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I checked out the zone files from 3 (.domains, .limo, .cab) new gTLDs that completed sunrise and went into general availability (Early Access Program (EAP)) on Wednesday and here are the results. Zone files only include domain names that have nameservers assigned. Registered domains with no nameservers don’t enter the zone files so these aren’t taken into account.
Number of sunrise domain name registrations:
.domains 187
.cab 32
.limo 19
.Limo and .cab new gTLDs had very low sunrise registrations. .Limo made a new all time low record with only
19 sunrise registrations. I don’t think it can get any worse that this. .Tattoo that had the fewer sunrise registrations until today had 24. .Domains did ok for the new gTLD standards. Comparatively the top 2 New gTLDs in sunrise registrations are .clothing with 561 registrations and .technology with 374 sunrise registrations. Trademark holders can still buy domains in sunrise prices for a few days more.
CalZone published an article called “Rolling Average For TLD Sunrises” that summarizes the New gTLD sunrise registrations so far based on my raw data. I suggest you take a look as it is very interesting.
Here are some notes on sunrise registrations:
The only limo/cab related company that made a sunrise .limo/.cab registration was
Uber Technologies:
uber.limo
uber.cab
A couple of companies consider the .cab as an abbreviation for cable:
Triangle Cables:
triangle.cab
tricab.cab
Marshall Amplification PLC:
marshallamps.cab
A few registrars bought 1 or 2 .domains new gTLD domain names but most of them stayed out:
gandi.domains
101domain.domains
comlaude.domains
instra.domains
cscglobal.domains
onlydomains.domains
netnames.domains
webnames.domains
domaininfo.domains
sedo.domains
sedomls.domains
internetx.domains
udomain.domains
bbonline.domains
melbourneit.domains
pairnic.domains
Other famous companies buying new gTLDs (sample domains):
Amazon:
kindle.limo
amazon.limo
aws.limo
Yahoo! Inc.:
flickr.limo
maktoob.limo
DONNA KARAN:
dkny.limo
donnakaran.limo
Sky International AG:
sky.cab
Datapipe, Inc.:
datapipe.cab
RetailMeNot Inc.:
retailmenot.cab
Apple:
apple.domains
mac.domains
ipad.domains
icloud.domains
Gucci:
alexandermcqueen.domains
mcq.domains
mcqalexandermcqueen.domains
Picanova GmbH:
photo.domains
LivingSocial Inc:
livingsocial.domains
Microsoft:
microsoft.domains
visualstudio.domains
Johnson & Johnson:
codman.domains
alza.domains
roc.domains
asp.domains
biosensewebster.domains
cordis.domains
acclarent.domains
babycenter.domains
neutrogena.domains
depuy.domains
scios.domains
cilag.domains
mcneil.domains
janssen.domains
jandj.domains
lifescan.domains
johnson-johnson.domains
depuyspine.domains
mentor.domains
ethicon.domains
johnsonandjohnson.domains
mitek.domains
jnj.domains
