Monday, December 28, 2015

The new gTLD info of the day (Monday)

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11 Million+ New gTLD Registrations
According to nTLDStats.com, there are now more than 11 million registered new gTLD domain names. I am not sure if the 11 million mark was passed today or yesterday, but it currently stands at 11,062,149 registered domain names.
http://www.domaininvesting.com/11-million-new-gtld-registrations/

Whois Test Updates
The effective date of these changes is 31 January 2016. Test cases that do not pass the criteria for new requirements will receive 'warning' messages until the effective date above. These 'warning' messages will change to 'failure' messages from the effective date.
https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/pdt#resources

Christmas Comes For New gTLDs As Total Registrations Pass 11 Million
On 23 December, the number of domain names registered across all delegated new gTLDs passed the 11 million mark, according to nTLDstats.com, out of a total of just over 300 million domains registered across all TLDs.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/12/27/christmas-comes-for-new-gtlds/#newTLDs

The Opportunity Cost of Not Owning Your .COM
While this may not be news amongst the well informed, surely many companies out there wonder to what extent this is true, and whether it justifies or even dictates a .com domain acquisition for their business purposes. The introduction of the new gTLD’s makes that question even more relevant.
http://www.domaininvesting.com/the-opportunity-cost-of-not-owning-your-com/

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New gTLDs related to Photography

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This week, new domain name registration volumes related to photography increase, none is in the red.

We strongly believe that the .PHOTO new gTLD will be a commercial success in the long term. This post reports on photography TLDs registration volumes.
  • The .PHOTOGRAPHY new gTLD = 51 515
  • .PICS = 30 992
  • .PHOTO = 24 196
  • .PHOTOS: 19 192
  • .PICTURES = 6 384
In blue: noticeable domain name registrations increase, in red, they decrease from one week to the other.

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The weekly "cities" new gTLD report by Jean Guillon

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Are new domain names for cities purchased? This weekly publication reports on cities new domain name registration volumes.

In blue: city extensions with a notable domain name registration increase; in pink we added ".city" and ".town" new gTLDs (unless when their registration volumes decrease); in red, city extensions facing a registration decrease from one week to the other. Please note that ".tours" (a French city) was added to the list.

  1. The .NYC new gTLD: 79 519 domain name registrations
  2. .LONDON : 62 299
  3. .BERLIN : 58 357
  4. .TOKYO : 41 806
  5. .MOSCOW : 25 908
  6. .KOELN : 24 018
  7. .AMSTERDAM : 23 711
  8. .МОСКВА (xn--80adxhks) : 23 405
  9. .HAMBURG : 23 253
  10. .PARIS : 22 865
  11. .CITY : 17 657
  12. .VEGAS : 15 019
  13. .WIEN : 13 428
  14. .MIAMI : 13 250
  15. .QUEBEC : 11 102
  16. .MELBOURNE : 8 609
  17. .SYDNEY : 7 884
  18. .BRUSSELS : 6 356
  19. .CAPETOWN : 5 078
  20. .COLOGNE : 5 167
  21. .NAGOYA : 4 066
  22. .JOBURG : 3 570
  23. .TOURS : 3 707
  24. .YOKOHAMA : 3 090
  25. .GENT : 3 074
  26. .DURBAN : 2 609
  27. .OKINAWA : 2 565
  28. .TOWN : 2 430
  29. .TAIPEI : 2 403
  30. .RIO : 1 111
  31. .OSAKA : 460
Source: https://ntldstats.com/tld/paris

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