The weekly "cities" new gTLD report by Jean Guillon

Are new domain names for cities purchased? For example, a city like Miami has domain names ending in ".miami" instead of ".com". This weekly publication reports on cities new domain name registration volumes.

1. The .NYC new gTLD: 76,697 domain name registrations
2. .LONDON : 64,139
3. .BERLIN : 59,996
4. .TOKYO : 48,302
5. .AMSTERDAM : 25,330
6. .KOELN : 24,864
7. .HAMBURG : 24,617
8. .PARIS : 21,478
9. .MOSCOW : 20,225
10. .CITY : 19,123
11. .МОСКВА (xn--80adxhks) : 17,626
12. .MIAMI : 14,702
13. .WIEN : 14,015
14. .VEGAS : 13,861
15. .QUEBEC : 8,989
16. .SYDNEY : 8,836
17. .MELBOURNE : 8,693
18. .BRUSSELS : 6,122
19. .COLOGNE : 5,387
20. .TOURS : 4 ,587
21. .BARCELONA : 4,508
22. .CAPETOWN : 4,392
23. .NAGOYA : 4,160
24. .JOBURG : 3,389
25. .YOKOHAMA : 3,221
26. .GENT : 3,208
27. .TOWN : 2,654
28. .TAIPEI : 2,647
29. .OKINAWA : 2,600
30. .DURBAN : 2,447
31. .RIO : 1,306
32. .ISTANBUL : 654
33. .IST : 602
34. .OSAKA : 506
35. .KYOTO : 380
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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New gTLDs related to Catering (stats)

This week, we added one new domain name extension to this report: the .CAFE new gTLD.

We strongly believe that the .RESTAURANT new gTLD (new domain names ending in “.restaurant”, instead of “.com”) will be a commercial success in the long term. This post reports on new domain name extension registration volumes related to catering.

• The .PUB new gTLD = 50,156
• .MENU = 6,848
• .RESTAURANT = 5,809
• .CAFE = 6,859 (new)
• .KITCHEN = 6,365
• .BAR = 4,784
• .COOKING = 3,199
• .RECIPES = 3,582 (0)
• .CATERING = 3,315
• .REST = 1,441

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 Photography

We added eight new domain name extensions to this report:

1. .GALLERY
2. .MEDIA
3. .MOV
4. .MOVIE
5. .GRAPHICS
6. .FILM
7. .CAMERA
8. .DIGITAL

We strongly believe that the .PHOTO new gTLD (new domain names ending in “.photo”, instead of “.com”) will be a commercial success in the long term. This post reports on new domain name extension registration volumes related to photography.

• The .PHOTOGRAPHY new gTLD = 53,018
• .PICS = 32,458
• .PHOTO = 27,392
• .MEDIA = 25,804 (new)
• .PHOTOS = 19,922
• .GALLERY = 18,407 (new)
• .VIDEO = 14,939
• .DIGITAL = 14,757 (new)
• .STUDIO = 9,588
• .GRAPHICS = 8,313 (new)
• .PICTURES = 6,869
• .CAMERA = 5,513 (new)
• .FILM = 1,786 (new)
• .MOVIE = 998 (new)
• .MOV = 2 (new)

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 new gTLD info for Friday, April 15th

There is a lot happening at the moment, and not only in Cuba. Cuba is opening to the word but there is another country in which the embargo ended last January 2016: it is Iran. For the past 30 years, it was not possible to have a debit card and now it becomes possible, I see more registrations coming. Did you know that Iran is a rich country?

1. Iraq's Kurds declare independence with the .KRD new gTLD;
2. Article - The domain extension likely to contribute to a high search ranking;
3. 16.5% of Premium 3 letters ".club" domain names are still available to register;
4. INTA: New gTLD Program and Rights Protection Issues;
5. Report: the latest Verisign report has been issued: there are now 314 million domain names registered with a 5% increase;
6. .BRAND: the .LECLERC new gTLD has launched: Vive la France!
7. Facebook bought a Registrar: new domain names coming in Facebook?
8. Should It Compulsorily Be A .Com Domain Name?
9. More coming during the day; latest update is tonight in the Newsletter.

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The new gTLD info for Thursday, April 14th

Buying a Premium domain names is sometimes a little more expensive but in certain cases, it can be interesting for traffic: here is why. A few days ago, the Registry for ".club" domain names sold startup.club. This domain name has now been indexed for a very long time by Google and many websites like gTLD.club have pointed to that domain name. The new owner will benefit from this traffic.

• Partnership between Back-End and original .GREEN applicant ends;
• The .DOHA new gTLD was just announced;
• Must read - Five way business use new gTLDs;
• Calendar - Two new gTLD events added;
• Report - How new gTLDs will transform the Internet:
• Market fragmentation;
• The growth of .BRAND domain endings;
• The rise of non-Latin characters in domain names;
• What will the Internet will look like in 2020?
• Keeping one step ahead of the transformation of the Internet (a Brand Holder’s guide).
• More on .AFRICA:
• US Court Grants DCA Trust's Motion for Preliminary Injunction on .Africa gTLD;
• Did the DotConnectAfrica judge make a big dumb mistake?
• New gTLDs: a new marketing vanguard;
• Guess who bought "landing.club" for $25,000?
• Reminder - .INSURANCE Webinar (Wed, Apr 20, 2016)
• Sunrise Period - The .PROMO Sunrise starts;
• More coming during the day.

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The .PROMO Sunrise Period starts today

The Trademark Clearinghouse is launching the .PROMO new gTLD Sunrise Period. We are happy to remind that the .PROMO new gTLD is one of the chosen domain name extension to be listed on our weekly report on "new gTLDs related to Companies". This report is updated every Tuesday. At the moment of this publication: two domain names are registered. To receive next week's report, subscribe to our Newsletter.

WHAT

.PROMO is the new top level domain created for marketers that want to highlight promotions online and is the best domain name for sites that feature promotions and promotional items. Because .PROMO lets your visitors know what your site is all about from the domain level! And, .PROMO web addresses are short and easy to remember – perfect for advertising campaigns both on and offline.

(extract from the Registry's website)

WHEN

• SUNRISE PERIOD START: Thursday, 14 April, 2016 - 16:00;
• SUNRISE PERIOD END: Monday, 16 May, 2016 - 16:00

WHERE

To register a domain name ending in ".promo", it is required to participate in the Sunrise Period with an Accredited Registrar. Contact Nameshield to register your .PROMO new domain name.

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The new gTLD info for Wednesday, April 13th

I am searching for a range of domain names related to a certain topic and found out yesterday that many generic domains are still free to register. It can be annoying to find out that some of these available domain names are listed with an ultra high price (this is a new trend from the ICANN new gTLD program) but when searching for a new Brand name, it becomes very easy to find the perfect match.

1. Article - Securing assets and generic names;
2. Report - New gTLDs relate to SPORT (weekly update);
3. The changing nature of domain name misuse;
4. Monitoring new trademark and domain name registrations;
5. Update - .AFRICA new gTLD: wait, there's more! 
6. Did you know that .YACHTS new gTLD launched?
7. There is a way to check which short .club domains are still free to register;
8. Reminder - the address has changed for Nameshield gathering in Paris;
9. Cumulative premium name sales for .CLUB : $3,710,668.07;
10. More coming tonight in our Newsletter.

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Aren't new domain names exciting?

I like precision and if I was good at designing websites, I would spend my spare time creating one page websites with content. I like well designed websites: when the front page says it all and when the domain name matches with what the front page offers. I call this Art.

New domains are convincing
It becomes easier to convince to use new gTLDs. A client of mine recently hired me to find the perfect domain name for him and if we have agreed that we are OK to spend $3,000.00 for a ".com" (and more for the rest of the portfolio), I admit that I spend more time looking at new gTLDs rather than the right generic ".com" to start our portfolio with. I convinced my client to communicate on a new domain name (from the ICANN new gTLD program), rather than the ".com" since there is a new domain name extension for his business.

Identity recognition: choice is here
Some like to buy shoes. For a reason I still misunderstand, I "like" to buy new domain names: it gives me pleasure because they offer a play-field for ideas and creation. I recently bought newsletter.domains because it really offers precision in the title and there is space for a newsletter which deals with things related to domain names. I also bought newsletter.ski - directory.design - several ".club" domain names - translate.directory...  One day, I guess I end these projects.

Buying a domain name is easy and I strongly believe that Brands, who can afford it, should store domain names for the future because it makes sense for a company to register its ".com" as well as its ".company" domain name. In the future it is quite possible that all companies will communicate on a ".company" domain name because next generations will have grown up with new domain names.
It is the same for sport clubs: the French PSG (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) still communicates on a ".fr" domain name but isn't a "football club" before it is "France"? In terms of identity recognition, the future of sport clubs such as the PSG is ".football" first, and ".club" second: it is not ".fr". The same applied to fan clubs: there are ".fan", ".club" and ".fans" domain names for fan clubs.

Securing assets and generic names
It is a real pain not to be able to find a generic domain name in ".com": it is even more a pain to know that the price to simply redirect such a name to a new domain name will be higher than the cost of the new domain name itself. If securing a ".com" will still be an obligation during a certain time, I strongly believe that the future is in new gTLDs and the appropriate time for a company to secure its assets is just now.

New domain names offer great opportunities to register generic domain names in many industry and business fields. I was searching for info on embassies yesterday and I found out that generic names such as embassy.directory - embassy.club - embassy.events - embassy.rent - embassy.reviews and many others are still free to register. And not all of them are Premium domain names, far from this!

Did you check for new generic domain names related to your business? Search at your accredited Registrar or ask Nameshield for this service, they will be able to list all domain names related to your activity.

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