Another new gTLD was delegated

One more new gTLD was delegated today, it is the .MONSTER Top-Level Domain and here is what the application says.

The proposed .monster gTLD is a restricted, single-registrant TLD that would help Monster continue as the global leader in online recruitment by enhancing and expanding Monster Worldwide’s ability to:

• simplify Internet user navigation to Monster Worldwide products and services; 
• deliver new and innovative products and services;
• enable marketing campaign activation; 
• facilitate secure interaction and communication with employers and job seekers; 
• improve business operations; 
• demonstrate market leadership in adopting innovative technologies; and
• meet future client expectations and competitive market demands.

New domain name registration volumes:

• New gTLDs related to RELIGION;
• Interesting - Singular VS Plural new gTLDs;
• French new gTLDs related.

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In our previous Newsletter:

1. Universal Acceptance (new gTLDs): Yandex.Mail provides receipt and delivery for Cyrillic, Turkish alphabets and now for any other languages;
2. New gTLD competitors of .Com is opposed to the extension of ICANN's agreement with Verisign;
3. .CLUB is elected Registry of the Year;
4. .GAMES Premium Domains: A Comparison;
5. Descriptiveness - The .CLUB Registry changed the blog section of its website to a ".blog" domain name: http://club.blog;
6. M+M Extension Losing 30% Of Registrations Over 13 new gTLDs.

Previous Campaigns can be viewed here.

Most recent Trademark Clearinghouse Sunrise Period announcements

New gTLDs: my latest article in French

La période estivale n’est pas celle où l’on achète un nom de domaine. La baisse des volumes d’enregistrements impacte la profitabilité des Registres lors de cette période impropre aux affaires. Pourtant, certains s’en sortent mieux que d’autres.

• Un Registre?
• Vous avez dit monopole?
• Pour bien comprendre;
• Le .CLUB: un Registre qui “vend”;
• Le Marathon de la rentrée;
• Quelques exemples de sites.

Read the complete article on the French Journal Du Net.

UPDATE: Sport Federations & new gTLDs

This is an update of the an article I  published last week on Digital Doughnut.

Paid to Promote Their Clubs?

New domain name extensions are a fantastic tool for the industry, the sport, the group or business they represent. When checking domain name registration volumes for some new sport domain name extensions, it is noticeable that some of them are on the decrease when the opposite should happen. Would this change if sport federations were paid to do the promotion of their sport by offering new descriptive domain names?

Read my complete article on Digitaldoughnut

Why affiliation matters (new gTLDs)

I just wrote an article related to affiliation and why I believe this could push sport organizations to do the promotion of their sport.

The problem is that I am not sure they care about promoting their sport because most are too local, but also....they probably have no idea that it is possible to offer domain names related to their sport and receive money from this.

To give an example, there are lots of Karate Clubs in France and there is one French federation which could offer these clubs to register their ".club" domain name and receive money from this. This is typically the kind of sport organization with the capacity to set up an affiliation program and send an email to all of its Karate Clubs.

New domain name registration volumes:

• HOT - New gTLDs related to CITIES;
• New gTLDs related to CATERING;
• New gTLDs related to PHOTOGRAPHY;
• New gTLDs with a FRENCH connotation;
• GOOD TO KNOW - New gTLDs related to COMPANIES;
• New gTLDs related to the LAW;
• New gTLDs related to FINANCE;
• New gTLDs related to COLORS.

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In our previous Newsletter:

1. What’s in a Domain Name? Perhaps, the Future of News;
2. New gTLD/dotBrands and what this means for search;
3. URS requires clear cybersquatting;
4. Announcing the Disrupt SF Hackathon;
5. URS on arcelormittal.lol
6. Two-character domains from Rightside will be available as of Sept. 14;
7. NIC.AT Sister Company Takes Over Operation Of .VERSICHERUNG;
8. Celebrating One Year of .online.

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Most recent Trademark Clearinghouse Sunrise Period announcements

4 Sunrise Periods begin today

Donuts Inc, is launching four Sunrise periods today. The Top-Level Domains concerned are IDNs.

WHICH:

1. .企业 (enterprise)
2. .商店 (store)
3. .游戏 (game)
4. .娱乐 (entertainment)

WHEN:

• START: Tuesday, 13 September, 2016;
• END: Saturday, 12 November, 2016.

WHERE:

Unless I am wrong, this is the list of accredited Registrars to the Donuts Inc new gTLDs. Note that a few of them offer to participate in sunrise Periods.

Starting this week-end: The Domain Conference

New contracting statistics have been released by the ICANN but I 'd be tempted to focus on the coming The Domain Conference which is to start this week-end. Many new gTLD applicants will be present and it will be interesting to listen to the General Manager for Amazon Registry Services, author of "Start, Scale, Exit, Repeat!" (find him here), Jeff Sass "also named "The Vegan", Dan Schindler from Donuts, Jennifer Gore - Director of Registrar Services at ICANN, Rolf Larsen - CEO of the .GLOBAL Registry and many other domain name experts such as lawyers, brokers and other specialists.

Starting tomorrow: the Sedo .CLUB Premium domains' auction.

New domain name registration volumes:

• HOT - New gTLDs related to SPORT;
• New gTLDs related to ALCOHOL;
• New gTLDs related to RELIGION;
• New gTLDs related to FRENCH new gTLD applicants;
• HOT - SINGULAR vs PLURAL new gTLDs;
• New gTLDs related to REAL ESTATE.

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In our previous Newsletter:

1. CentralNic Registry Revenue up 100% & Gross Profit Up 19% in 1st Six Months of 2016;
2. CentralNic swings to loss, billings soar on .XYZ deal;
3. Chinese gTLD registry slashes prices to .com levels;
4. Best Benefit Ever: MAKE DESIGN YOUR DOMAIN;
5. Video: Why is .VIP Popular in China;
6. French - Comment Pictet a sécurisé ses sites web;
7. Want a free .GDN domain name?
8. First dot-brand gTLD to go generic after TLS deal;
9. PodCast (Early days, new uses for DNS, and security by the inventor of the domain name system; Frank Schilling (new gTLD applicant with multiple applications) sparking a busy day for Rightside; .SHOP’s launch; and more....)
10. Looks Like At Least 4 Brands Paid Tens of Thousands Each To Register 6 .Shop Domain;
11. DotBrand .observer wordt open domeinnaamextentie;
12. Want to become a ".club" re-seller?
13. Hackathon in September (win a free ".club" domain name).

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Most recent Trademark Clearinghouse Sunrise Period announcements

Sunrise Period starts for .MAKEUP

The Sunrise Period for the .MAKEUP new gTLD has begun but it remains unclear when it launches exactly. The ICANN website gives the date of September the 22nd and the Trademark Clearinghouse gives the date of today: Thursday, 8 September, 2016 - 16:00.

SUNRISE PERIOD:

• START: Thursday, 8 September, 2016 - 16:00
• END: Tuesday, 18 October, 2016 - 16:00

See details here.

WHY:
"Because I'm worth it?"

WHERE:
The Registry does not (yet) publish a list of Accredited Registrars.

This coming new gTLD in which I believe A LOT

Some Top-Level Domains are a success and this is noticeable by the number of domain name registered, no matter if some registries cheat a little. When the volume of domain name registered is not constant but keeps increasing, it is a sign that Registrants pay interest.

Companies
Companies are concerned by new generic Top-Level Domains and it is a subject that should be followed, not only because of the existing risk of infringement(s), but because it makes sense to use a descriptive domain name extension: when buying wine, you search for a sign that says "wine", not "buy"nor "shop" "commercial".

In the COMPANIES new gTLD report, I publish the list of new domain name extensions companies should consider registering their domain name with. For the obvious reason of budget limitation, all cannot be purchased but this is a short list extracted from the complete list of 1,179 delegated new gTLDs.

The .CONTACT new gTLD
The CONTACT new gTLD will hopefully launch before 2017. At the moment, the TLD is delegated and one domain name has been created. I am not sure it makes sense explaining why registering the domain name of a company in ".contact" is important so let's focus on what the Registry says about his extension: "A platform for hosting contact sites". If this sentence looks like the .TEL concept (you can check http://registries.tel/ as an example): a similar platform for all new domain name registered; another sentence says: "Conversations have never been so easy". One could be a place to store contacts and the other could be a chat platform.

Shall I have all my contacts stored at a third party application or provider with the risk of losing my address book if I forget to renew my domain name: definitely not or at least, I will be very careful with the security and backup aspect of such service. Will I want to pay for this? Not sure.

Whether this new gTLD will be a place to store contacts, chat or just "do other stuff", I am really excited about its launching. I also hope to find innovation: some sort of form service so people can write then the message is sent to an email? The potential is so high behind this multilingual TLD that, no matter what it offers, It is definitely domain names that I will recommend registering.

New domain name registration volumes:

• HOT - New gTLDs related to COMPANIES;
• New gTLDs related to the LAW;
• New gTLDs related to the COLORS;
• New gTLDs related to FINANCE.

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