New gTLDs

Donuts entered EAP general availability for the following 4 New gTLDs today: .SHOES, .CAREERS, .PHOTOS, .RECIPES. The real challenge is how .photos is going to perform as it rolled out just 3 weeks after .photography …

Yesterday was the launch day of the .sexy and .tattoo. The first 2 New gTLDs launched by Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry. Here are some interesting facts: Sunrise Sunrise was pretty slow. Especially in .tattoo that only …

Here are the results of the auction that ended today for 25 .club domain names at Sedo. The domains were auctioned by the .club registry. 15 domains reached their reserved price. The auction has some …

If you weren’t able to attend Afilias CMO Roland LaPlante’s recent webinar on “The Practicalities of a New Domain Launch,” you can watch it here. Since there’s a lot more to launching a new top-level …

A URS complaint was filed on the New gTLD domain name dana.holdings yesterday. The complainant is not yet know but it is probably Dana Limited from Ohio that is registered in the trademark clearinghouse for the …

Just a few minutes ago Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry New gTLDs, .tattoo and .sexy, launched. A lot of people were excited as Frank had said that domains will be registered on a first-come first-served basis. I …

I was going through this week’s zone files an I noticed a change in how Donuts, a registry with about 300 new gTLD applications, treats it’s own trademark registration for the mark “Donuts”. In the …

Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (LON:TLDH) said on Tuesday it has won the uncontested application rights for .WEDDING. The net cost of securing this status is £1.39mln. The figure quoted includes funds it will receive …

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), S.A. filed yet another URS complaint on a New gTLD domain names yesterday. BBVA is the New gTLD applicant for .bbva. This time a URS complaint was filed for 5 …

I checked out the zone files from 4 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 …

Over the course of the last month, 25 Donuts new gTLDs have entered the general availability phase, and to date Donuts claims in today’s newsletter to have registered over 150,000 domains. Today’s zone numbers are …

I think it would be useful for all to understand why domainers are buying New gTLD domains. My purchases so far are a combination of long term investments, some domains I could flip and a …

On the eve of the insertion of 5 French GeoTLDs in the root zone, the Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names looks into their prospects for development. The Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names focuses …

Worldwide Media, Inc., the company owned by Michael Berkens, has bought at least 4 domain names in the New gTLD .diamonds. 2 domain names were purchased on the second day of Donuts, the .diamonds registry, …