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.

This week, we added several new cities down the list: Dubai, Stockholm, Helsinky, Budapest, Doha and Abudhabi. These have 1 registrations but they should launch very soon. Barcelona jumps to more than 1,200 new domain name registrations.

1. The .NYC new gTLD: 76 534 domain name registrations
2. .LONDON : 63 696
3. .BERLIN : 59 749
4. .TOKYO : 47 584
5. .AMSTERDAM : 24 985
6. .KOELN : 24 688
7. .HAMBURG : 24 466
8. .PARIS : 21 178
9. .MOSCOW : 21 137
10. .CITY : 19 069
11. .МОСКВА (xn--80adxhks) : 18 225
12. .MIAMI : 14 415
13. .VEGAS : 14 012
14. .WIEN : 13 900
15. .QUEBEC : 8 833
16. .SYDNEY : 8 664
17. .MELBOURNE : 8 615
18. .BRUSSELS : 6 472
19. .COLOGNE : 5 328
20. .TOURS : 4 354
21. .CAPETOWN : 4 323
22. .NAGOYA : 4 122
23. .JOBURG : 3 341
24. .GENT : 3 193
25. .YOKOHAMA : 3 176
26. .TOWN : 2 611
27. .TAIPEI : 2 577
28. .OKINAWA : 2 553
29. .DURBAN : 2 430
30. .BARCELONA : 1 293
31. .RIO : 1 259
32. .OSAKA : 493
33. .KYOTO : 353
34. .ISTANBUL : 265
35. .IST : 252
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.

Source: ntldstats.com

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The new gTLD info for Monday, March 21st

Today, we found a very good infographic with interesting figures: a must read. ajob related to new gTLDs is posted in the Newsletter as well as our weekly report related to Cities new gTLDs.

• .AFRICA new gTLD: the end of the Line?
• Buyer beware: what do ‘The Brady Bunch’ and new gTLDs accept in common?
• Job: sales agent based in Gibraltar: "We offer you the opportunity to grow with unlimited earning potential, successful agents can realistically earn over 100K annually."
• Multiple registry confirms link to Registrar with a mass new gTLD development project;
• Premium .BERLIN domain names seem to be for sale (in Deutsch);
• Report: new gTLDs related to Cities;
• In French: "Les chiffres des extensions internet francophones";
• March new gTLD update by major Corporate Registrar;
• Infographic: which new gTLD matter?
• ICANN and gTLDs;
• ICANN’s High Expectations for Transaction Fees;
• Some new gTLDs that are selling well:
• .berlin;
• .club;
• .xyz.
• Some new gTLDs that are selling poorly:
• .airforce;
• .rodeo;
• .gripe.
• Various Revenue Problems:
• Registry Fees Also Fall Short for ICANN;
• Registrar Transaction Fee Fails;
• A Three-Pronged Problem.

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The weekly French new gTLD report by Nameshield

What are the registration volumes of TLDs (new domain name extensions) with a French meaning? 

This weekly publication reports on new domain name registration volumes for domain names such as ".expert", ".club", ".auto", ".international"...

This week, we focus on:

• .XYZ
• .TOP
• .CLUB
• .GDN (again)
• .VIN

Read the complete report @Nameshield

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The new gTLD info for Friday, March 18th

Today is Friday and, like most Fridays, there's not much information related to new gTLDs so when this happens I do an advanced search on Google and here is what I found:on the 286,000 results found,  jovenet.consulting appears on first page of Google's results when searching for any site in the .CONSULTING domain name extension (and I have no idea why). I did the same with .VOTE and guess what I found...

1. The latest .TUBE Registry website was launched;
2. New gTLDs make up 10.5 percent of UDRP disputes;
3. The IANA transition: a mirage? (The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is responsible for the global coordination of the DNS Root where new gTLDs are installed);
4. Complete list of TLDs maintained by the IANA;
5. What is the Intellectual Property Constituency?
6. Hugo Boss leads UDRP filings list as cybersquatting trends are revealed;
7. Useful - How do you search indexed websites from a certain new gTLD in Google?
8. ICANN55: Summary of Main points;
9. .EARTH new gTLD: it's time to officially brand Earth;
10. More coming.

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The new gTLD info for Thursday, March 17th

These are the NEWS we collected today. We would like to inform our seriously increasing number of readers that we often update each post of the day with more NEWS.
Since we send our Newsletter at night, you can be sure to find all links to entire content in your email once you have subscribed.

1. Coming: the .MOI new gTLD: "moi" is the name of a Village in Romania, it also means "me" or "myself" in French;
2. It will cost $129 (at least) for a 2 letter .SKI domain names (example of .SKI domain name);
3. 4 new gTLD events added to Calzone;
4. The US Court Has Granted an Interim Relief on .AFRICA new gTLD;
5. Socks Sells! Meet ManBrands.club;
6. A Premium new domain name taken back by Registrar?
7. In French - "Car Brands: are they taking a leading role in the new Internet?"
8. LOL: http://trumps.sucks
9. Meetup.NYC: all changes happening in the NYC digital space;
10. Why does the Trademark Clearinghouse prohibits the registration of marks containing a "."?
11. Draft report on New gTLD Program Safeguards Against DNS Abuse;
12. HOT - According to new gTLD applicants, the Spamhaus report is “wholly inaccurate”
13. More coming...

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The new gTLD info for Wednesday, March 16th

Today, there is an extremely interesting article related to new domain names and Search Engine Optimization with a concrete example that ranking in search engines can go up due to new gTLDs.

1. Car Brands: are they taking a leading role in the new Internet?
2. New domain name auction: more than €20,000 and hosting.club sold for €3,950;
3. Get on the Right Side of the ".";
4. Report - Update: new gTLDs related to SPORT
5. Charter Approved to Review All Rights Protections Mechanisms in All Generic TLDs;
6. Startup raises $1M using a .CLUB domain names;
7. Case figure - Changing to a new descriptive domain name: "We have observed direct evidence that the site’s overall search engine rankings have gone up".
8. In French - Le nom de domaine, inutile à l’heure des services Web gratuits ?
9. Website designed for Chinese domain name buyers: the Zhongwen Club;
10. Domain names ending in .EARTH to gain momentum;
11. More content at 8PM tonight: subscribe to receive our Newsletter.

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