The new gTLD info for Wednesday the 24th

You will find yesterday's update in today's Newsletter with an interview of a multiple registry's CEO. Today is day one of the .MOM Sunrise Period. 

1. HOT: The $1 Million Release Of DotWine;
2. $100M in Sales and New Executives for Multiple Registry;
3. China helps Famous Four Media exceed its growth projections;
4. The .MOM Sunrise Period (reminder);
5. Independent review of the Trademark Clearinghouse;
6. Fine with buying a new domain name, instead of a ".com";
7. Should brands REALLY get on new gTLDs and give up the status quo?
8. HOT: Interview with new CEO of Multiple Registry (M+M);
9. Meet with the .CLUB Registry at INTA Orlando: register today;
10. Buying a domain name is now made easier with the "domain concierge";
11. Is the URS dying?
12. Google to promote new gTLDs on Twitter;
13. HOT: Donuts appoints outside director, new CFO;
14. The .PET new gTLD is now open to the public;
15. American Senator unhappy with ICANN's work;
16. New gTLDs and naming standards;
17. Too many new domain names?
18. In French: "Le nom de domaine, nouveau signe distinctif jurisprudentiel";
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The .MOM Sunrise Period begins

The .MOM Sunrise Period just announced

WHAT:

".mom The mother of all domain names. .mom is the community for mothers worldwide to find products, resources, and support online".

WHEN:

• SUNRISE PERIOD START: Wednesday, 24 February, 2016
• SUNRISE PERIOD END: Friday, 25 March, 2016.

Source: http://www.trademark-clearinghouse.com/gtld-calendar

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The new gTLD info for Monday the 22nd

Sad week for CEO of Minds and Machines. M+M is the first - I like to call them - "Multiple Registry" to have generated a serious buzz around new gTLD projects. I have a lot of respect for the work of that person who was among the first of new gTLD applicants to have understood that innovation would make the difference bringing so many new extensions to the market.

1. Charismatic CEO of multiple Registry fired;
2. A French petition on a .LOL domain names generates 206 000 signatures;
3. The weekly French new gTLD report by Nameshield;
4. Must laugh: "do you/why don't you use domain hacks?" (Wrong speech about new gTLDs);
5. Examples of how new domain names are used (examples of new websites);
6. New domain names: the Chinese demand;
7. New gTLDs: a tool for CMOs;
8. Issue related to a new gtld domain name (.solutions) on Google Apps for Work;
9. More coming on the Newsletter.

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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:

• .ARCHI
• .SITE
• .IMMO
• .CAMP
• .COLLEGE

Read the complete report @Nameshield

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New gTLDs related to Photography

We strongly believe that the .PHOTO new gTLD will be a commercial success in the long term. This post reports on new domain name extension registration volumes related to photography.

1. The .PHOTOGRAPHY new gTLD = 52 326
2. .PICS = 31 948
3. .PHOTO = 25 617
4. .PHOTOS = 19 548
5. .VIDEO = 13 353
6. .STUDIO = 7 179
7. .PICTURES = 6 598

Source: ntldstats.com

In blue: noticeable domain name registrations increase, in red, they decrease from one week to the other.

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New gTLDs related to Catering

We strongly believe that the .RESTAURANT new gTLD will be a commercial success in the long term. This post reports on new domain name extension registration volumes related to catering.

1. The .PUB new gTLD = 43 358
2. .MENU = 6 700
3. .RESTAURANT = 5 610
4. .KITCHEN = 6 149
5. .BAR = 4 625
6. .COOKING = 3 179
7. .RECIPES = 3 492
8. .CATERING = 3 204
9. .REST = 1 407

In blue: noticeable domain name registrations increase, in red, they decrease from one week to the other.

Source: ntldstats.com

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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 the two city TLDs for Moscow (IDN as well) dive into the red.

1. The .NYC new gTLD: 75 198 domain name registrations
2. .LONDON : 63 303
3. .BERLIN : 59 520
4. .TOKYO : 47 173
5. .AMSTERDAM : 24 591
6. .KOELN : 24 437
7. .HAMBURG : 23 635
8. .MOSCOW : 22 471
9. .PARIS : 21 039
10. .МОСКВА (xn--80adxhks) : 19 257
11. .CITY : 18 517
12. .MIAMI : 14 037
13. .VEGAS : 13 771
14. .WIEN : 13 618
15. .QUEBEC : 9 187
16. .MELBOURNE : 8 466
17. .SYDNEY : 8 321
18. .BRUSSELS : 6 468
19. .COLOGNE : 5 277
20. .CAPETOWN : 4 469
21. .TOURS : 4 186
22. .NAGOYA : 4 086
23. .JOBURG : 3 410
24. .GENT : 3 137
25. .YOKOHAMA : 3 131
26. .TOWN : 2 522
27. .DURBAN : 2 503
28. .TAIPEI : 2 492
29. .OKINAWA : 2 484
30. .RIO : 1 197
31. .OSAKA : 478 (0)
32. .KYOTO : 278
33. .BOSTON (coming)
34. .BARCELONA (coming)
35. .BCN (coming)

Source: ntldstats.com

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.

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Le .Club, un registre victime de son succès

Si le registre .Club excelle dans l’art d’installer ses noms de domaine partout dans le monde, il est aussi aujourd’hui la nouvelle extension Internet la plus contestée.

Il existe un Top 10 des nouvelles extensions Internet les plus enregistrés. Dans l’ordre; l’extension “.club” est en troisième place avec plus de 700 000 noms enregistrés:

1. .XYZ : 2 336 651
2. .TOP : 1 130 198
3. .CLUB (par exemple: www.gtld.club) : 709 794
4. .WANG : 633 489
5. .WIN : 618 035
6. .网址 : 346 286 (“adresse Internet” en Chinois)
7. .SCIENCE : 341 795
8. .LINK : 267 681
9. .REN : 238 491 (veut dire “être humain” en Chinois)
10. .PARTY : 225 530

Source: ntldstats.com

Pourtant en troisième place du classement et alors que le volume des enregistrements ne représente que le tiers de celui du .XYZ, c’est bien l’extension .CLUB qui est la plus utilisée à des fins parfois questionnables.

Des noms de domaine squattés
Comme l’indique le Registre lui même, les noms de domaine “.club” sont les nouvelles adresses Internet les plus contestées lors de procédures juridiques de type UDRP et URS.

Pour rappel, une procédure UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) est la procédure qui permet de contester l’enregistrement d’un nom de domaine et d’ordonner son transfert à son propriétaire. La procédure URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension System), quant à elle, est une procédure plus rapide, moins coûteuse mais qui ne permet pas d’ordonner le transfert du nom de domaine. On se demande d’ailleurs l’intérêt d’une telle procédure quand on sait que le nom de domaine, pour être récupérable, doit retomber dans le domaine public; laissant ainsi la possibilité à un tiers de l’enregistrer à ce moment là.

Cinquante trois cas de procédures étaient enregistrés pas le NAF, le forum d’arbitrage et de médiation pour les noms de domaine, au 11 février 2016.

Afin de remédier à cette montée en puissance des litiges liés aux noms de domaine “.club”, le Registre a décidé de s’adresser aux Directions Juridiques et Conseils en Propriété Industrielle lors du prochain rendez-vous de l’INTA à Toronto.

C’est paradoxal, mais qu’on le veuille ou non, le nombre de cas de squatting de noms de domaine est aussi un indicateur du succès d’une nouvelle extension Internet.

(article was also published on the JDN)

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