.clinic kids.clinic lung.clinic male.clinic marijuana.clinic marriagecounseling.clinic medicalmarijuana.clinic meds.clinic mycare.clinic networking.clinic nose.clinic nutrition.clinic oncologist.clinic onsite.clinic ortho.clinic paediatrics.clinic pets.clinic porn.clinic pretty.clinic psychiatry.clinic psychologist.clinic respiratory.clinic skincare.clinic sportsmed.clinic success.clinic target.clinic top.clinic ultrasound.clinic vascular.clinic virtual.clinic virtualpsychology.clinic walk-in.clinic weed.clinic which.clinic Some ... read more ...

A Lot of Good Domains Grabbed In The EAP Of .Care - We took a look into the zone file for The new gTLD .Care that goes into general availability on Wednesday meaning it can be registered on a first come, first served basis to see what has been registered during Sunrise and the Early Access Program (EAP). It looks like one drug company, Teva Respiratory, LLC heavily participated in the Sunrise program and got a bunch of registrations followed by the Mayo Clinic. Most of the registrations seemed to be taken in the EAP program Here are the more interesting ... read more ...

.Rocks The New gTLD With Over 5K Registrations. .Limited 1,100; .WTF 973; .Financial 751 - .Rocks led this weeks new gTLD’s that went into general availability yesterday finishing off its first day with  5,191 registrations which includes domains taken in Sunrise and through the Early Access Program (EAP). .Limited finished it first day with 1,101 according to the Zone file which I pulled this morning .WTF had 973 domain names registered after its first day of GA The new gTLD .Financial wound up with just over 750 registrations including Sunrise and EAP. .Reise ended up its first day ... read more ...

Montreal Looks Like The Next City That Wants To Apply For Its Own New gTLD; .MTL - According to the MontrealGazette.com, the city of Montreal seems to be the next city expressing Interest in applying for its own new gTLD, of .MTL “It’s an interesting possibility for Montreal,” said city councillor Harout Chitilian, the vice chairperson of the city executive committee. “We have to be creative to promote Montreal, and it’s a tool that we’ll take a serious look at.” But that gives Montreal time to plan a .mtl initiative, if and when an opportunity comes around again. A ... read more ...

WhatTheFuck.WTF & Other Taken .WTF Domain Names - The new gTLD goes into general availability (GA) today where domains can be registered on a first come first served basis .WTF domain names are priced at $27.99 for a domain registrations, for a non-premium domain and yes there are some .WTF domains priced at premium  registration and renewal prices. We went through the zone file to find the domain names taken in Sunrise for trademark holders and during the Early Access Program (EAP) where people pay extra for early access which seem to total around ... read more ...

Banks, Brokerage and Poker Dominate Over 200 .Financial Sunrise/EAP Domain Registrations - .Financial goes into general availability on Wednesday meaning it becomes available to be registered on a first come basis just completed it Sunrise period for trademark holders and its Early Access Program (EAP), for those who were willing to pay a one time additional fee for early access. Reviewing the zone file so far it looks like many of the major banks, brokerage houses, financial institutions and several online poker sites, have grabbed their domain name in Sunrise but very few “generic” ... read more ...