Rightside (Nasdaq:NAME), announced that it will release certain two-character domains for each of the Top Level Domains (TLDs) in its portfolio, which includes such popular extensions as .SOCIAL and .ATTORNEY. on March 18
These two-character domain names, such as 2b.social, 21.rocks, and A1.lawyer, offer more than 20,000 new URL options for businesses and consumers to share their identities, interests, and brand personalities with short, memorable web addresses.
Rightside included the following details in today’s announcement:
— The release will take place on March 18, 2015, at 17:00 UTC
— Over 20,000 new domain names will be made available, with prices ranging from $200 to $50,000
— Domain names will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis
— Registrars can offer their customers the opportunity to pre-register for these domain names
— Many (but not all) two-character configurations will be available (number/letter, letter/number, number/number)
These desirable new domain names offer relevant and cost-effective ways for professionals and businesses to drive traffic to their websites by offering easy-to-remember URLs, ideal for sharing via word-of-mouth, offline print or radio advertising, and for social media. Rightside’s user-friendly consumer site Name.com makes getting a new web or email address a simple process.
Peter says
No two-letter names, right?
Jeff Schneider says
Hello MHB,
We just love the fact that the GTLDs route the lions share of traffic to the dominant Commercial .COM Asset group holdings of the major Online .COM businesses Globally. Which really in effect has pushed up .COM Asset values. The GTLD experiment will for the time being goose .COM Valuations Ever Higher.
Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)
DNPric.es / DNSal.es says
Wait, LL (including the numbers) represents 1296 unique combinations. Does this mean they will release all LLs in 20 extensions? Just asking. Would be nice to see the results of these auctions.
DNPric.es / DNSal.es says
LL+LN+NL+NN (letter and numbers) can have 1296 unique combinations.
So in how many TLDs do they release them?
Would be nice to see the results of such auctions.