Yesterday, September 1, 2016, was the first day of the Early Access Program (EAP) for .Shop. I found six .Shop domain registrations that were made on September 1 by 4 brand-holders. It's possible these registrations could have been made in the Sunrise period if the brands were registered with the Trademark Clearinghouse but Sunrise for .Shop closed on August 29, 2016. First day of EAP … [Read more...]
1st Day .Game Totals: 991 Domains; 337 Premiums @ $1,300 Wholesale
.Game launched into general availability (GA) on Wednesday and received 991 domain name registrations in the 1st 24 hours of registration The wholesale price set by the .game registry, Uniregistry, is $300 for a non-premium domain names for a registration and for each renewal. Premium .Game domain names, were all priced at $1,300 wholesale. Premium domain names will renew annually at the … [Read more...]
CSC Issues “New gTLD Utilization Report” .Global Enters “Alternative Top 10” List
Brand protection and domain registrar, Corporate Service Company (CSC) issued its latest "New gTLD Utilization Report" which is designed to update digital marketers and their peers in legal and IT about how new gTLDs are being adopted. The report also examines how .brand domains are being used and how effectively the new generic TLDs are penetrating the Alexa.com, top one million websites (a … [Read more...]
US Bank New Ad Campaign Around “The Power Of Possible”; .Com Owned T StatOil.com
According to MediaPost.com "U.S. Bank has launched its most extensive brand-building campaign to date around the phrase, "The Power of Possible" including TV, radio and newspaper ads, as well as social media engagement and other digital pieces. The domain name ThePowerofPossible.com is owned by another big company StatOil.com, which is represented by CSC. "Statoil is an international energy … [Read more...]
CSC’s November New gTLD Report: New gTLD Sites in Alexa Top 1M Up 25% In a Month
Brand protection and domain name registrar, CSC (Corporation Service Company) has issued its "New gTLD Utilization Report" for November. According to CSC the number of active” .brands new gTLD's (those with five or more registrations) increased from October when there were 53 .brand new gTLD's with five or more registrations to 75 in November, representing a 42% increase. According to the … [Read more...]
CSC October’s New gTLD Utilization: 5,340 New gTLD Sites in Alexa Top 1M
CSC’s Published Its October New gTLD Utilization Report, showing the pace of .brand registrations accelerating with a 50% increase since their September report. The report was prepared by Vincent D’Angelo Director, Brand Advisory Team CSC Here are the highlights, you can read the entire report here ""Registrations of .brand/closed TLDs are continuing to increase significantly and have … [Read more...]
CSC September New gTLD Report: .News & .Sexy Are Hot
The brand protection and domain name registrar CSC published its New gTLD Utilization Report for September late last week and had some interesting findings. We picked through the report and found what we believe are the highlights. You can review the entire report here. CSC publishes a New gTLD report every two months, and it's "designed to update digital marketers and their peers in … [Read more...]