New gTLDs and City names

The city of Istanbul gains more than 1,000 new domain registrations in one month, with its .ISTANBUL new gTLD. Three cities have sticked to the red for the past 3 months and keep losing registrations. Six cities are "in the blue" and have kept gaining more registrations for the past two months.

Eight cities just...don't want to launch and have one single domain name registered. One of them, the city of Boston and its .BOSTON new gTLD, should launch soon.

The .SYDNEY new gTLD passed the 10,000 new domain name registrations: "Congrats".

We are comfortable with adding the .TOURS new gTLD as a city name since this French city, also called "Le Jardin de la France" ("The Garden of France"), has a population of 140,000.

The domain name extensions concerned are:

1. .NYC
2. .BERLIN
3. .LONDON
4. .TOKYO
5. .CITY
6. .AMSTERDAM
7. .KOELN
8. .HAMBURG
9. .MOSCOW
10. .PARIS
11. .ISTANBUL
12. .МОСКВА (xn--80adxhks)
13. .WIEN
14. .VEGAS
15. .IST
16. .MIAMI
17. .SYDNEY
18. .MELBOURNE
19. .QUEBEC
20. .BARCELONA
21. .BRUSSELS
22. .TOURS
23. .COLOGNE
24. .CAPETOWN
25. .NAGOYA
26. .YOKOHAMA
27. .GENT
28. .JOBURG
29. .TAIPEI
30. .OKINAWA
31. .TOWN
32. .DURBAN
33. .RIO
34. .OSAKA
35. .KYOTO
36. .DUBAI
37. .BCN
38. .MADRID
39. .STOCKHOLM
40. .HELSINKI
41. .BUDAPEST
42. .DOHA
43. .ABUDHABI
44. .BOSTON

The April 2017 full report is available here.

We are open to add more city names, no matter if they are a generic string with multiple meanings. Forward the names to us. Thank you.

Latest new gTLD NEWS

These are the contents related to new gTLDs that we published a link to, in our latest gTLD.club Newsletters:

1. The .FILM namespace is a viable new gTLD;
2. Spotlight on the .CAM new gTLD;
3. China approves more gTLDs;
4. Interesting - How SHARP uses its ".sharp" domains;
5. The .RADIO Launch timeline has been updated;
6. Events:
1. Webinar on Geographic Names: 25 April 2017;
2. The AFNIC Forum: 18 May 2017.
7. A new domain was sold for $183,000;
8. HOT - Innovation in new gTLDs;
9. .VIP and geographic gTLDs update;
10. Bloomberg Loses URS?
11. .BASKETBALL domains are live;
12. URS is fast and cheap, but…
13. HOT - Les modèles des nTLDs: questionnement;
14. From $111 .BET Premium to a $6,500 sale;
15. Search Engine Optimisation for .BRAND domains;
16. HOT - Experts agree, nTLDs are as good as any other TLDs for SEO rankings;
17. Can (and Should) Failed New gTLDs Be Saved?
18. Almost 10% Of New gTLD Registrations In Upcoming Delete Status;
19. Brand TLD Market Brief – March 2017;
20. Country Bias in new top level domains;
21. HOT - Studying .BRAND New gTLDs;
22. LOL - When is the next round?
23. HOT - The Dot Brand Observatory: a "date" is not the only question anymore;
24. Registry wins .AFRICA domain battle;
25. Want a .MAKEUP domain?
26. Your Guide to Brand Top-Level Domains;
1. What Are Brand TLDs?
2. Why Now?
3. What does the program status look like today?
4. Why Many Big Brands Are Making the Move
5. Cost Benefit
6. What are domain names worth?
7. What does it cost to protect a brand?
27. Donuts tries the dirt-cheap domain model;
28. Rightside changes brand blocking service for new TLDs;
29. New gTLD Public Comment Opportunities.

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