Tuesday, July 5, 2016

New gTLDs: a new indicator

(am not so sure about that one :-)
There are more entries in the latest new gTLD reports. From time to time, I discover that a new gTLD belongs to a report so I add it. For example, I added ".ACCOUNTANT and .ACCOUNTANTS to the Finance new gTLD report recently, as well as the dotBrand .PNC extension. I still wonder if .VENTURES should be added to the COMPANY new gTLD report as well as .DELOITTE to the LAW one.

I am pretty much excited by the "Singular VS Plural" new gTLDs report: a good indication on consumers' choice. Some plural versions of a TLD were launched before the singular version but some examples have clearly demonstrated that consumer preferred the singular version. Will it be the same when the plural version cost less than the singular version? Time will tell.

News:
  1. Article - What’s in Store for Geo Top-Level Domains?
  2. Article - The .TECH new gTLD explained;
  3. 70$m - Multiple Registry Rightside rejects Donuts' offer;
  4. Podcast: The upcoming launch of the .BLOG new gTLD;
  5. Registration volumes:
    1. New gTLDs related to the LAW;
    2. New gTLDs related to FINANCE;
    3. HOT - New gTLDs related to COMPANIES;
    4. New gTLDs related to COLORS.
  6. The .STORAGE Sunrise Period has starts today;
  7. Almost 200,000 domain name registrations for .GDN;
  8. More coming.
Most recent Trademark Clearinghouse Sunrise Period announcements

Sunrise Period for .STORAGE new gTLD starts

Today is day one in the life of the ".storage" new generic Top Level Domain: the Sunrise Period begins.

When:
SUNRISE PERIOD:
  • START: Tuesday, 5 July, 2016 - 16:00
  • END: Tuesday, 30 August, 2016 - 16:00

What:
According to the Registry:
A new .STORAGE domain name can help bring more customers to your website and only domain names within .STORAGE immediately tell the customer that they've come to the right place for storage-related products and services. Also, only in .STORAGE can you find the widest variety of available domain names, because so many that you'd like to have in .COM are already taken.

.BRAND new gTLD Reports are updated once a month: CLICK HERE !