Tag Archives: new tlds

Wed 22nd October 2014
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Amazon.com buys .spot domain name for $2.2 million, .Realty sells for $5.6 million - Amazon wins another new top level domain, but it was out shadowed by more expensive auctions. The latest round of new top level domain name “auctions of last resort” at ICANN took place today. Three auctions for the rights to run top level domain names closed for prices ranging from $2.2 million to $5.6 million: Amazon.com won .spot for $2,200,000, beating applicants Google and Dotspot, LLC. Fegistry won .realty for $5,588,888, beating Donuts. Fegistry is Jay ... read more ...
Tue 21st October 2014
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ICANN struggles to kick relate cover after .Gay decision - Many responses to .gay community application decision are oversimplifying what happened…and getting it wrong. In headlines and tweets, it’s pretty easy to knock ICANN for a recent decision not granting .gay applicant dotgay llc community status for the domain name. The reality, for anyone who takes the time to understand it, is that ICANN didn’t determine anything about whether there’s a gay community. Nor did it (or anyone) block dotgay llc from using ... read more ...
 
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ICANN slashes new TLD forecast, though is it enough? - ICANN is forecasting 15 million new TLD registrations during the current fiscal year. ICANN has slashed the number of new top level domain name registrations it expects during this fiscal year for budgeting purposes, but is its picture still too rosy? That’s a question that members of the Registrar Stakeholders group asked ICANN’s board last week in Los Angeles. In May, ICANN set a draft proposed budget for the 2015 fiscal year, which runs from this July to June ... read more ...
Mon 20th October 2014
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This week’s new tlds: Military, .Realtor and sooome other domain - Rightside launches three military-themed domains, NAR launches .realtor, and a strange generic goes live. Here’s a run down of this week’s new top level domain name launches. On Wednesday, Rightside releases three military-themed domain names: .navy, .army and .airforce. Pricing runs from about $25-$35. UPDATE: .vet also launches. Also on Wednesday, Donuts’ releases .healthcare at regular price general availability. Following the .healthcare launch, Donuts ... read more ...
 
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2 impression domains get immature light underneath new TLDs - ICANN Board approves resolution paving way for two character second level domains. Last week’s ICANN meeting started with good news for new top level domain name applicants: governments said they weren’t concerned about two letter second level domain names under new top level domain names. It got better as the week went on, with the Governmental Advisory Committee formalizing its position on two character domain names and then ICANN’s board approving a resolution ... read more ...
Fri 17th October 2014
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This week’s TLDs: a Google launch and .Okinawa - A couple domains hit general availability, but hardly anyone notices. I was so busy at ICANN this week that I neglected to do my weekly preview of top level domain name launches… …but I didn’t miss much. Only two domain names hit general availability this week. On Tuesday, BusinessRalliart Inc. launched the Japan geo domain name .Okinawa. It’s off to a rather slow start, with about 750 names in the zone thus far. Also this week, Google launched the .soy ... read more ...
Thu 16th October 2014
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Oooh: .ooo domain name takes over front page of Times of India - New top level domain pays for front page impact. The backers of the new .ooo domain name have crazy predictions for how many domain names they’ll sell. I’ll tip my hat to them for at least backing it up with some crazy advertising. Indian e-commerce company Infibeam took out the entire front page of the Times of India today as an ad. Every “fake” article on the page is about domain names and e-commerce, with a play on “ooo” in the headline. Anil over ... read more ...
 
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Governments import in on village and two-letter domain names - ICANN GAC concerned about community priority evaluations but not two-letter domain names. The Governmental Advisory Committee to ICANN has issued its GAC Communique (pdf) from this week’s meeting in Los Angeles. There are a couple notable items on it related to new top level domain names. First, the GAC noted apparent inconsistencies with recent Community Priority Evaluations and asked ICANN to consider an appeal process. Based on the language, it appears governments ... read more ...
Mon 13th October 2014
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Heavenly.coffee is Donuts’ 1 Millionth domain name registration - Donuts hits milestone with a domain name registration that’s almost too fitting to be true. How about some coffee with those Donuts?Earlier this month I wrote about how Donuts was tracking to cross the million domain mark in October. It hit that milestone yesterday. Fittingly for a registry called Donuts, the milestone registration was Heavenly.coffee. Even if every domain was priced at just $15 wholesale, that means the company has grossed $15 million this year. ... read more ...
Sat 11th October 2014
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October ICANN TLD auctions cringe to 3 after private deals - 10 contention sets settled at last minute, including three by Amazon.com. This month’s ICANN auctions of last resort for new to level domain names will settle just three contention sets, down from a schedule of 13 as of last month. The only three still on the schedule are .spot, .salon and .realty. Ten contention sets that were on the docket for resolution via ICANN auction this month have been settled: Amazon.com won .now, .deal and .save Donuts won .legal and ... read more ...
Thu 9th October 2014
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Big Apple’s new .NYC domain adds 16k registrations during launch to strike 27k - .NYC off to a solid start, especially given registration restrictions. .NYC had a strong first day yesterday thanks, in part, to lots of press and advertising. It would have been even stronger if people outside NYC could register domains. The overnight zone file shows about 27,000 .nyc domain names registered. This doesn’t include over 1,000 landrush domain name orders that are headed to auction. .NYC had over 10,000 domains grabbed in landrush. About 9,500 of these ... read more ...
Wed 8th October 2014
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After scarcely a decade, .NYC finally gets the day - .NYC domain names available for registration today. The .NYC domain name goes into general availability for New Yorkers today after a long, citizen-initiated process. A Long Road In the middle of the last decade, a group of New Yorkers proposed the idea of creating a .NYC domain to the city government. The city council passed a resolution to assign resources for a .nyc bid in 2008 and issued a request for proposal to find a partner in 2009. The city select Neustar, ... read more ...
 
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See GoDaddy’s crafty .NYC boat ad - Barge message taunts neighbors across the Hudson. Earlier today I wrote about the highly anticipated launch of .NYC domain names. GoDaddy is promoting the domain name heavily around New York City, including a big ad on a barge being piloted on the Hudson River. Here are a couple photos of the barge, taunting New Jersey residents about how New York City has a domain name and they don’t. In fact, only people who live or own a business in New York City are eligible ... read more ...
Tue 7th October 2014
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.Eco domain name applicant gets village status, .Gay and .Music don’t - .Eco applicant prevails with its own definition of the eco community; .gay and .music applicants don’t. Three more Community Priority Evaluation decisions for new top level domain names have been completed. .Eco applicant Big Room Inc has succeeded in getting community status by earning the minimum required 14 of 16 points. This means that applicants Donuts, Minds + Machines and Planet Dot Eco are no longer in the running for the domain name. dotgay llc failed with ... read more ...
Mon 6th October 2014
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.NYC one of 5 tip turn domains rising this week - .NYC launches this week and Donuts’ well runs dry. It’s time for the weekly overview of new top level domain names coming out this week. It will be brief, as just five are on the docket as best I can tell. But one of them is certainly big. Monday I think .Desi (definition) went live today. It’s hard to tell, though, since nic.desi has basically no information on it. Wednesday .NYC will launch to great fanfare on Wednesday. This is a big test for geographic ... read more ...
Thu 2nd October 2014
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Donuts aims for Million domain name miracle this month - Customers have registered 960,000 second level domain names under Donuts’ domain names. The millionth one will taste the sweetest.Donuts, the largest registry for new top level domain names, hopes to sell its millionth domain name registration this month. The company’s latest newsletter pegs its total registrations at 960,000 across 147 top level domains. That’s an average of about 6,500 per top level domain. It will need to add 40,000 more domains without the ... read more ...
 
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Analyst: new TLDs to strike $500 million in 3 years - Report forecasts strong opportunity for new top level domain applicants. B. Riley Co analyst Sameet Sinha issued a report today estimating that new TLDs should go “from Zero to $500MM in Three Years”. The report also initiates coverage of Rightside with a buy rating and a $15 price target. The stock currently trades for about $10. I reviewed the lengthy report and spoke with Sinha this afternoon. In general, I think it’s a good overview of the domain name industry ... read more ...
Mon 29th September 2014
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This week’s new TLDs: .Bayern, .ovh and .deals - A geo and an open .brand top level domain name launch this week. It’s a slow week again for new top level domain names, and that will be the case going forward for awhile. On Tuesday, the geo domain .bayern (Bavaria) launches. On Wednesday, Donuts releases .deals in general availability. .City will enter the Early Access Phase. Next week Donuts won’t send any domains to EAP, as it is running low on domain names to release. There’s an interesting launch on ... read more ...
Wed 24th September 2014
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Minds + Machines’ numbers uncover new TLD auctions are removing out of control - Highly contested new TLD auctions are likely ending well above $10 million. Minds + Machines put out a press release today about winning the .law and .vip domain names at auction, and the numbers in it provide hints about how much companies are paying to win private auctions for new TLDs. If my math is right, these new TLD auctions are getting out of control. The company won .law and .vip, but lost five auctions: .design, .flowers, .group, .realestate and .video. ... read more ...
Tue 23rd September 2014
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New TLD rollout to delayed down as Donuts runs low on domains - Boxes of uncontested Donuts running low. The number of new top level domain names hitting the market each week is about to slow down. Every week since the beginning of February, Donuts has released at least one top level domain name. Most weeks it has released at least three domains. That’s about to come to an end. According to the company’s launch calendar, just ten more domain names are currently scheduled to launch in Early Access the rest of this year. There ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic: Early new TLD direct next attention expectations - Company says its registry operations are showing steady growth despite delays and low demand for new TLDs. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) issued its interim financial report for the first half of 2014 today. The company, which is the backend registry operator for a number of top level domains, said it’s realizing steady growth in the registry “against a background of delays in new Top-Level Domains (TLDs) and early demand levels across the industry falling short of industry ... read more ...
Mon 22nd September 2014
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CentralNic invests in .Tickets TLD winner, valuing it during $13.5 million - Registry pumps money into .tickets auction victor. Domain name registry CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) has invested $1.62 million in Accent Media Ltd, which the latter used to help acquired the .Tickets TLD in a private auction. Accent Media Ltd beat Donuts, Famous Four Media, Tickets TLD LLC and Shubert Internet in the auction. CentralNic’s investment will give it a 12% equity stake in Accent Media. As best I can tell, Accent was set up to get the .tickets TLD, which ... read more ...
 
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A most slower week forward for new TLDs - A slower week, but still a lot of TLDs will hit the market. After an incredibly busy week with 16 new TLD launches last week, this week slows down quite a bit. Scotland didn’t vote to break off from the United Kingdom, but it does launch its .scot domain name on Tuesday. So ‘yes’ voters can at least feel a bit of national pride. On Wednesday, Donuts launches .direct and .place in regular price general availability, and .deals enters EAP. Also on Wednesday, both ... read more ...
Fri 19th September 2014
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Verisign would like to remind we that copiousness of .com’s are still available - …but it paints availability in the best possible light. Ever since new top level domains started rolling out, Verisign has been pushing the idea that plenty of high quality .com domain names are still available. It’s sort of right. Take a look at this infographic the company just put out. The company has some interesting stats. Did you know that 7 out of 10 .com domains looked up are available? Or that 23 million times a day, a .com domain name availability check ... read more ...
Thu 18th September 2014
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New TLDs find their religion: .Church wins a day - .Church was the top TLD launch yesterday. Going into yesterday, I bet that .guide would be Donuts’ top domain name launch of the week. It’s a fairly generic domain that works with a number of second level domains, similar to .tips (which now has 30,000 registrations). I should have known that word travels fast in the religious community. .Church was the top domain yesterday, gaining 3,409 registrations in the zone file to end with 4,044. .Guide wasn’t too far ... read more ...