Infographic: 2015 New gTLD Year in Review 2015 was an interesting year for the new gTLD industry. 7 million domain names registered with the number of gTLDs in General Availability doubling (853 at December 31 and 476 at January 1)! The infographic: 2015 New gTLD Year in Review reflects some of the highlights in 2015.
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ICANN 54 Dublin Public Forum comments on the use of auction funds and meeting materials Good afternoon. Christa Taylor from dot TBA in Canada. I just have a couple of comments for consideration for the board and community. I understand the use of auction funds is open for comments. And I would ask that they
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gTLD Statistics and Business Implications Q4 2015 presentation is now available The associated article can be found on CircleID Top Level Domain Statistics and Business Implications Q3 2015 Overview Average prices were based on prices at the end of September retrieved from GoDaddy, United Domains and 101 Domains. If a TLD was not found on any
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TLD Revenue Recognition Schedule for Microsoft Excel One of the operational aspects of running a Top Level Domain is revenue recognition. Cash is received upfront (prepaid) and the registration period (service to be delivered) is spread over months. So unless you are one of the few using a cash basis of accounting you will need
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ICANN gTLD Auction Proceeds Public Comment: Issues for Consideration on the new gTLD Auction Proceeds As posted on the ICANN gTLD Auction Proceeds Public Comment. The below outlines some of the inputs to consider in the development of a proposed charter for a Cross-Community Working Group. Focus on Framework Development: The goal of the CCWG
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Q2 2015 gTLD Statistics & Business Implications The review is gTLD_Statistics and Business Implications Q2 2015 Some of the changes and highlights include: Top 25 gTLDs by Retail Revenues Registration revenue and volume for the top 10 and top 25 Top Level Domains Retail price variances between the four tiers Amount of ICANN fees per
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Generic Top Level Domain Registration Volume May 2015 has 639 delegated new gTLDs. .SCIENCE takes over the top spot knocking .XYZ to the second spot with an average of 3,160 daily registrations. .XYZ falls to 2,582 daily registrations but will be the first new gTLD to reach 1 million domains by the end of June. .PARTY is the
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Q1 2015 gTLD Industry Statistics & Business Implications At NamesCon 2015, held earlier this year, Berry Cobb of TLDWatch (@tldwatch) and .TBA presented an industry overview and the performance in 2014. Based on feedback we received we thought it would be beneficial to provide quarterly updates, with Q1 2015 gTLD Industry Statistics & Business Implications being
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Generic Top Level Domain Registration Volume Feb 2015, there are 521 delegated new gTLDs. .XYZ is still at the top spot with 2,829 daily registrations and will be the first TLD to reach 800,000 registrations during the first week of March. .Science began General Availability on February 24th with an average of 2,034 registrations per day.
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Generic Top Level Domain Registration Volume Jan 2015, there are 487 delegated new gTLDs. .XYZ is still at the top spot with 3,015 daily registrations and the first TLD to reach 750.000 registrations. .网址 (.xn--ses554g meaning ‘web’) has almost tripled in its average daily registrations from 505 last month to 1,681 in January. .REALTOR who
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