Just launched: .BOATS & .YACHTS new gTLDs

www.yachts.club

Two sunrise Periods were just announced by the Trademark Clearinghouse. Both new gTLDs are launched already. The introduction of the .Yachts and .Boats new gTLDs enables businesses and individuals to secure a meaningful, memorable, online identity which tells the world exactly what they are about, exclusively in the marine sphere.

1. .YACHTS :
   SUNRISE PERIOD START: Wednesday, 2 December, 2015 - 16:00;
   SUNRISE PERIOD END: Sunday, 31 January, 2016 - 16:00.
2. .BOATS :
   SUNRISE PERIOD START: Thursday, 3 December, 2015 - 16:00;
   SUNRISE PERIOD END: Monday, 1 February, 2016 - 16:00.

More information on the recent sunrise announcements' calendar.

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Tuesday: the new gTLD info of the day

The Natural Club

Geographic Domain Extensions for Place Marketing

With an estimated 1 billion websites in late 2015, you can easily get lost in the world wide web. Imagine a domain name that makes you feel at home right away: geographic domain-extensions bring local identity to the web. The new domain extensions .nyc, .london and .berlin are the three biggest of that kind, with 87,169 (.nyc), 70,131 (.london) and 57,142 (.berlin) registered domain names until today.
http://placebrandobserver.com/geographic-domain-extensions-for-place-marketing/

.AFRICA new gTLD: The Hope for Realising Africa's Digital Presence
During the original WSIS process, Africa’s domain name situation was fairly dire. Most of its country code top level domains (ccTLDs) were not operated by entities within the African countries represented by the ccTLDs. During the preparatory process for WSIS, African governments recognised the need to develop capacity so the region could build and manage its own ICT infrastructure. Part of the ICT infrastructure identified as critical to the region’s economic development was related to the Internet
http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/sessions/dot-africa-gtld-hope-realising-africas-digital-presence

13,000 ".club" domain names are released
On December 16th, 2015 we will be releasing an additional 13,000 registry reserved names into the registrar channel as tiered premiums, including many never before available names.
http://nic.club/club-hits-record-breaking-1622164-13-in-november-premium-name-sales/

Webinar: the TMCH to introduce .CAR - .CARS and .AUTO new gTLDs

Thursday 17 December 2015, 17:00 [UTC]
The Trademark Clearinghouse regularly hosts webinars inviting Registries to introduce their TLD's to trademark holders.
http://www.trademark-clearinghouse.com/event/introducing-car-cars-auto

More domain choices than ever before
Henry Ford once wrote, “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.” This quotation describes the domain industry pre 2013. Any customer can have any domain name they want as long as it is .com. There were, of course, other options at that time...there are always options.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/more-domain-choices-than-ever-before-marc-gawith

Twitter and Justin Timberlake targeted by This.sucks
This.sucks, a company with close ties to .sucks registry Vox Populi, has started registering domain names matching famous brands to itself.
http://domainincite.com/19685-twitter-and-justin-timberlake-targeted-by-this-sucks

Google: new gTLDs are not easier to find
New gTLDs “are not treated any differently than traditional domain name endings like .com or .org”, according to Chad Lancaster, product marketing manager at Google Domains.
http://www.ipprotheinternet.com/ipprotheinternetnews/article.php?article_id=4697

NamesCon 2016 Sponsor Spotlight on Donuts
This afternoon’s NamesCon sponsor spotlight interview is with Mason Cole, Vice President of Communications and Industry Relations at Donuts. This interview is part of a series of interviews with NamesCon 2016 exhibitors and sponsors.
http://www.domaininvesting.com/namescon-2016-sponsor-spotlight-on-donuts/

.Eco loser files trademark application for .Eco
A company that appears to be out of the running for the .Eco top level domain name has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “.Eco”.
http://domainnamewire.com/2015/12/14/eco-trademark/

Company says new TLD is “cool”, but comes with drawbacks
Classic Engineering has a cool domain name, but founder Eduardo Umaña sometimes has to explain it to people.
http://domainnamewire.com/2015/12/14/new-tlds-engineering/

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Webinar: introducing .CAR, .CARS & .AUTO

Join us this Thursday at 17:00 UTC for the #TMCH Sunrise webinar with @carsdomains . #cars #auto #car https://t.co/3YrWFUodNn

— TMCH (@tmchinfo) December 15, 2015

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Is the .AFRICA new gTLD contract signed?

#WSIS10 #DotAfrica M Yedaly: We have signed .Africa contract with ICANN. We have been patient, showed good faith, haven’t sued #ICANN.

— Samantha Dickinson (@sgdickinson) December 14, 2015

Domain names ending in ".africa" are coming, even if it is unclear if contract was signed or not yet.

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