Register A Discounted .BERLIN Domain By 20 June To Win An iPad Mini

The new gTLD .berlin got off to a flying start and is ready to pass the 70,000 registrations mark any day, or hour, now. To celebrate dotBERLIN has announced a special promotional campaign where from 16 to 20 June, .berlin domains will cost a maximum of €5.55 at selected registrars including EuroDNS.

In addition, five lucky registrants during the promotional period will win an Apple iPad mini 32GB WIFI. The winners will be drawn on 27 June 2014.

The promotion is already proving a success, as this morning European time there were around 50,000 registrations, but as of 14:00 CET, there were an extra 20,000 registrations meaning there are almost 70,000 registrations. [UPDATE: As of 16:00 CET there were 80,000 registrations!]

“We are very pleased with the development of registrations of .berlin domains so far and want to thank Berliners for that,” commented Dirk Krischenowski, founder and CEO of dotBERLIN. “Many attractive names are still available under .berlin, which enable a more intuitive communication of offerings for Berlin and Berliners.”

Many of the previously registered .berlin domains are already being used by their owners for their active online communication, such as the crowdfunding festival One Spark with onespark.berlin. In keeping with the ongoing World Cup, the World Cup Living Room (WM-Wohnzimmer) has been furnished in the stadium An der Alten Försterei and is being communicated throughout Berlin with large posters with the perfectly intuitive web address wm-wohnzimmer.berlin.

Overall .berlin sits fourth on the nTLDstats.com list of new gTLDs. The controversial allocation of .xyz domains by Network Solutions to their .com registrants has pushed registrations to 117,000. 99,000 of these “registrations” were allocated by Network Solutions, meaning it is possible there are less than 20,000 genuine registrations.

Second is now .berlin with 80,000 registrations, then .club with 71,500 registrations and then .guru with 62,000 registrations. Overall there are 1.1 million registrations across the 302 new gTLDs that have been delegated.