Tag Archives: .online

Fri 20th November 2015
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Radix: .ONLINE Fastest New gTLD to Sell 100,000 Domains - Radix the registry for .ONLINE announced today that .Online is the fastest gTLD to sell 100,000 domains names since their launch less than 3 months ago. After a very successful launch which broke all new gTLD records with 38,000 domain names registered in the first 24 hours of General Availability, .online surpassed 100,000 domain registrations this morning. The 100,000th domain to be registered was myfamilyroots.online that came through eNom. This milestone comes at a time as Radix also surpasses ... read more ...
Tue 15th September 2015
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See .Online ads in San Francisco - Radix begins ad campaign in Bay Area. New top level domain name registry Radix has begun a large-scale advertising effort in San Francisco. The company now has ads promoting .Online on the side of 35 bus stops. Radix is also promoting .online and .tech on a mobile video board. The truck is visiting a number of hot spots in San Francisco and a couple conferences, such as TechCrunch’s Disrupt ’15 and Dreamforce (the latter of which sucks up every hotel room in the city). Listen to this week’s ... read more ...
Mon 14th September 2015
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Bhavin Turakhia is Not Retiring Yet… DNW Podcast #50 - After selling several of his domain name registration businesses for over $100 million, Bhavin Turakhia is at it again with Radix. Bhavin Turakhia founded Directi with his brother Divyank and sold part of the domain name company for over $100 million last year. But neither Turakhia brother is heading into retirement. This week on the Domain Name Wire Podcast, Bhavin discusses his new top level domain name company Radix. The company has released names ranging from .tech to .site, and its .online domain ... read more ...
Wed 2nd September 2015
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.Online is fastest to 50,000 registrations - New domain name hits 50,000 registration milestone in record time. People continue to register .online domain names in droves. According to .Online registry Radix, .online is the fastest new domain to reach 50,000 registrations (excluding registries that gave away free domains). It took just 7 days to reach the milestone. According to the company, .Club took 13 days to hit this number and .NYC took 24 days. Nearly 1/3 of .Online domain names have been registered to people in Germany, thanks to 11’s ... read more ...
Tue 1st September 2015
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Hot in August: Top 5 Stories on Domain Name Wire - A look back at the past month in the domain name biz. It’s back to school, cooler weather and domain name conference season… But before that, August was a news-making month for the domain name industry, in particular the .xyz domain name. I wrote multiple stories on some of the hotter topics, so I’ve grouped these together on the list. 1. Google is now part of Alphabet, uses ABC.xyz. This surprise announcement lifted awareness of all new top level domains. 2. Verisign v. XYZ – It was a busy ... read more ...
Fri 28th August 2015
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After 24 Hours of GA .Online did 37,544 Regs - Radix reported to us that number of registrations after 24 hours of General Availability was 37,544. The winner who guessed closest to the actual number was: John Aitken says AUGUST 20, 2015 AT 11:59 AM 32,670 registrations in first 24 hours. Congrats John, we will get Radix in touch with you for your free domain name. ... read more ...
Thu 27th August 2015
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.Online domain name registrations by a numbers - A look inside .Online’s strong debut. By all accounts, .Online had a great first day yesterday. It got over 30,000 registrations. Its overnight zone file now sits at about 35,000 names. I dug through the zone file to look for patterns. Here’s what I found… Here are three companies that registered a lot of domains. There might be others, but these companies pointed the names to their corporate nameservers: Microsoft – 40 domains including msn.online, skype.online and windows10.online Bank ... read more ...
Wed 26th August 2015
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.Online gets 28,000 registrations in initial 30 minutes - New domain name likely sets launch record for new domain names. The new .online top level domain name received over 28,000 registrations in the first 30 minutes of general availability today. It now has over 30,000 registrations, including 1,130 high priced registrations during the early access period. In addition to being a very popular word tacked onto the end of existing registrations in .com, .Online registry has been heavily promoting the domain name. I received two promotional emails yesterday ... read more ...
Mon 24th August 2015
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Get .online this week… - Radix releases a big new top level domain name this week. One of the most anticipated top level domain names of the entire new top level domain name program is releasing in general availability on Wednesday. Radix’s .online will exit Early Access and revert to regular pricing on Wednesday. On day 5 of early access, the company processed over 500 registrations within the first hour. Its sunrise garnered 775 registrations. Radix had teamed up with Tucows and NameCheap in a partnership for the domain ... read more ...
Wed 19th August 2015
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Dot Online Starts EAP Today -     At noon Eastern (1600 UTC) EAP starts for .online. A million domains have the word ‘online’ in them. Back when Go Daddy was reporting monthly sales figures, online was always one of the most popular keywords tied to sales. One week from today .Online will enter general availability. Leave a comment with how many .online domains you think will be registered after the first 24 hours of GA. The person closest to the actual number will win a free (non premium) .online domain courtesy of Radix. Radix ... read more ...
Tue 18th August 2015
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This week's new TLDs: A large week for Donuts, Radix - Donuts releases 5 domains in GA and 3 in early access and Radix preps its “big” one. It feels like 2014 again this week, as Donuts releases a slew of new top level domain names to the marketplace. On Wednesday it will release .dog, .theater, .taxi, .hockey and .run at regular pricing as Early Access concludes. It will also begin the early access for .movie, .coupons and .soccer. It’s also a big week for Radix as it begins a seven day early access period for .online. The company is targeting ... read more ...
Wed 11th February 2015
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.Online partnership splits, one association will work new TLD - Companies end .online partnership, but all three will help market the domain name. A three company partnership for the .online top level domain name has broken up, and it appears Radix will now run the domain name by itself. A partnership between Radix, Tucows and NameCheap won the contention set auction for .online last year, reportedly paying more than $10 million for the domain name. All three parties then made capital contributions to the partnership to cover the cost of the auction and running ... read more ...
Fri 7th November 2014
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.Online could be best general new domain yet - Three reasons .online should be successful. Michael Berkens spotted this morning that the last of the losing applicants for .online had withdrawn its application, meaning a partnership between Radix, NameCheap and Tucows has won the rights for the .online domain name. I think .online will be one of the most successful new generic top level domain names, for a few reasons. 1. A combination of three top-10 registrars will be pushing it. I’m assuming that Radix will ... read more ...
Thu 28th March 2013
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.Online is only a commencement of new TLD partnership announcements - Partnerships are a key way contention sets will be resolved. Get ready for a number of new TLD partnerships. Yesterday Tucows, NameCheap, and Directi (see disclosure) announced a partnership for the .online top level domain name. The three companies were part of a crowded field of six applicants vying for the domain name. By combining forces, they’ll have more money to get the top level domain (which will likely be awarded in an auction). If they succeed, they’ll ... read more ...