Monday, April 4, 2016

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.

The cities of Barcelona and Istanbul are the two new cities to see their domain name registration volume increase. For a reason I misunderstand, the two TLDs for Moscow keep diving in the red deeper and deeper.
  1. The .NYC new gTLD: 76,611 domain name registrations
  2. .LONDON : 63,898
  3. .BERLIN : 59,022
  4. .TOKYO : 47,902
  5. .AMSTERDAM : 25,140
  6. .KOELN : 24,736
  7. .HAMBURG : 24,530
  8. .PARIS : 21,334
  9. .MOSCOW : 20,578
  10. .CITY : 19,122
  11. .МОСКВА (xn--80adxhks) : 18,025
  12. .MIAMI : 14,514
  13. .WIEN : 13,934
  14. .VEGAS : 13,895
  15. .QUEBEC : 8,835
  16. .SYDNEY : 8,759
  17. .MELBOURNE : 8,659
  18. .BRUSSELS : 6,236
  19. .COLOGNE : 5,347
  20. .TOURS : 4 ,473
  21. .CAPETOWN : 4,358
  22. .NAGOYA : 4,136
  23. .BARCELONA : 4,036
  24. .JOBURG : 3,370
  25. .YOKOHAMA : 3,203
  26. .GENT : 3,197
  27. .TAIPEI : 2,636
  28. .TOWN : 2,626
  29. .OKINAWA : 2,570
  30. .DURBAN : 2,456
  31. .RIO : 1,278
  32. .ISTANBUL : 626
  33. .IST : 583
  34. .OSAKA : 496
  35. .KYOTO : 367
  36. .BCN : 1
  37. .MADRID : 1
  38. .DUBAI : 1
  39. .STOCKHOLM : 1
  40. .HELSINKY : 1
  41. .BUDAPEST : 1
  42. .DOHA : 1
  43. .BOSTON (coming)
  44. .ABUDHABI (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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The new gTLD info for Monday, April 4th

Again, this Monday is a long day travelling for me so info collected is from this week-end and a few articles that I found from last weeks As usual, all are related to new generic Top Level Domains. I recommend reading the info related to the .SEAT new gTLD from dotStories.
  1. China - New Registries: "don't Worry About China's New Domain Name Regulation";
  2. dotBRANDs - SEAT Dealers to use domain names ending in ".seat";
  3. Case study - It seems that .CARS domain names improve SEO;
  4. ICANN's new gTLDs rules cause major headaches for online businesses;
  5. Reports:
  6. New gTLDs related to Cities (The weekly "cities" new gTLD report by Jean Guillon);
  7. New gTLDs related to Catering;
  8. New gTLDs related to Photography.
  9. Question - "How to run own gTLD on my DNS server?"
  10. The Advantages of Registering a New gTLD;
  11. Two new gTLD events added to the calendar;
  12. Available “Los Angeles” New gTLD;
  13. More coming by the end of the day.
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New gTLDs related to Photography

We strongly believe that the .PHOTO new gTLD (new domain names ending in “.photo”, instead of “.com”) will be a commercial success in the long term. This post reports on new domain name extension registration volumes related to photography.
  • The .PHOTOGRAPHY new gTLD = 52 926
  • .PICS = 32 292
  • .PHOTO = 26 931
  • .PHOTOS = 19 845
  • .VIDEO = 14 333
  • .STUDIO = 8 885
  • .PICTURES = 6 794
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 (new domain names ending in “.restaurant”, instead of “.com”) 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 = 48 519
  • .MENU = 6 828
  • .RESTAURANT = 5 758 (0)
  • .KITCHEN = 6 254
  • .BAR = 4 754
  • .COOKING = 3 190
  • .RECIPES = 3 582
  • .CATERING = 3 295
  • .REST = 1 434
In blue: noticeable domain name registrations increase, in red, they decrease from one week to the other.

Source: ntldstats.com


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