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 .BARCELONA new gTLD seems to receive more registrations and should stabilize soon. The .ISTANBUL is faster than .IST. Many cities are in the red this week, more than last week.

• The .NYC new gTLD: 76,552 domain name registrations.LONDON : 63,810
• .BERLIN : 59,837
• .TOKYO : 47,710
• .AMSTERDAM : 25,071
• .KOELN : 24,702
• .HAMBURG : 24,497
• .PARIS : 21,244
• .MOSCOW : 20,850
• .CITY : 19,143
• .МОСКВА (xn--80adxhks) : 18,130
• .MIAMI : 14,474
• .WIEN : 13,943
• .VEGAS : 13,919
• .QUEBEC : 8,823
• .SYDNEY : 8,720
• .MELBOURNE : 8,639
• .BRUSSELS : 6,291
• .COLOGNE : 5,337
• .TOURS : 4 ,416
• .CAPETOWN : 4,339
• .NAGOYA : 4,123
• .BARCELONA : 3,836
• .JOBURG : 3,352
• .GENT : 3,200
• .YOKOHAMA : 3,186
• .TOWN : 2,616
• .TAIPEI : 2,592
• .OKINAWA : 2,560
• .DURBAN : 2,444
• .RIO : 1,269
• .OSAKA : 493 (0)
• .KYOTO : 358
• .ISTANBUL : 355
• .IST : 330
• .BCN : 1
• .MADRID : 1
• .DUBAI : 1
• .STOCKHOLM : 1
• .HELSINKY : 1
• .BUDAPEST : 1
• .DOHA : 1
• .BOSTON (coming)
• .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

The Nameshield Group: Registry, Corporate and Retail Registrar

Most recent Trademark Clearinghouse Sunrise Period announcements

Sunrise Period for .ISTANBUL new gTLD starts today

WHEN:

• SUNRISE PERIOD START: Wednesday, 27 January, 2016;
• SUNRISE PERIOD END: Friday, 26 February, 2016.

WHERE:
Interested parties can participate in the Sunrise Period with

www.nameshield.com 

WHAT (Mission):
"The .istanbul TLDʹs mission is to encourage innovation, improve service levels of government institutes and enterprises, assist residents in locating City government services, help local businesses to thrive, market and promote tourism in the Istanbul, and spread the dynamic image and the brand value of Istanbul around the world. Through the introduction of a new unrestricted top-level domain name, serving as new resources for local and global enterprises and entrepreneurs, will provide the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (the ʺIMMʺ) and portfolio owners with new opportunities to generate new income and will support the development of the City and economy as well as introducing the cultural and historical heritage of Istanbul to the world". (source: https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result).

The Nameshield Group: Registry, Corporate and Retail Registrar

Most recent Trademark Clearinghouse Sunrise Period announcements