Monday, February 8, 2016

The weekly French new gTLD report by Nameshield

What are the registration volumes of TLDs (new gTLDs from the ICANN new gTLD program) with a French meaning? This weekly publication reports on new domain name registration volumes for domain names such as ".hiphop", ".legal", ".camp", ".club"...

This week, the focus is on:
  • .XYZ
  • .CLUB
  • .NINJA (...)
  • .TECH
In pink, were added ".alsace", ".corsica", ".bzh" and ".eus" region new gTLDs; in red, French extensions facing a registration decrease from one week to the other. In blue: French extensions with a notable domain name registration increase.

Read the complete report @Nameshield

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The new gTLD info for Monday the 8th

This is the recap of this week-end's information with the one from Monday. Note that more information is added during the day and the complete details are published in our Newsletter in the evening (sent at 8:00 PM CET). We are happy to add that we do not copy-paste articles but we provide a brief explanation for each article of them with a link to the official information.

This week-end was about the Super Bowl 50 and the new gTLD industry's question was: "which Brand will use a new domain name for its advertisement during the Super Bowl?" Answer in our Newsletter tonight.

I collected interesting info about resolutions approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers on new gTLDs, found a good article to promote new gTLDs and a presentation with an "Etat des Lieux" on RPMs.

  1. HOT: Super Bowl 50: were there any new domain names advertised?
  2. Tips from a Registry in regards to buying a domain name;
  3. The ICANN has a new CEO (welcome and...good luck :-)
  4. Approved Resolutions by the ICANN Board concerning specific new gTLDs;
  5. Q&A: what happens to my domain name if the extension fails?
  6. Guess who paid for this article about new gTLDs? :-)
  7. Very good use of a .FILM domain name and explanation.
  8. Presentation on ICANN Right Protection Mechanims: where are we?
  9. Whois recent accomplishments;
  10. Adoption of new gTLDs;
  11. New gTLD Statistics:
    1. Cities new gTLDs;
    2. New gTLDs related to Catering;
    3. New gTLDs related to Photopgraphy;
    4. The French new gTLD report by Nameshield.
  12. Article on the .HOSPITAL new gTLD;
  13. More coming during the day....
Subscribers to the Newsletter have received the recap of last week's complete information. Note that this email was sent today at 11 AM CET but it shall then be sent on coming Sundays at 9PM CET (so it is in your emails already when hard workers like you turn their computers on in the morning).

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The weekly "cities" new gTLD report by Jean Guillon

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

This week, the .NYC domain name extension for the city of New York keeps loosing registrations, as well as the .PARIS for the second week. THE extension for the city of Kyoto enters the report this week with 132 registrations.
  1. The .NYC new gTLD: 75 650 domain name registrations
  2. .LONDON : 62 739
  3. .BERLIN : 59 347
  4. .TOKYO : 47 359
  5. .MOSCOW : 26 403
  6. .AMSTERDAM : 24 388
  7. .KOELN : 24 306
  8. .МОСКВА (xn--80adxhks) : 23 601
  9. .HAMBURG : 23 558
  10. .PARIS : 22 292
  11. .CITY : 18 017
  12. .MIAMI : 13 862
  13. .WIEN : 13 673
  14. .VEGAS : 13 676
  15. .QUEBEC : 10 007
  16. .MELBOURNE : 8 445
  17. .SYDNEY : 8 186
  18. .BRUSSELS : 6 469
  19. .COLOGNE : 5 258
  20. .CAPETOWN : 4 446
  21. .TOURS : 4 076
  22. .NAGOYA : 4 067
  23. .JOBURG : 3 398
  24. .GENT : 3 154
  25. .YOKOHAMA : 3 108
  26. .DURBAN : 2 496
  27. .TOWN : 2 484
  28. .TAIPEI : 2 476
  29. .OKINAWA : 2 464
  30. .RIO : 1 182
  31. .OSAKA : 478
  32. .KYOTO : 132 (just added)
  33. .BOSTON (coming)
  34. .BARCELONA (coming)
  35. .BCN (coming)
In blue: city extensions with a notable domain name registration increase; in pink we added ".city" and ".town" new gTLDs; 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.

Source: ntldstats.com

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New gTLDs related to Photography

We strongly believe that the .PHOTO new gTLD will be a commercial success in the long term. This post reports on new domain name extension registration volumes related to photography.

The .STUDIO new gTLD was added to this report.
  • The .PHOTOGRAPHY new gTLD = 52 038
  • .PICS = 31 778
  • .PHOTO = 25 213
  • .PHOTOS = 19 445
  • .VIDEO = 13 022
  • .STUDIO = 6 620 (just added)
  • .PICTURES = 6 505
In blue: noticeable domain name registrations increase, in red, they decrease from one week to the other.

Source: ntldstats.com

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New gTLDs related to Catering

We strongly believe that the .RESTAURANT new gTLD will be a commercial success in the long term. This post reports on new domain name extension registration volumes related to catering.
  • The .PUB new gTLD = 43 303
  • .MENU = 6 680
  • .RESTAURANT = 5 621
  • .KITCHEN = 6 107
  • .BAR = 4 608
  • .COOKING = 3 872
  • .RECIPES = 3 491
  • .CATERING = 3 158 
  • .REST = 1 395
In blue: noticeable domain name registrations increase, in red, they decrease from one week to the other.

Source: ntldstats.com

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