New gTLDs for Catering and Culinary: 2019 in review

We, French, like Food...and actually, this report is one of the first that came to my mind in 2016 when I started to publish weekly (then monthly) domain name registration volumes from specific industries. There were three applicants for the .FOOD new gTLD and one only for the similar IDN Top-Level Domain (.食品) which makes that string exist in two versions: English and Japanese. The funny thing about this example is that the Japanese version (belonging to AMAZON) has more domain names created - 58 in total - than the ASCII version which had one only in December 2019. It stuck to one since it was delegated in November 2016.
I compiled a list of 23 Top-Level Domains and noticed a few things for catering and culinary new gTLDs in 2019:

• There is another IDN for the .RESTAURANT Top-Level Domain. It is its Chinese version, the .餐厅 new gTLD. If the ASCII version had a total of 8,000 domain names in December, the Chinese version had 70 (but it is increasing).
• There were seven .BRANDs new gTLDs and three were withdrawn before 2019. One .BRAND is active, it is .FAGE which has created 61 personalized domain names in total but none were created in 2019 (it stuck to 61 from January to December).
• The three withdrawn applications were .PAMPEREDCHEF and surprisingly, the two other were from McDonalds: .MCD and .MCDONALDS. I wonder how long it will take McDonalds to submit an application again :-)
• Two ASCII TLDs exist in two languages: French and English: the .COFFEE (19,521 registrations) and .CAFE (15,959) new gTLDs.
• The two surprises of the year are .BAR and .REST: both had more than 20,000 domain name creations in December. The two of them gained an important number of creations in the end of 2019: +12,000 for .BAR in November and +16,000 for .REST in December. Interesting, isn't it? Note that I am not sure about .REST and still wonder if it means "restaurant". It is possible that I remove it from this report in the future.
• I personally like the .EAT new gTLD which is operated by Google but for some reason, nothing happens with it and it sticks to two domain name creations. I can't wait to see what's Google plan for this one.
• The other TLDs listed here do progress slowly, very slowly in volume.

Read the full report here.

Coming: "New gTLDs for Sex and Alcohol: 2019 in Review"

New gTLDs for the Finance: 2019 in Review

There are domain name extensions (not "domain names") for the financial industry: I call them "Financial new gTLDs". These are operated by their respective Registry: for example, the ".FUND" new gTLD is also called a "the dotFund Registry" and it is the sole legal entity allowed to create domain names ending in ".fund" (instead of ".com") for accredited Registrars to sell them to the public. In 2019, I took snapshots of these registries' evolution at the end of each month and wrote down the numbers.

The 2019 tab from my report shows a lot of "red" (it means that domain name registration figures decrease) but this is because red is noticed first. Financial new gTLDs have lots of Trademarks as clients and many Banks are listed. For this reason, this report is one of the longest from my 20 monthly reports. This is what I noticed on a list of 87 financial new gTLDs:

1. I listed 51 dotBrand (".BRAND") new gTLDs:
1. the .DVAG new gTLD ended the year with more than 2,000 domain names registered!
2. Eight of these .BRANDs have more than 100 domain names created, this is a lot for a personal use!
3. Two have between 500 and 1,000 domains created:
1. .ALLFINANZ
2. .CREDITUNION
4. Five have between 100 and 500 domains created.
5. Eighteen have between 10 and 100.
6. Twelve did not register any new domain name since January 2019 and still have one registered.
7. The .EVERBANK new gTLD was withdrawn during the year. Note that some other financial new gTLDs were withdrawn but they still appear as "Delegated" on the official ICANN website (the .NADEX new gTLD for example).
8. One is an IDN new gTLD: .工行 (xn--estv75g).
9. Some dotBrands did not register more domain names in 2019:
1. .DISCOVER with 101 domain name created
2. .SHRIRAM (28)
3. .BARCLAYCARD (24)
4. .AMERICANEXPRESS (8)
5. .NETBANK (5)
6. .COMMBANK (4)
7. .CITI (4)
8. .HDFCBANK (2)
9. The TLDs with one single registration are not added here.
10. Two were withdrawn long ago: the .CASHBACKBONUS and .JPMORGANCHASE
2. Four new gTLDs exist in their singular AND plural version (but I think I already wrote that in the past):
1. .ACCOUNTANT and .ACCOUNTANTS
2. .LOAN and .LOANS
3. .MARKET and .MARKETS
4. .DEAL and .DEALS
3. Only 10 generic new gTLDs have more than 10,000 domain name registrations and number one on that list has just above 27,000.
4. Two have "unbelievable" numbers to read:
1. the .BID new gTLD had 209,700 registrations in January. It ends the year with less than 28,000.
2. the .LOAN new gTLD had... 2,806,800 (yes: two million) in January. It ends the year with a little more than 24,000.
5. Only one generic Top-Level Domain maintained its registration level from January to December: the .TAX new gTLD which ended the year with 7,450 registrations. Oh... The .TRUST new gTLD registered one more domain name during the year and went from 51 to 52 registrations.

Read the full report here.

Coming: "New gTLDs for the Automobile and Cars: 2019 in Review"

City new gTLDs: 2019 in Review

I believe that every business should acquire its name in the city where it resides (when the TLD exists) and setup a page just for this: it makes sense to provide that information to the public and let it be indexed; but it also benefits the Search Engine Optimization of the business's existing front page. A link back is always good (as long as it is not copy-paste content). Also, for a company which business is purely local, such domain name extension will always offer more precision than a ".com"...for obvious reasons.

Have City Name extensions been a success in 2019?
On my list of 45 domain name extensions, to which I included 2 generic TLDs which are not city names, here is what I noticed in 2019:

• The 2 generic domain names I included to my list are .TOWN and .CITY : they are no city names but I considered that they should be included in my list:
• The .CITY new gTLD stagnated from January 2019 and even lost a few registrations in December: it ended the year with 30,962 domain names registered in total.
• The .TOWN new gTLD gained registrations but and ended the year with 4,194 domain names.
• .TOURS and .SPA which are not City Names were included too because they represent two famous cities. The .SPA new gTLD has no registrations yet since it was delegated recently and .TOURS gained a small 800 registrations from January to December: not because the French city of Tours attracted Registrants but because "tours" has another meaning in English.
• The .TOKYO is the only extension to have more than 100,000 domain names created. Its follower, the .NYC new gTLD ends the year with 67,220 domain names.
• 16 extensions have more than 10,000 domain names created. The last one of them on the list is .COLOGNE which ends the year with 10,432 domain names. The first one is .TOKYO.
• Just 3 extensions kept gaining registrations one month after the other but such numbers are not significant since they are below 2,500. The cities concerned are (in the order):
• The .MADRID new gTLD which ends the year with 2,156 domain names;
• The .KYOTO ends the year with 898;
• The .STOCKHOLM ends with 80 domains.
• Some extensions kept loosing registrations from January:
• .AMSTERDAM (26,385 creations in December);
• .VEGAS (15,092);
• .YOKOHAMA (4,412).
• 5 extensions had no registrations from January to December:
• .DUBAI stick to 5 domain names;
• .BCN - .HELSINKY - .BUDAPEST and .DOHA (still listed as "Delegated") stick to one single domain name registration.
• Some extensions have a twin sister:
• Barcelona has .BARCELONA and .BCN
• Moscow has .MOSCOW and its IDN, the .МОСКВА new gTLD;
• Cologne has .COLOGNE and .KOELN
• Istanbul has .ISTANBUL and .IST
• 11 extensions are below the 1,000 domain name registrations. The first one of them is the .RIO new gTLD with 910 domain names created.

Read the full report here.

Coming: "New gTLDs for Companies: 2019 in Review"

Singular vs Plural new gTLDs: 2019 in Review

When the ICANN new gTLD program launched, no one would have expected that multiple extensions would exist in their singular AND plural version. Well they exist and there are 22 of them.
Note that .MOTO (a .BRAND) is not the plural of .MOTORCYCLES but it could look like and the same applies to .NEW and .NEWS Top-Level Domains.

This is my review of these extensions - in terms of volumes of domain names created - by their respective registries.

So : "S" or no "S" ?
My answer really refers to no specific logic but just a reading of the figures and I don't find them attractive, it's clearly a "no" to me:

1. Almost no Singular and Plural new gTLDs have more registrations in December 2019 than in...January 2019. On my list of 22 twins, only 16 out of 45 (.HOTEL had 3 "plurals) had more registrations after 12 months. The TLDs concerned are:
1. .AUTOS
2. .CAREER
3. COUPONS
4. .DEALS
5. .FAN
6. .GAME and .GAMES
7. .MARKETS
8. .MOTORCYCLES
9. .NEW (by Google)
10. .PHOTO and .PHOTOS
11. .SUPPLY
12. .WATCH
13. .WORK and .WORKS
2. Some TLDs from ex Famous Four Media (now GRS Domains) lost (a lot of) registrations:
1. The .ACCOUNTANT new gTLD lost 52,000 registrations in one single year;
2. The .LOAN new gTLD lost (...) 2,182,000 registrations in one single year;
3. The .REVIEW new gTLD lost 132,000 registrations in one single year.
3. Only 5 TLDs lost no domain names from a month to the other during the entire period. The TLDs concerned are:
1. .FAN (belonging to Multiple Registry Donuts Inc.) ended the year with 3,411 domain names;
2. .GAMES (belonging to Multiple Registry Donuts Inc.) ended the year with 20,149 domain names;
3. .MOTORCYCLES (belonging to Multiple Registry Dominion) ended the year with 214 domain names;
4. .NEW ended the year with...262 domain names created;
5. .WORKS (belonging to Multiple Registry Donuts Inc.) ended the year with 20,956 domain names created.
4. 6 extensions still have one single domain name registration.

Read the full report here.

Coming: "City Name new gTLDs: 2019 in Review"

How do New Domains impact SEO: the report

The report

This is a report from India based multiple registry Radix on how new domains impact SEO. Questions covered are:

• New domains and SEO - What is the connection between the two?
• What do the users have to say about the impact of new domains on SEO?
• What do SEO experts have to say about the impact of new domains on SEO?
• Is Google using new domains?
• What are some known facts about new domains and their impact on SEO?
• What are the best practices for moving from one domain extension to another?
• Does the age of a domain name matter in SEO?

The report can be downloaded here.

Radix Registry

"Radix" is a multiple registry to have applied for several new domain name extensions such as .TECH - .PRESS - .SITE - .SPACE and .HOST. The full list of the TLDs it applied for is available on its website. It is the third largest new gTLD operator with 2,533,086 domain name registrations (July 2018) for a total of nine extensions.

Dropped new domains: learn why it matters

"Dropped domains" do not necessarily mean something to traditional Registrants (those who buy domain names) but law firms should pay attention to this subject for one simple reason: once a domain was dropped and collected on a list (the Registry below offers this service), it is "more" at risk from being registered by a third party. If you are in charge of managing a domain name portfolio and don't understand what I just wrote, 2 options:

1. Call me;
2. Change your job ;-)

News:

1. New gTLDs related to SPORT;
2. 1,000 three to four character ".club"  domain names are still available;
3. ICANN - Study Finds Increased Awareness and Trust in Domain Name System;
4. Community Objection Rehearing re .SPORTS;
5. New gTLDs related to REAL ESTATE;
6. New - .STREAM new gTLD to launch this week;
7. A Registry has launched a tool to find dropped domains;
8. LOL - "I suggest you do an availability check if you didn’t protect your brand in Sunrise";
9. Article - Who really cares about new gTLDs?
10. More coming.

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12,000 Premium .CLUB domain names

The Club Registry is offering to acquire for free one of the 12,000 Premium domain names to be released tomorrow. The Registry informs:

On June 16, 2016 approximately 12,000 registry reserved .CLUB premium names will be released into the registrar channel, including some names that have never been offered by the registrar channel before. This is the second time .CLUB has injected additional premium names into the registrar channel since launching our tiered premium program in July 2015. The names are in nine pricing tiers, ranging from suggested retail prices of $100 to $10,000. In all cases renewals are at the standard .CLUB registration fee of approximately $10 – $15 per year. There are some great deals available within the new premium name additions, including a number of 3 and 4 character domains, Chinese domains and great, brandable names such as:

• Concert.club
• Money.club
• BodyBuilding.club
• Gothic.club

And many, many more. The new names will be available through all registrars carrying .CLUB premium names on June 16. You can download a complete list of the NEW tiered premium names here.

News

1. Follow-up - the .AFRICA ZACR Order on Motion to Dismiss;
2. HOT - Why I bought 10,000 ".city" new domain names;
3. Sunrise Period for .MOTORCYCLES starts today;
4. Another accredited Registrar for the .GDN new gTLD (Lexsynergy);
5. The ".bible" Litmus Test for Domain Name Dispute Panelists;
6. Offered - Win a Premium .CLUB domain name;
7. Over 20,000 ".store" domain names registered;
8. The .BNPPARIBAS starts to promote dotBrand;
9. New gTLDs related to SPORT;
10. New gTLDs related to REAL ESTATE;
11. New gTLDs related to ALCOHOL;
12. Reminder - The NDD.camp starts tomorrow (register);
13. Joke of the day - We are 22,102,596 new gTLD trolls according to this post;
14. More coming during the day.

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The era of propaganda (new gTLDs)

I just read the article below from Verisign and...no sign of new gTLDs in the article but I don't blame the author: business is business.

Since Verisign is the owner of the profitable .COM Registry, I understand that kind of promotion but what I misunderstand is the reference to SEO when Google announced that it makes no difference to use a new domain name or a ".com".

There is a reference to the frustrating technical experience with new gTLDs too: come on what are talking about here? Same for the "level of security" paragraph ending in: "It may be more prudent to stick with well-known and trusted domain name extensions until more of the new gTLDs are able to prove themselves as safe and reliable": what? (...) I am fine with auto-promotion and I understand Verisign's willing to do the promotion of ".com" at all costs but is it what I read here or is this propaganda?

My advice

• Buy a new domain name (ie: ending in ".club" - ".gdn" - ".consulting" - ".finance"...) which means something and according to the identity of your online content. New gTLDs offer that possibility, ".com" domains don't.
• Buy a ".com" domain name because there is a risk to have it cybersquatted.
• When your baker says is bread is the best on earth, he's lying ;-)

News

1. Verisign - 7 Key Questions to Ask When Choosing a Domain Name Extension;
2. Memo - Mark and Signed Mark Objects Mapping;
3. New gTLD registration volumes:
1. New gTLDs related to FINANCE;
2. New gTLDs related to COLORS;
3. New gTLDs related to COMPANIES;
4. New gTLDs related to the LAW.
4. Hurry-up - New Premium .CLUB Names available June 16th, 2016: http://landrush.club/
5. Article - .STORE Suffix Provides Retailers an Opportunity to Rebrand;
6. Article - One in 10 new gTLDs are shrinking?
7. New gTLD communication - Registry partners with journalists;
8. Number of Registry Agreements Executed: 2 (Contracting Statistics);
9. The .INSURANCE new gTLD Opens for General Availability;
10. Sunrise Registration: ".Motorcycles" Domain Names, Trademark Holders Only;
11. More coming during the day.

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Impressive results of the .GDN Registry

I read many times that a high domain name registration volume is not a key to the success of a new gTLD. Well, I disagree: offering new domain names at a low price is a development strategy like another: it is an communication investment that pays. The .CLUB Registry has demonstrated that already with a strong investment budget in communication and a fair price for its domain name. The result now is that, not only it has become the reference for Clubs but clubs of all kinds...have turned to buying these domain names.

What about the .GDN Registry?
The strategy for the .GDN new gTLD seems to be a little different since there are still few Registrars to be accredited yet (with more coming little by little). This week, we noticed a change in registration volumes from the Registry with an important increase. Last week (on week 23), there were 29,259 domain names registered. This is not so bad for a Registry which launched with few Registrars accredited. This week (week 24), there are 65,795 domains registered.
Reminder about ".GDN" : it stands for "Global Domain Name", it is ultra cheap, it is a short Top-Level Domain with 3 letters and comes in direct competition with ".com" offering many free domains to register.

News

1. Article - The Most Exciting New Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs);
2. 7 more new gTLD were delegated: .ASLTOM - .DUNLOP (added to the CARS new gTLD report) - .AIRBUS - .GOODYEAR (also added to the CARS new gTLD report) - .KOSHER - .DUPONT and .ERICSSON
3. "On the Rise" (the .GDN new gTLD);
4. The French new gTLD report by Nameshield;
5. Article - $1,000 to renew a ".shop" domain name?
6. Sunrise Periods:
1. Ending in June:
1. .닷컴 (com)
2. .닷넷 (net)
3. .MED
4. .TUBE
2. Ending in July:
1. .STC
2. .VIVA
3. .STCGROUP
4. .MOI
7. Owner of Boats.com and .BOATS talks;
8. Registration volumes:
1. New gTLDs related to Catering;
2. HOT - New gTLDs related to Cities;
3. New gTLDs related to Photography.
9. Article - Vanity Keyword TLD Domain Names Do Not Get Ranking Boost;
10. More coming during the day: receive all NEWS by email.



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Signs on coming .ART new gTLD

There are a lot of different new gTLD NEWS from various sources of information today, there even is a timeline for the .AFRICA gTLD litigation. There are signs on the launching of the .ART new gTLD on social networks. Today I suggest the reading of the methodology provided by Verisign to select keyword-rich domains to positively affect search click-through results.

News

1. Two Sunrise Periods are ending soon:
1. The .GMBH new gTLD;
2. The .LTD new gTLD.
2. The weekly French new gTLD report by Nameshield;
3. Launching - The .SENER new gTLD explains (.BRAND);
4. Info - 54 percent of new gTLDs are owned by the Chinese;
5. Interesting - How Keyword-Rich Domain Names Positively Affect SEO;
6. ICANN on Red Cross - are we wasting everyone's time?
7. Summary - New gTLDs at INTA’s 138th Annual Meeting;
8. New gTLDs related to FRENCH Icann applications;
9. New gTLDs related to RELIGION;
10. Top 10 biggest new gTLD daily growth spikes?
11. Bet - The Betting Club: https://betting.club/
12. Timeline - the .AFRICA litigation timeline;
13. Old post - .ART Predicts 25k-80k registrations in year 1;
14. Joke of the day - Have some dot .Wine with your Friday cheese;
15. 400,000 domains ending in ".xyz" registered in one day;
16. 800,000 domains ending in ".xyz" registered in two days;
17. Multiple Registry has registered 40,000 domains ending in ".xyz";
18. Study - Cause Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment in the New gTLD Era;
19. More coming during the day: Jean Guillon on Twitter.

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Financial new gTLDs are on the rise

There is a good promotion made around financial new gTLDs at the moment. Boston Ivy, the "Home of Financial Top Level Domains" has started to the promotion of its top-Level Domains. We also like to remind that all these TLDs are listed in the long list of financial TLDs published on Jovenet Consulting.

1. Article - Using the URS as a Preliminary Injunction;
2. Article - Financial Industry Quick to Embrace New Top Level Domains;
3. $0.85 for .CLUB domain names!
4. Another major registrar becomes accredited to ".gdn" domain names;
5. Reminder - The NDD.camp start on the 16th of June in Paris;
6. Public comments - Why Change the (new gTLD) Registry Agreement?
7. Update - New gTLD registration volumes:
1. New gTLDs related to SPORT;
2. New gTLDs related to REAL ESTATE;
3. New gTLDs related to ALCOHOL.
8. List - 8 Companies That Switched to a New gTLD;
9. Sunrise Periods:
1. The .MOI Sunrise Period has begun;
2. The .STORE Sunrise ends soon.
10. The .UPS new gTLD was just delegated;
11. More coming during the day.

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Can ".mail" new gTLD cohabit with ".email"?

Last week, I referred to Singular and Plural versions of domain names but the same could be applied to multilingual versions of new gTLDs (".vin" and ".wine" for example) or similar new gTLDs such as ".bing" and ".bingo" or ".cal" and ".call".
If I strongly believe that multilingual Top-Level Domains are a good fallout of the ICANN new gTLD program, I think that allowing singular AND plural versions of the same extension is already causing confusion and will cause much more in the future.
The same applies to similar TLDs: I just checked the status of the .MAIL new gTLD which is "on-hold". This means that it could possibly go live someday and have to cohabit with the ".email" (live TLD already).
Generally speaking, very few people worry about this today because the existing generation is starting to use new domain names. But what about in a few years? Will third parties want to use a ".email" domain name with such a high risk of confusion if ".mail" has gone live too? I doubt it. I even think that allowing ".mail" to go live is a risk for ".email" to be a success.

News:

1. Article - Hard earned lessons from Twitter on branded domain extensions;
2. How should start-ups switch to new gTLDs?
3. French - 1000 nTLDs et 18 millions de noms déposés:
1. De nouveaux records ;
2. Etat statistique des nTLDs au samedi 28/05/16;
3. Un « toilettage » des nTLDs en vue?
4. 2e round : pas avant 2020;
5. Le pricing des nTLD, pierre d’achoppement des stratégies.
4. 6 new gTLDs were just delegated:
1. ".mattel"
2. ".netflix"
3. ".ott"
4. ".locker"
5. ".ollo"
6. ".dtv"
5. ART - It seems that the .ART new gTLD is here!
6. Article - Are High Annualized Domain Name Renewal Fees a Recipe for Failure?
7. Discussion - Can New gTLD's Boost A Start-ups’ Digital Presence?
8. ICANN - Reconfirming Board resolution on .HOTEL and .ECO IRP Declaration;
9. New domain name registration volumes:
1. New gTLDs related to CITIES;
2. New gTLDs related to CATERING;
3. New gTLDs related to PHOTOGRAPHY.
   (the ".nikon" now has 38 domains registered)
10. ICANN56 will not have an opening ceremony;
11. Article - .XYZ Planning “biggest sale the domain world has ever seen”;
12. Sunrise Period - .Store Passes 500+ Sunrise Registrations With 5 Days to Go;
13. More coming during the day for tonight's publication in the Newsletter.

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The new gTLD info for Tuesday, May 24th

Today, I noticed interesting moves withing the financial industry (from a "new gTLD" point of view). In our new gTLD report related to FINANCE, we do not list generic Top-Level Domains only, we also list ".brand" new gTLD applicant domain name registration volumes. It means that some Trademarks applied for their own domain name extension: we also call them ".BRANDs" or "dotbrands". In our report, we have listed them with a little "®" sign so they are easy to identify.
In this week's report (see week 21):

1. The .BLOOMBERG new gTLD has now 120 new domain name registrations (73 last week);
2. The .FOREX has 84 (54 the two previous weeks before);
3. The .PICTET has 76 (29 the previous week);
4. The .CFA has now 52 (only 4 last week);
5. The .NADEX has 51 (only 2 last week).

When a ".brand" new gTLD starts to register so many domain names, it is often the sign that the strategy is finalized and the Trademark really starts to deploy its domain names.

News

1. Sunrise Period - The .MOI new gTLD Sunrise starts soon: Wednesday, 1 June, 2016;
2. HOT - .Sports IRP Panelist: “odor of corruption and impropriety” with .AFRICA;
3. Reports: 
1. New gTLDs related to COMPANIES (sent in the Newsletter); 
2. New gTLDs related to the LAW; 
3. New gTLDs related to FINANCE; 
4. New gTLDs related to COLORS.
4. Article - The New .ENERGY Address;
5. Updates: .BRAND stories was updated with more new gTLD stories; 
6. Article - Retailers Take Notice: Will Customers .shop at Your .store?
7. Three new gTLDs were just delegated: 
1. .REALESTATE 
2. .SHOP
3. .AETNA
8. Article - The largest new domain name owner is now...Chinese;
9. Joke of the day - Icann.guru is for sale on Sedo; 
10. Is the .BERLIN Registry open to German investors only?
11. Report - New gTLD Utilization Report – May 2016;
12. More coming during the day: subscribe (free).

The new gTLD info for Monday, May 23rd

This week-end, I was asked the authorization to post in the new gTLD group I moderate on LinkedIn. I received a kind email asking for permission (...) and this is not the first time that it happens.

Don't ask for permission: just do it

I personally never read group rules prior to posting in a LinkedIn group but I don't post content when it is not related to the group I subscribed to. In regard to the "new gTLD" group, I never block from posting: it is already hard enough to have people to participate! I only block bad domaining and content which is not related to new gTLDs so please, feel free to post: there are 2300 subscribers waiting for your new gTLD info.

1. 200,000 .VIP domain name registrations in 5 days?
2. Good read - What do the new top level domains mean for the automotive and tyre industry?
3. Meet with .TRADEMARKS potential new gTLD applicants in Nantes (France);
4. HOT - New gTLDs related to CITIES (ie: domain names ending in ."nyc", ".london", ".miami", etc);
5. New gTLDs related to CATERING (ie: domains ending in ".catering", ".restaurant", ".recipes", etc);
6. Conference - The Domain Startup Summit: 30 July 2016;
7. New gTLDs related to PHOTOGRAPHY (ie: domains ending in ".photo", ".gallery", ".pics", etc);
8. .AFRICA new gTLD: ZACR’s Motion is an attempt to re-litigate the same issue, opposes DCA Trust;
9. Are you intimidated by ICANN?
10. The .VIP Registry thanks Chinese investors for its impressive launching;
11. More coming during the day.

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The new gTLD info for Friday, May 20th 2016

On the up-to-date report for registration volumes related to Cars, we have noticed that two .BRAND new gTLDs (the .AUDI and .BENTLEY) are creating more domain names: a sign that something is coming?

1. New gTLD reports:
1. New gTLDs related to CARS;
2. New gTLDs related to HEALTH
2. Retailers Take Notice: Will Customers .shop at Your .store?
3. groupe.schmidt is a new dot brand corporate website
4. SpamHaus now publishing better TLD abuse data
5. 17 Percent of Domains on Domain Auction Sites Have Link Spam Problems.

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The new gTLD info for Thursday, May 19th

Studying new domain name registration volumes is becoming more interesting: if it allows to see which Registry clearly cheats greatly improves its registration figures, it now allows to see which .BRAND new gTLD is deploying its projects with personalized domain name. This week, French new gTLD applicants like Arte (".arte"), Club Med (".clubmed"), Maif (".maif"), Sanofi (".sanofi") and Weber (".weber") are clearly working on something. I will come back on this.

1. "Splendid" - .Canon, .Nikon and the Other Twenty Plus Photography-Related TLDs;
2. Another Registrar becomes accredited to the .GDN new gTLD;
3. Infographic - Top Level Domains Explained;
4. Reminder: the NDD.camp takes place in Paris (16th of June);
5. More strings were delegated since May the 12th:
1. HKT
2. GUARDIAN
3. 嘉里
4. BLOG
5. DOT
6. New gTLD reports:
1. New gTLDs related to RELIGION (just updated);
   (the .WEB and .WEDDING new gTLDs were added to the report)
2. New gTLDs related to FRENCH new gTLD applications (just updated);
7. .AFRICA new gTLD - Irrespective of Error, Serious Question on Merits & Balance of Harm weighs in DCA’s Favor;
8. 100,000 domain names registered already for .VIP;
9. 30,000 .VIP Premium domains sold;
10. More coming during the day (subscribe to receive the NEWS by email).

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The new gTLD info for Wednesday, May 18th

We talk a lot about the .CANON new gTLD yesterday but did you know that there is a .NIKON new gTLD? There was a .OLYMPUS new gTLD application submitted to the ICANN too but it was withdrawn. The photography business is well represented in terms of new domain name extensions.

1. Unlocking the potential of new Top-Level Domains;
2. Sponsoring - You can now sponsor the new gTLD reports on Jovenet Consulting;
3. Back-End- CIRA announces its back-end Registry offer;
4. Recording - The .INSURANCE webinar;
5. Coming: the .NIKON new gTLD;
6. The .TOP Registry becomes the 6th most registered domain name extension;
7. Branding : You dictate a domain’s worth, not the market;
8. New gTLD reports:
1. New gTLDs related to SPORT;
2. New gTLDs related to ALCOHOL;
   (the ".club" new gTLD was added to the report)
3. New gTLDs related to REAL ESTATE (new).
9. Back-end Registry starts its promotion for round 2 of the ICANN new gTLD program;
10. Conferences - 2 domain name conferences in China this summer;
11. Record - the .VIP just launched and breaks records.
12. More coming during the day.

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The new gTLD info for Tuesday, May 17th

Today the info is the Canon .BRAND new gTLD which is introducing a new URL for Canon’s global site: global.canon. When I read this, I tell myself: "finally, here we are" since Canon was the first Trademark to reveal its .BRAND new gTLD project in 2010. By he way, did you know that there is a .GLOBAL new gTLD too? When doing such an announcement, better check for your Trademark in the extension of your second level domain. Please, don't have a look at canon.global. Did you know that there is a .NIKON new gTLD too?
Another information: the .GDN new gTLD has more French Accredited Registrar to join soon: check the growing list here.

1. .BRANDs - the .CANON new gTLD moves to domains ending in ".canon";
2. The weekly French new gTLD report by Nameshield;
3. Case studies - 3 more new gTLDs case studies published by the ICANN;
4. China’s Internet Domain Name Measures & the Digital Economy;
5. Sunrises ending soon: the .MOTORCYCLES and .STORE new gTLDs (5 June, 2016);
6. The IDN of ".com" and ".net" to launch in Korea (.닷컴 and .닷넷 new gTLDs);
7. HOT - New gTLDs related to Companies (report);
   (just added to the report: the .商标 (".trademark" new gTLd in Chinese)
8. New gTLDs related to the Law (report);
9. New gTLDs related to Finance (report);
10. Coming next week: new gTLDs related to Colors;
11. The .VIP new gTLD enters general availability;
12. Interesting posts on use of ".brand" domain names: why pay so much for so few personalized domain names?
13. In French: l"influence des nouvelles extensions sur le SEO";
14. Premium Names - 72,000 names generate $9 million in annual recurring revenue;
15. More coming during the day.

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The new gTLD info for Thursday, May 12th

I surfed a bit this morning and went through the major Trademarks who registered their ".gdn" domain name. There are many already:

1. Facebook
2. Instagram
3. Mark Monitor
4. Periscope
5. Twitter
6. Wordpress
7. Microsoft
8. Oculus Rift
9. Amazon
10. Citibank
11. ...

Some of them does not appear in that list. Did you notice which? To my understanding, this is one of the reasons why major Trademarks should pay attention to this domain name extension. Domain names ending in ".gdn" are for investors, not Trademarks, but this does not mean that it should be neglected.

News

1. The .RICHARDLI new gTLD is about to launch: do you know who Richard Li is?
2. Weekly Report - New gTLDs related to FRENCH new gTLD applications;
3. Google plans to ban Payday Loan Ads: do you own ".LOAN" domain names?
4. HIT - .CLOUD & .CLUB domain names are a hit for resellers (out of a total of 500 new gTLDs);
5. HOT - "Sport et Noms de domaine" (in French): des incontournables qui prennent position;
6. The .HOTEL Registry changes hands (well...one of the applications);
7. Cumulative premium name sales for .CLUB = $3,841,271.03;
8. SEO - Does Moving to a New gTLD Domain Name Help Rankings?
9. French - "Pourquoi j’ai osé adopter le .wine pour mon vignoble";
10. .BRANDs - Brand TLDs: five potential benefits;
11. Just added - The new gTLD report related to Religion;
12. As usual, there is more coming during the day before the publication of the Newsletter.

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The new gTLD info for Wednesday, May 11th

We are completing our reports and adding .BRAND domain name extensions. For example, our report related to FINANCE new domain name registration volumes has been completed with Banks who acquired their own domain name extension. These .BRAND can be identified with a "®" sign next to them.

1. Article - ".GDN" domain names: the next “.COM”?
2. Interesting - Looking Back on the First Round of New gTLD Applications: Implications for Trademarks and Freedom of Expression;
3. Specialized Domain Names: The Secret Weapon for Boosting Sales?
4. New gTLD reports (weekly updates):
1. New generic Top-Level Domains related to SPORT;
   (the .GAME new gTLD was added to the report)
2. New generic Top-Level Domains related to ALCOHOL.
   (the .REHAB new gTLD was added to the report)
5. Must read - Report on active Brand Top-Level Domains;
6. There are now 1,300 new gTLDs;
7. Domain name "s.club" was sold for $38,000 !
8. Multiple Registry predicts $75m new gTLD revenues;
9. More coming by the end of the day (newsletter sent at 8PM CET).

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