The .MOI new gTLD Sunrise Period starts today

The .MOI new generic Top-Level Domains is dedicated to French speaking person and means "I" or "myself" or again"me". This TLD was created by Amazon and the registry website states: "An internet domain for individuals and businesses to celebrate French language as a unifier."

WHEN:
SUNRISE PERIOD

• START: Wednesday, 1 June, 2016 - 16:00;
• END: Friday, 15 July, 2016 - 16:00.

CLAIMS NOTIFICATION PERIOD

• START: Tuesday, 29 November, 2016;
• END: Monday, 27 February, 201.

TO BE NOTICED:
The country code Top-Level Domain for Montenegro (ccTLD) is ".me" and is marketed for the exact same use.

WHERE:
To participate in the Sunrise Period, contact Nameshield.

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The French "Cité du Vin" to launch with a ".global"

What a surprise to learn, this morning, that the French "Cité Du Vin" (opening today), has decided to use a domain name ending in ".global", instead of a ".vin" (or ".wine"). In fact, that decision was taken a long ago and it is possible that the delays caused by the launching of both ".wine" and ".vin" are part of that decision. Another possibility is that...people in charge of the communication for the Cité Du Vin just didn't know about ".wine" domain names.
News:

1. The French city of wine goes for a ".global" domain name;
2. "Not Bad" - The ".gdn" new gTLD has 129,000+ results in google for only 8 accredited Registrars;
3. Article - New gTLDs: any true stories or just numbers?
4. E-Book - The Evolution of Domain Names and Their Impacts on Trade Mark Rights;
5. New domain name registration volumes:
1. New gTLDs related to FINANCE;
   (the ".ally" new gTLD was added to the report)
2. New gTLDs related to the LAW;
3. New gTLDs related to COMPANIES (update sent in our Newsletter);
4. New gTLDs related to COLORS (oups!).
6. Announcement - Web domain ".broker" now available;
7. New gTLDs for business - Pros and Cons:
1. New gtld advantages for businesses;
2. New gtld disadvantages for businesses.
8. More coming, stay tuned until 7:00PM CET.

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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 Friday, May 27th

Today is the day to update the new gTLD report related to Cars where 3 new domain name extensions were added: the .TAXI - the .LIMO and the .TIRES new gTLDS. One Trademark was added to the report related to HEALTH.

1. HOT - Details of investments from the .CLUB Registry: it cost money to deploy a Registry but it generates a lot of income too;
2. New gTLDs related to HEALTH;
3. Did you check if your ".gdn" new domain name was registered already?
4. ROAR - New gTLDs related to CARS;
5. Article - Land grab kicks off as new .game domain is introduced;
6. SPONSORING: it is now possible to sponsor new gTLD reports;
7. Article - Now You Can Have Your Own .Game Domain, Get The Details;
8. Event - WHD.usa kicks off in Phoenix;
9. 4 Reasons to Use Your Personal .ARCHI Domain Name;
10. Article - You can now secure your very own .game domain.

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The new gTLD info for Thursday, May 26th

It seems that more and more Registrants have Faith: as seen in the new gTLD report - updated today - related to religions almost 3,000 more domain names were just registered recently. Some French .BRANDs must be doing tests with their domain names: some zone files are losing registrations.

1. Article - Le réveil des “.marque” français;
2. Article - Why Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo did not apply for the .email new gTLD;
3. INTA - The new gTLD string ‘.tube’ is currently in sunrise;
4. Article - dot Citic, dot 中信 - an ambitious domain name project;
5. New gTLDs related to RELIGION;
6. New gTLDs related to FRENCH new gTLD application;
7. Launching - Results of the .GAME new gTLD launching;
8. The chinese .TRADEMARK new gTLD organized a dinner at INTA;
9. Количество регистраций new gTLD доменов уже за пределами 18 млн;
10. Multiple Registry profit triples with a revenue up to 70%;
11. URS - audi.auto and audi.cars: "Complainant has demonstrated all three elements of the URS by a standard of clear and convincing evidence";
12. CentralNic charging its larger registry customers well under $1 per name?
13. Article - "How the gTLD project made it worse";
14. Article - Verisign says new gTLDs put millions at risk;
15. More coming during the day: subscribe.

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New gTLDs: Singular or Plural?

The more I deal with new gTLD registration figures, the more I see that singular and plural versions start to appear on reports. For this reason I have added this sign: "(s/p)" next to the Top-Level Domain which also offers a plural version of the extension. For example, in the REALESTATE new gTLD report, we have a ".property" and ".properties". We also have a ".loan" and a ".loans", a ".home" and ".homes". In the SPORT report, we have a ".game" and a ".games".

News

1. Domain name registration volumes:
1. New gTLDs related to SPORT (we added the .AFL new gTLD - Australian Football League);
2. New gTLDs related to ALCOHOL;
3. New gTLDs related to REAL ESTATE (we added the .PROGRESSIVE new gTLD - a Trademark). The ".realestate" domain name extension - in which we believe that it will be a success - enters the report.
2. New gTLDs: a security risk for business computers?
3. Two more Registrars accredited to the .GDN new gTLD;
4. Milestone - New gTLD Program Reaches 1,000 Delegations.

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