A .SEO new gTLD coming in 2026 ?

The first Round of the ICANN new gTLD program in 2012 brought many interesting surprises with new domain names dedicated to very specific professions, many of these are, or are not, related to the Internet. Ten years later, while potential applicants are wondering how to submit their new gTLD application and how to profit from it, this question turns out to be a very important one : how deep is a potential string connected to the use of the Internet and why should an applicant wonder about this? Let’s focus on the .SEO Top-Level Domain.

Read my full article here.

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.

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.

Check the report here.

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

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 :

1. .CFD : 1,020,525 domain names.
2. .SBS : 803,335
3. .BOND : 554,071
4. .ICU : 509,016
5. .CYOU : 261,228

ShortDot SA has a total of 3,148,175 domain names created.

Real Estate and .BRAND new gTLDs: numbers updated

These are the latest domain name registration numbers extracted from categories of Top-Level domains :

1. Real Estate,
2. "dotBrands"
3. ...and 20 more categories.

All reports are dated May the 30, 2024.

The .CEO new gTLD was acquired 6 months ago, let's check the numbers

Exactly 6 months ago, the .CEO Top-Level Domain was acquired by the .XYZ Registry and counted 3,768 domain names created. Let's check the new numbers and see if this Registry increased its number of domain names created, or not.

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.