That old post I just noticed about Nomulus

IP Twins is a popular French law firm to offer a full-package of domain name related services (registration, search, audit and monitoring), web services (web content search, audit and monitoring, AdWords™, auctions) and IP services (consulting, TMCH, new gTLDs applications).

This company is typically the kind of law firm to offer its clients a .BRAND new gTLD solution for the next round of the ICANN new gTLD program.

I just noted this post about Nomulus, pointing to my article following the Nomulus announcement from Google and I appreciate to be quoted in it actually.

Another good read that I just posted.

Amazon or Google for new gTLDs?

Google offered the world its tool to operate new gTLDs: it is a backend registry solution, named Nomulus. Google new gTLDs already use this solution.

AWS from Amazon
You might have noticed the massive communication around AWS (Amazon Web Services) where the communication focuses on promoting cloud solutions from Amazon. A new gTLD was even created for this: the .AWS domain name extension.

If Google made it clear that it still does not know if it will create a key-in-hand offer for .BRAND new gTLD applicants, what about Amazon?

Amazon did not build its TLDs with an internal solution, it has a backend registry provider and has not yet considered creating its own solution.

Potential .BRAND new gTLD applicants still think that it is too expensive to apply for their own domain name extension and a cheap/simple offer, just build for them, would seriously help. Lowering the price at ICANN...would help too.

So which service provider will come with that offer?

What you missed in our previous Newsletters:

1. SBI launches its website using "Bank.sbi";
2. .LIVE to Become Rightside’s Largest TLD;
3. Conferences:
1. Let's talk .NYC : Thursday 23 February (today);
2. DomainX: Sunday 9 April;
3. Domaining Europe: Sunday 14 May.
4. Phishers are shifting their sights to new gTLDs?
5. A 2019 Second Round of New gTLDs?
6. Domain Registrations Face An Uncertain Future But Opportunities Are There;
7. NewG talk #26 (the latest figures for the Top 10 NewG extensions);
8. Reminder: list of confusingly similar new gTLDs;
9. Market Flatlines After ICANN Introduces New gTLDs;
10. Preparing for Round 2;
11. Interesting: all New gTLDs by Category;
12. A Q&A on Google's New gTLD Solution, Nomulus;
13. New gTLD cost impact survey (INTA): deadline extended;
14. Guillon.blog : just (re)launched;
15. 4 years to delegate the .AFRICA new gTLD;
16. We Urgently Need a New Internet;
17. Empire.Kred;
18. ICANN : It rains domains in dot .Africa;
19. The .AFRICA new gTLD's cover:
1. Official date of the delegation: 15 February 2017;
2. Official registry: http://nic.africa;
3. Application submitted by the winning applicant to the ICANN.

The .RAP new gTLD

Many are familiar with the .MUSIC new gTLD which should launch...someday. For those interested, I think it is also important to inform that there are two three other new gTLDs related to music:

1. The .HIPHOP new gTLD (1 960+ domains sold worldwide);
2. The .COUNTRY new gTLD (1 470+ domains sold);
3. The .DANCE new gTLD (5,240+ domains sold).

Kanye West
For a reason I still don't understand, when I think "Rap", I think of "Kanye West": for the quality of his Rap probably, but maybe also for his...eccentricity. His wife has probably something to do with this by the way. I also think about Birdman, Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay Z and 50 Cent too.

A domain name extension is unique and whatever is said about them, each new gTLD application is a monopoly too.

2 reasons
There are two reasons why I believe that famous rappers would be successful applicants for the .RAP new gTLD:

1. Eccentric people like uniqueness and a monopoly clearly answers that need of uniqueness: wouldn't a famous rapper want to be the only person to own the .RAP domain name extension for domain names such as www.birdman.rap or www.music.rap?
   Another reason: can you imagine 50 Cent paying Jay Z to register the domain name "50cent.rap"? ;-)
2. The first round of the ICANN new gTLD program clearly showed that new domain names are difficult to sell and to be able to sell, you clearly need a Dr .Dre to show off with a domain name ending in ".rap". Such famous rappers like Kayne West and Jay Z are famous enough to propagate such information. 

Good to know

• "rap" is not prohibited by the ICANN to submit an application: it is no ISO 3166 alpha-3 code;
• there was no application submitted in round one of the ICANN new gTLD program;
• the RAP business is a multi-billion industry: can you imagine what a .RAP new gTLD would generate in terms of domain names sold?

We are in 2017 and round two of the next round of the ICANN new gTLD program shouldn't start (be announced?) before 2020, so there's still plenty of time to prepare a project...or just write this TLD on a list.

The .RAP new gTLD is "not" one the TLDs listed in my official list.

(but shush, I didn't say anything)

New gTLDs: 3 conferences are coming

Let's talk .NYC : Thursday 23 February
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DomainX: Sunday 9 April
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Domaining Europe: Sunday 14 May
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More dates to be announced in coming Newsletters.

.MOTO or .MOTORCYCLES ?

I received an email asking me why the .MOTO new gTLD was not listed in the SPORT new gTLD report.

Answer
The .MOTO new gTLD is a Trademark for which Charleston Road Registry (Google's company for new gTLDs) submitted an application to the ICANN. It intends to operate the extension as a closed registry with Google as the sole registrar and Motorola Mobility (and its affiliates), as the sole registrants.

For this reason it does not appear in the Sport new gTLD report.

Continental new gTLDs

Generic Top-Level Domains:

1. .ASIA = done
2. .AFRICA = done
3. .EUROPE = to be done? (the ".eu" top-level domain already exists but is considered as a ccTLD)
4. .AMERICA = to be done?
5. .OCEANIA = to be done?
6. .ANTARTICA = to be done?