Google launched the new gTLD .App into the Early Access Program (EAP) this week and the results I believe are unlike any previous major new gTLD launch. .App went into day 1 of the Early Access Program (EAP) on Tuesday allowing early registration of domains for a one time extra fee. Fees as always vary by registrar but day 1 pricing was around $12,000 for the EAP fee plus the cost of … [Read more...]
Google’s New Domain Extension .APP Gets Over 1,300 Registrations On Day 4; Now Almost $3.5 M In EAP Fees
Google’s new .App domain extension is off to a huge start. After posting over 3,000 registrations in the Sunrise Period which was open to just to trademark holders; .APP generated over $1.7 Million in Early Access (EAP) Fees in its first 2 days and added over 700 registrations in day 3 of EAP. The prices vary by registrar but using $1,100 as a day 3 EAP cost, Google’s EAP haul after 3 days … [Read more...]
Google’s New Domain .APP Gets Over 700 More Registrations In Day 3; Now Over $2.5 Million In Just Early Access Fees
Google's new .App domain extension looks like a big winner. After posting over 3,000 registrations in the Sunrise Period which was open to just to trademark holders; .APP generated over $1.7 Million in Early Access (EAP) Fees in its first 2 days and added over 700 registrations in day 3 of EAP. The prices varies by registrar but using $1,100 as a day 3 EAP amount puts Google's EAP haul … [Read more...]
Google Makes Over $1.7 Million In On The New Domain Extension .App in Just Early Access Fees Through Day 2
.App is a new gTLD domain extension which Google (GOOG) paid $25 Million for in a ICANN auction. .APP closed the Sunrise period that was open to trademark holders with over 3,000 registration. .App went into day 1 of the Early Access Program (EAP) on Tuesday allowing early registration of domains for a one time extra fee. Fees as always very by registrar but day 1 pricing was around $12,000 … [Read more...]
20,000 domains registered and not 1 sale
Darryl E. S. Lopes formerly worked for Uniregistry as a broker and he posted a story on LinkedIn and Namepros about registering 20,000 .xyz names at .01 each. Darryl reported that he did not make one sale in the year he held them. Had to be a lot of work to register 20,000 names. He talks about the worry of potential UDRP's when regging so many names. It was certainly an interesting read. I … [Read more...]
“there’s no money in domain names.. this industry full of bullsh*t.”
The headline here is the title of a thread on Namepros getting a lot of attention. There seems to be a bunch of these posts in 2018. A lot of them seem to center around the frustrations of those who have invested in new gtlds. Another thread asks why it's so hard to sell new gtlds? When one looks at the industry, they might see themselves on the wrong side of the industry. I think the … [Read more...]
Startups on Radix domains rake in $436 mn in VC funding
Radix an advertiser here at TheDomains decided to put together a report on all the venture capital raised by companies using their extensions. .Tech was the most popular extension taking the top 7 spots. Innoviz.tech raised $82 million, the .com parked and registered since 1996. Tenx.tech raised $81 million, the .com forwards to Ten-X.com a developed website. Shadow.tech raised $71.7 … [Read more...]