Who will apply for .SEO in Round 2 ?

Many domain name extensions with potential were not applied for in the first round of the ICANN new gTLD program. If investors targeted very generic ones such as sport extensions (ie: .FOOTBALL or .RUGBY) and other very generic strings (such as .CLUB or .FINANCE), many industries did not receive an application for their TLD.

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100,000 registrations = CHAMPAGNE !

Just in case no one noticed, the .CLUB registry is the first new Registry to have reached the 100,000 registrations without giving any.

There were 4 articles written today about .CLUB:

1. TheDomains : http://www.thedomains.com/2014/08/29/club-sells-its-100000th-domain/
2. DomainIncite: http://domainincite.com/17240-club-first-new-gtld-to-sell-100000-domains
3. OnlineDomains: http://onlinedomain.com/2014/08/29/news/club-1st-new-gtld-to-reach-100000-sold-domain-names/
4. DomainNameWire: http://domainnamewire.com/2014/08/29/club-first-new-tld-to-reach-100000-paid-registrations/

To register a .CLUB domain name, click here.

New Registries impressive strategies

Memories

• Who could have imagined there would be so many new gTLD applicants?
• Who would have bet that one company would be rich enough to apply for more than 10 new domain name extensions at the price of $185,000 each?
• Who would have expected an applicant to apply for…60, 100, 300 new Top-Level Domains?

In 2010 very few would have expected that the ICANN new gTLD program would launch this way, many were talking about serious innovation in the domain name space but I don’t remember any post or any article mentioning that one applicant could or would submit dozens of applications. Today, the result of this first round is very different from what we, users and members of the new gTLD community, expected.

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Video: Examples of new gTLDs

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There are 2 applications for .RUN

So while I was running in Paris, I wondered if there would be a TLD for runners like me…and guess what…there are 2 applications for .RUN and they are in contention:

1. First one is from dot Run Limited (Famous Four Media);
2. The other one is from Snow Park, LLC (Donuts).

There will be a .RUN Registry in the end and it will become possible to register domain names ending in .RUN (instead of .com :-). So what is the market for .RUN ? Do runners communicate on Internet? Do they need to communicate because they are runners? Is .RUN for runners only?

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Un Club est un .CLUB

Les nouvelles extensions Internet ne sont plus à présenter, pourtant, on peut se demander quelles sont les véritables vocations de certaines d’entre-elles. Cela étant dit, est-il utile de se poser la question lorsque l’on n’est pas concerné par une extension dans une langue particulière ou par une extension qui ne nous représente pas ?“

A lire:

1. Identitaire” est le maître mot
2. L’exemple du Registre .CLUB
3. Quelques chiffres
4. Une progression constante

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