The gTLD Club
A blog about New gTLDs and dotBrands (.BRANDs) from the ICANN new gTLD program. You can subscribe to The gTLD Club's Newsletter.
Friday, September 27, 2024
A .SEO new gTLD coming in 2026 ?
Monday, September 9, 2024
There are SO many institutions in Paris ready for a new gTLD
The city of Paris is filled with industrial groups, institutions, major organizations which need to be contacted/prospected to be informed about Round 2 of ICANN new gTLDs.
Most, like the example of the OIV (International Organization of Vine and Wine) in 2010, missed their chance to participate in contributing greatly in expanding their subject by participating in the creation of their .WINE and .VIN Top-Level Domains. I worked a lot on that project and feel partly responsible for its result since I was not able to create the right connections at the right moment. My projections at the time were a little higher than those published today, but they included participation from many wine institutions.
Learning a lot from this experience keeps reminding me that we, experienced consultants, need back-up from back-end registries and other major players to be able to do the difficult job to convince and onboard clients. This difficult job is multiplied by X when trying to do that alone : it is so easy to loose a prospect for a bigger player.
To whoever reads this, I am interested in back-up.
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
New gTLD Reports : Legal - July 2024
The "Law" new gTLD report was just updated for July 2024. This report shows number of domain name registrations recorded for the month of July 2024.
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | ||
.ABOGADO | 699 | 695 | 695 | 698 | 705 | 696 | 699 | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | |
.ASSOCIATES | 4 030 | 4 054 | 4 065 | 4 085 | 4 078 | 4 079 | 4 073 | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | |
.ATTORNEY | 5 158 | 5 129 | 5 122 | 5 115 | 5 038 | 5 014 | 4 991 | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | |
.CASE | 38 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | |
.ESQ | 2 314 | 2 341 | 2 377 | 2 406 | 2 431 | 2 459 | 2 387 | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | |
.FAIRWINDS | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | |
.LAW | 20 882 | 21 041 | 21 272 | 21 342 | 21 481 | 21 554 | 21 621 | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | |
.LAWYER | 9 012 | 8 984 | 8 868 | 8 826 | 8 763 | 8 730 | 8 738 | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | |
.LEGAL | 19 478 | 19 593 | 19 709 | 19 781 | 19 225 | 19 308 | 19 310 | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | |
.PARTNERS | 14 064 | 14 137 | 14 214 | 14 321 | 14 401 | 14 490 | 14 485 | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | |
.POLITIE | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | Coming | |
.商标 (xn--czr694b) | 28 836 | 28 868 | 28 868 | 28 589 | 28 589 | 28 363 | 28 354 |
Sunday, July 21, 2024
New gTLDs : James is doing good...but not only
I like to refer in terms of volumes and recently noticed that the .BOND new gTLD has 544,071 domain names created in its root. Yes : more than 500,000 domain names ending in ".bond" instead of ".com" or any other extension. On the list of all new gTLDs from Round one of the ICANN new gTLD program, it stands in place 15 : not bad.
If I wonder who uses these domain names and what for, I also noticed that most other TLDs from this multiple registry seem to follow the same strategy : "volumes".
The interesting thing I see here is that Shortdot SA, which owns other Top-Level Domains (.CFD, .SBS, .ICU and .CYOU has all ot its TLDs listed in the TOP 30 of new gTLDs in volumes. At the moment I am reading the numbers, here is what I read :
- .CFD : 1,020,525 domain names.
- .SBS : 803,335
- .BOND : 554,071
- .ICU : 509,016
- .CYOU : 261,228
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Real Estate and .BRAND new gTLDs: numbers updated
- Real Estate,
- "dotBrands"
- ...and 20 more categories.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
The .CEO new gTLD was acquired 6 months ago, let's check the numbers
Since this publication was automated 6 months ago, I encourage my readers to check the numbers directly here on nTLDstats.com.
Feed-back : not exactly 6 months but 2 weeks more (2 months and 2 weeks then), I returned to check the numbers in zonefile and that number is : 4,510 domain names so the total of domain names gained is 6 months (and 2 weeks) is 742.