EURALO Round2 Table: some questions answered

A few things caught my attention :

1. 30 applications received from the Applicant Support Program,
2. 40 applications received from the Registry Service Provider Program,
3. Round Two is more expensive than Round One,
4. Bring new gTLD to operation = $2 million,
5. A lot of bad actors,
6. The "Infermal" study : a must read to understand better bad actors and how to unwelcome them to registering your TLD's domains.
7. Funding, Market Research and Security are essential,
8. Read new gTLD studies !
9. By 2026, new domain names my surpass 50 million registrations.
10. In terms of DNS abuse there are things you must do and things you can't do.
11. Becoming a Registry, important things to consider :
1. The purpose of the TLD,
2. How do you distribute your domains,
3. Policy development and pricing,
4. Registry launch,
5. Keep it private until you sign NDA.
12. At 34mn : GoDaddy provides feedback on differences between Round 1 and Round 2.
13. EURALO stands for European Regional At-Large Organization,
14. Undeserved regions and communities are not included in this program according to a participant.
15. Many French speakers in this presentation ;-)

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The Applicant Support Program application submission period...has begun !

Below is an interesting read for entities interested in submitting an application through the ICANN Applicant Support Program - "and pay less". The 19 pages "ASP Applicant Checklist" clearly informs about what the administrative work consists in : good luck to all applicants. The application submission period is expected to close 19 November 2025.

This is Table of Contents Organization Information of the ASP Applicant Checklist :

• Organization information :
• SECTION 1: APPLICANT ENTITY INFORMATION
• SECTION 2: APPLICANT ENTITY USERS
• SECTION 3: PAYMENTS
• SECTION 4: ULTIMATE CONTROL
• Public Responsibility Due Diligence
• SECTION 5: ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS
• Financial Need
• SECTION 6: NARRATIVE STATEMENT
• SECTION 7: FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS
• Financial Viability
• SECTION 8: NARRATIVE STATEMENT
• SECTION 9: DEPOSIT
• Eligible Entities
• SECTION 10: NONPROFITS, CHARITIES, OR EQUIVALENT
• SECTION 11: INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (IGOS)
• SECTION 12: INDIGENOUS/TRIBAL PEOPLES’ ORGANIZATIONS
• SECTION 13: SOCIAL IMPACT OR PUBLIC BENEFIT MICRO- OR SMALL-SIZED BUSINESS
• SECTION 14: MICRO- OR SMALL-SIZED BUSINESS FROM A LESS-DEVELOPED ECONOMY

3 Sunrise Periods start...soon !

3 new Sunrise Periods were just announced by the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers for those who still don't know.

The 3 new generic Top Level Domains belong to Amazon and are:

1. The .NEW new gTLD,
2. The .HOT new gTLD,
3. The .SPOT new gTLD.

Dates are the same for all Registries:

1. Sunrise Period: 2 Apr 2025 to 2 May 2025
2. Trademark Claims Period: 12 May 2025 to 17 Aug 2025

More here.

ICANN latest video about Round 2 of new gTLDs (2026)

Round 2 is coming : compare your new gTLD project's figures

Interested in learning if your upcoming new gTLD application "will sell" in 2026 ? Compare your project with real figures ! One year in review from January 2024 to December 2024 : www.gtld.report

Learn more at Jovenet Consulting.

A .SEO new gTLD coming in 2026 ?

The first Round of the ICANN new gTLD program in 2012 brought many interesting surprises with new domain names dedicated to very specific professions, many of these are, or are not, related to the Internet. Ten years later, while potential applicants are wondering how to submit their new gTLD application and how to profit from it, this question turns out to be a very important one : how deep is a potential string connected to the use of the Internet and why should an applicant wonder about this? Let’s focus on the .SEO Top-Level Domain.

Read my full article here.

New gTLD Reports : Legal - July 2024

The "Law" new gTLD report was just updated for July 2024. This report shows number of domain name registrations recorded for the month of July 2024.

Check the report here.

January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
	.ABOGADO	699	695	695	698	705	696	699	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming
	.ASSOCIATES	4 030	4 054	4 065	4 085	4 078	4 079	4 073	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming
	.ATTORNEY	5 158	5 129	5 122	5 115	5 038	5 014	4 991	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming
	.CASE	38	38	38	40	40	40	40	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming
	.ESQ	2 314	2 341	2 377	2 406	2 431	2 459	2 387	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming
	.FAIRWINDS	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming
	.LAW	20 882	21 041	21 272	21 342	21 481	21 554	21 621	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming
	.LAWYER	9 012	8 984	8 868	8 826	8 763	8 730	8 738	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming
	.LEGAL	19 478	19 593	19 709	19 781	19 225	19 308	19 310	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming
	.PARTNERS	14 064	14 137	14 214	14 321	14 401	14 490	14 485	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming
	.POLITIE	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming	Coming
	.商标 (xn--czr694b)	28 836	28 868	28 868	28 589	28 589	28 363	28 354

New gTLDs : James is doing good...but not only

I like to refer in terms of volumes and recently noticed that the .BOND new gTLD has 544,071 domain names created in its root. Yes : more than 500,000 domain names ending in ".bond" instead of ".com" or any other extension. On the list of all new gTLDs from Round one of the ICANN new gTLD program, it stands in place 15 : not bad.

If I wonder who uses these domain names and what for, I also noticed that most other TLDs from this multiple registry seem to follow the same strategy : "volumes".

The interesting thing I see here is that Shortdot SA, which owns other Top-Level Domains (.CFD, .SBS, .ICU and .CYOU has all ot its TLDs listed in the TOP 30 of new gTLDs in volumes. At the moment I am reading the numbers, here is what I read :

1. .CFD : 1,020,525 domain names.
2. .SBS : 803,335
3. .BOND : 554,071
4. .ICU : 509,016
5. .CYOU : 261,228

ShortDot SA has a total of 3,148,175 domain names created.