ICANN just published some information about the new gTLD applications it received.
Here is the new gTLD by the numbers:
Number of Apps for a new gTLD: 1930
84 are designated as “community-based”.66 have designated themselves as geographic name applications.
116 applications are Internationalized Domain Names, or IDNs, using non-Latin scripts.
Applications were received from 60 countries:
911 applications came from North America.
675 from Europe.
303 applications are from the Asia-Pacific region.
24 are from Latin America and the Caribbean.
17 from Africa.
There are 230 domain names for which at least two applications were submitted, involving a total of 751 applications, meaning that the maximum number of new gTLDs in the 1st round is 1,409
FX says
ICANN just took in $350m in non refundable cash.
WTF are they going to do with all that cash and why does ICANN even need it ?
Michael H. Berkens says
FX
Its not all non-refundable
There are time frames all over the guidebook where applicants can pull there application all the way into the auction process and get a partial refund.
GTLDville.com says
Interesting to see what unfolds with the new GTLD’s. Not trying to cash in on the new dynamics here…but out of fun I snapped up GTLD.ws and GTLDcoupons.com. Why? I guess I was board..I was short about 85k for my app but we shall see what’s around the corner… Kev
Tom says
When/Where can we learn which extensions have been applied for? (i.e. .ville, .lol)
Lucas says
I agree with FX, this is the first consecuence of the new gTLDs program: ICANN becomes rich. Specially if some auctions heat up… why? Because In the new domain paradigm ICANN plays the role of a domainer who happens to own, not many or most, but ALL domains!!
Instead of a first come first served bases we are getting a “the one who pays most gets it” model.
I just wonder what is going to happen when years down the road ICANN appears in the Fortune 500 largest companies?! An organization using its “non-profit” and “neutral” labels to outrank major companies by claiming to own the whole internet.
They say that they run the program and use the money so that profits are zero… But I think they are going to have a hard time avoiding to become rich! lol
the way I see it, just my opinion…
Michael H. Berkens says
Shortly
You can watch the event live on ICANN.org
Also follow us on twitter we are tweeting like crazy
@thedomains
LindaM says
TLDwars.com isn’t available to reg anymore 🙂