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Domain Name News
Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains
The hottest domain start-up around, Donuts Inc, spent over $56 million in application fees alone with ICANN to try and secure 307 new gTLD's. Donuts (a play on Domain Nuts) has applied for more gTLD's than Google, Amazon and Frank Schilling...
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Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains
The hottest domain start-up around, Donuts Inc, spent over $56 million in application fees alone with ICANN to try and secure 307 new gTLD's. Donuts (a play on Domain Nuts) has applied for more gTLD's than Google, Amazon and Frank Schilling...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 10:27 pm
Domain Name News
Amazon in pursuit of 76 new gTLD’s; .BOOK, .CLOUD, .MAIL, .NEWS and more..
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) through it’s Luxembourg based subsidiary Amazon EU S.à r.l. is pursuing 76 new domain extensions. Amazon.com, the world’s largest online retailer has selected Neustar (NYSE: NSR) as the provider of back-end reg...
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Amazon in pursuit of 76 new gTLD’s; .BOOK, .CLOUD, .MAIL, .NEWS and more..
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) through it’s Luxembourg based subsidiary Amazon EU S.à r.l. is pursuing 76 new domain extensions. Amazon.com, the world’s largest online retailer has selected Neustar (NYSE: NSR) as the provider of back-end reg...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 10:10 pm
Domain Name News
Revelations of new gTLDs drive dotTLD.com domain purchases
On news of the applicants for new gTLDs today, speculators were still alive and well. It appears that some in the domain space saw value in registering .com domains that included the word “dot” and the TLD. It&rsquo...
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Revelations of new gTLDs drive dotTLD.com domain purchases
On news of the applicants for new gTLDs today, speculators were still alive and well. It appears that some in the domain space saw value in registering .com domains that included the word “dot” and the TLD. It&rsquo...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 6:11 pm
The Domains
Extensions In Conflict: .Law, .Lawyer, .Legal, .Attorney, .ESQ + many many More
Earlier today we listed the new gTLD strings which had 4 or more applications. Obviously those are conflicting applications but there is another type of conflicting applications; those that don’t match but cover the same subject, or field or pr...
Discussion
Extensions In Conflict: .Law, .Lawyer, .Legal, .Attorney, .ESQ + many many More
Earlier today we listed the new gTLD strings which had 4 or more applications. Obviously those are conflicting applications but there is another type of conflicting applications; those that don’t match but cover the same subject, or field or pr...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 6:03 pm
Domain Name News
Will new gTLDs drive up value of corresponding .com domains?
Some domainer owners watching the news about the new gTLD applications may have had a pleasant surprise today. Domain owners that own a .com domain that has a corresponding new TLD application may just have learned about increases in traffic and poss...
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Will new gTLDs drive up value of corresponding .com domains?
Some domainer owners watching the news about the new gTLD applications may have had a pleasant surprise today. Domain owners that own a .com domain that has a corresponding new TLD application may just have learned about increases in traffic and poss...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 5:49 pm
Domain Name News
ICANN reveals applications for 1,930 new gTLDs, here is the key data (Infographic)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) finally revealed who has applied for which generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) in what is expected to become the largest expansion in the history of the internet domain names system. Below...
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ICANN reveals applications for 1,930 new gTLDs, here is the key data (Infographic)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) finally revealed who has applied for which generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) in what is expected to become the largest expansion in the history of the internet domain names system. Below...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 5:43 pm
The Domains
Media Company’s CBS, ABC, Fox Apply For New gTLD; NBC, ABC, Disney, CNN, ESPN Do Not
Checking out Big Media company’s new gTLD applications clearly not every media company participated in the new gTLD program. Some of the major US TV Networks applied for their matching gTLD including .CBS, .ABC and .Fox One of the glaring non-a...
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Media Company’s CBS, ABC, Fox Apply For New gTLD; NBC, ABC, Disney, CNN, ESPN Do Not
Checking out Big Media company’s new gTLD applications clearly not every media company participated in the new gTLD program. Some of the major US TV Networks applied for their matching gTLD including .CBS, .ABC and .Fox One of the glaring non-a...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 5:23 pm
Domain Name News
Burson-Marsteller wants to help brands navigate new gTLDs
Burson-Marsteller, a leading public relations and communications firm, announced today that it has formed a consulting group dedicated to advising clients on the introduction of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). B-M currently operates 67 wholly ...
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Burson-Marsteller wants to help brands navigate new gTLDs
Burson-Marsteller, a leading public relations and communications firm, announced today that it has formed a consulting group dedicated to advising clients on the introduction of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). B-M currently operates 67 wholly ...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 4:16 pm
The Domains
Google & Amazon Compete on 21 new gTLD’s
In our continuing review of the list of applicants for new gTLD’s, there are 21 gTLD that both Google and Amazon applied for: .music .play .movie .map .mail .game .free .dev .cloud .book .search .app .shop .store .wow .you .buy .drive .show .sp...
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Google & Amazon Compete on 21 new gTLD’s
In our continuing review of the list of applicants for new gTLD’s, there are 21 gTLD that both Google and Amazon applied for: .music .play .movie .map .mail .game .free .dev .cloud .book .search .app .shop .store .wow .you .buy .drive .show .sp...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 4:04 pm
Domain Name News
Pool.com introduces new gTLD Discovery Labs; a wealth of new top-level domain applicants data is readily available
Ottawa based Pool.com has just announced the launch of a specialized search and filter tool of the new gTLDs database which was unveiled earlier today. The search tool helps to make sense of newly released ICANN data for applicants, media and th...
Discussion
Pool.com introduces new gTLD Discovery Labs; a wealth of new top-level domain applicants data is readily available
Ottawa based Pool.com has just announced the launch of a specialized search and filter tool of the new gTLDs database which was unveiled earlier today. The search tool helps to make sense of newly released ICANN data for applicants, media and th...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 3:22 pm
