Friday, January 24, 2025
ICANN latest video about Round 2 of new gTLDs (2026)
I am a new gTLD Consultant based in Paris. "New gTLD" stands for "new generic Top-Level Domains" from the ICANN new gTLD program. They are new domain name extensions such as ".consulting" (instead of ".com").
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Round 2 is coming : compare your new gTLD project's figures
I am a new gTLD Consultant based in Paris. "New gTLD" stands for "new generic Top-Level Domains" from the ICANN new gTLD program. They are new domain name extensions such as ".consulting" (instead of ".com").
Friday, September 27, 2024
A .SEO new gTLD coming in 2026 ?
I am a new gTLD Consultant based in Paris. "New gTLD" stands for "new generic Top-Level Domains" from the ICANN new gTLD program. They are new domain name extensions such as ".consulting" (instead of ".com").
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.
I am a new gTLD Consultant based in Paris. "New gTLD" stands for "new generic Top-Level Domains" from the ICANN new gTLD program. They are new domain name extensions such as ".consulting" (instead of ".com").
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.
I am a new gTLD Consultant based in Paris. "New gTLD" stands for "new generic Top-Level Domains" from the ICANN new gTLD program. They are new domain name extensions such as ".consulting" (instead of ".com").
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
I am a new gTLD Consultant based in Paris. "New gTLD" stands for "new generic Top-Level Domains" from the ICANN new gTLD program. They are new domain name extensions such as ".consulting" (instead of ".com").
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