Donuts Rolls Out 18 More gTLDs in September as Total Registrations Top Two Million

In less than nine months, more than 2.1 million domain names have been registered in new gTLDs, which Donuts say is exceeding even aggressive early estimates. And Donuts is the largest of the new gTLD providers providing backend registry services for 150 new gTLDs accounting for 867,800 domains, or 41.1 percent of all domains registered across the new gTLDs.

And Donuts is releasing more gTLDs – another 18 in September. By the end of September Donuts will have 154 new gTLDs under management. This month’s release includes .CHURCH, .FINANCE, .BUSINESS, .RESTAURANT, .PIZZA, and .PLACE.

Of the 18, 11 new gTLDs will be available to the public in their General Availability phase while another seven will be available for early registration by trademark holders.

“Surpassing two million registrations is a significant landmark for the new gTLD program and a continuing testament to the strong global demand for specific, relevant domains,” Donuts co-founder and CEO Paul Stahura said. “As more and more targeted, user-focused domains coming online in the next few months, we expect the evolution of the Internet’s global addressing system to continue rapidly.”

New gTLDs available in September are being opened according to this schedule:

Sunrise availability to trademark holders:

As of September 2:
.RESTAURANT, .GIFTS, .SARL
As of September 30:
.PIZZA, .IMMO, .BUSINESS, .NETWORK

General availability to any registrant

September 3
.DIGITAL, .ACCOUNTANTS, .FINANCE, .INSURE

September 10
.LOANS, .LIFE, .GUIDE, .CHURCH

September 17
.DIRECT, .PLACE

September 24
.DEALS