ICM Registry Announces the Launch of Promotional Programs for .Porn and .Adult Domain Names
ICM Registry, the company behind .Adult, .Porn and .XXX extension, announced the launch of several promotional programs and discounted pricing opportunities for .Adult and .Porn domain names.
You can read the press release after the jump:
“ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT top-level domains (TLDs), announces the launch of several promotional programs and discounted pricing opportunities occurring in April and May.
The first program – Sunrise B – started on April 6 and ends on April 30. This program is designed for trademark owners who participated in the 2011 .XXX Sunrise B block. It gives these marks owners a priority opportunity to register matching domain names in .PORN and .ADULT before the names become generally available.
The second program – Domain Matching – will run from May 6 to May 31. This program was designed for existing adult industry and non-adult industry .XXX domain owners. It provides a priority opportunity to register available, matching names in .PORN and .ADULT before those names can be bought by the general public.
“It is critical to control your brand across multiple TLDs,” said Stuart Lawley, CEO of ICM Registry. “Mainstream and adult brands that participated in the .XXX launch a few years ago were among the first to recognize the strategic impact of new TLDs. Participating in the launch programs for .PORN and .ADULT is an opportunity to achieve cost-effective brand consistency throughout our TLDs.”
In addition to special promotional pricing available for the various .PORN and .ADULT launch programs described above, ICM is also announcing a sale on .XXX names. Throughout the month of April parties can register new .XXX names at participating registrars for significantly reduced amounts; some registrars are offering names for as low as $12.99. .XXX names typically sell at $79 and upwards, depending on the registrar.
Lawley added, “Our launch programs and promotional fees are designed to provide adult and non-adult brands a way to test out creative ideas and maximize the SEO inherent in our TLDs. With ‘porn,’ ‘adult’ and ‘xxx’ as some of the leading keywords searched online, it’s a perfect time to experiment with new marketing initiatives and new sites (e.g., food.porn, shoe.porn, yourbrand.porn, yourproduct.adult, etc.).”
To check the status of domain names you are interested in, visit ICM Registry’s Domain Check Tool.”
Daily Domain Sales 04-13-2015 lead by TechZilla.com at $8,000 on GoDaddy
TechZilla.com sold for $8,000 on GoDaddy.
Top Domain Sales on April 13, 2015 are:
TechZilla.com – $8,000
CCup.com – $4,533
AMXJ.com – $4,000
AdaptiveHealth.com – $3,500
BrandSearch.com – $3,100
SXJZWB.com – $3,000
Area.info – $2,650
LeadFarm.com – $2,550
QYK.co – $2,500
BellCom.com – $2,250
HouseMover.com – $2,100
HotTip.com – $2,100
ArabHotels.com – $2,025
IIRR.com – $2,001
LVChuan.com – $1,720
Shed.org – $1,610
Jican.com – $1,609
CocoonCenter.de – $1,587
Xiaohaizi.com – $1,550
XiaGun.com – $1,480
ThemesSiah.com – $1,377
PurinaCare.com – $1,350
DigitalTrader.com – $1,205
Ralio.com – $1,200
Marikina.com – $1,025
Magazzino.com – $1,020
RealMetrics.com – $1,005
9G.org – $999
TransportJobs.com – $999
Lucci.com – $972
PageGroup.com – $919
screamdesign.com – $910
NJFootDoctors.com – $900
Infonavit.com – $805
IGrades.com – $800
KartClub.com – $799
WildCats.net – $709
ThinkTec.com – $709
Dalma.com – $692
Glam.tv – $580
EnergyFacts.com – $565
PayProxy.com – $555
SecuredInvestments.com – $552
ECNY.com – $551
DisQueenFrance.com – $551
ComfortGrip.com – $545
SailWeek.com – $535
XWWH.com – $519
Aifos.com – $515
Ceyin.com – $513
NYTY.com – $500
55JS.com – $455
StyleCorp.com – $442
68265.com – $440
SKZQ.com – $437
BNXT.com – $425
Leiping.com – $419
Alequa.com – $419
Lympha.com – $401
Marketplace-wise Sales
TechZilla.com – $8,000
LeadFarm.com – $2,550
ArabHotels.com – $2,025
XiaGun.com – $1,480
Marikina.com – $1,025
screamdesign.com – $910
NJFootDoctors.com – $900
ThinkTec.com – $709
Dalma.com – $692
EnergyFacts.com – $565
ECNY.com – $551
ComfortGrip.com – $545
Ceyin.com – $513
Alequa.com – $419
NameJet
CCup.com – $4,533
BrandSearch.com – $3,100
HouseMover.com – $2,100
HotTip.com – $2,100
IIRR.com – $2,001
LVChuan.com – $1,720
Shed.org – $1,610
ThemesSiah.com – $1,377
DigitalTrader.com – $1,205
Ralio.com – $1,200
Magazzino.com – $1,020
RealMetrics.com – $1,005
9G.org – $999
TransportJobs.com – $999
Lucci.com – $972
PageGroup.com – $919
KartClub.com – $799
WildCats.net – $709
Glam.tv – $580
SecuredInvestments.com – $552
SailWeek.com – $535
XWWH.com – $519
StyleCorp.com – $442
68265.com – $440
Leiping.com – $419
Lympha.com – $401
AMXJ.com – $4,000
AdaptiveHealth.com – $3,500
QYK.co – $2,500
CocoonCenter.de – $1,587
DropCatch
SXJZWB.com – $3,000
BellCom.com – $2,250
Jican.com – $1,609
Xiaohaizi.com – $1,550
PurinaCare.com – $1,350
Infonavit.com – $805
DisQueenFrance.com – $551
Aifos.com – $515
55JS.com – $455
SKZQ.com – $437
BNXT.com – $425
Flippa
Area.info – $2,650
IGrades.com – $800
PayProxy.com – $555
NYTY.com – $500
New gTLD Registrations Pass 5 Million Mark With Many Performing Well
The five millionth registration of domain names across the 588 new gTLDs for which there are at least one registration occurred last week. Currently there are 5,037,000 registrations according to nTLDstats.com.
Registrations continue to grow for many of the new gTLDs, but many of the winners are starting to stand out. The largest of the new gTLDs is still .xyz with over 875,000 registrations or 17.32 percent of all registrations, but potentially 40 percent of these have been given away in a promotion by Network Solutions where their existing .com registrants were given the corresponding .xyz domain, and hence renewal rates would be expected to be low. But even so, it would still see .xyz easily the largest of the new gTLDs.
The second largest going by registrations is .网址 (.website) but this currently has 349,226 registrations, with all but nine registered to the Internet Domain Name System Beijing Engineering Research Center LLC and the remaining nine registered to the registry.
One of the biggest successes has been .club, third on the nTLDstats.com list, which boasts all of its 206,000 registrations are full paid for.
Of all the city gTLDs, .berlin remains the largest with 157,000 registrations and the fourth largest gTLD, but in June they will face a big hit when up to 90,000 domains given away or sold cheaply in a promotion come up for renewal. So far the gTLD that commenced its General Availability in March has seen a good renewal rate and registrations are still increasing.
A number of other city gTLDs have also done well, with success varying largely due to eligibility policies and marketing. The .nyc (New York City) gTLD is the eleventh largest, has almost 75,000 registrations and eligibility is restricted to New Yorkers, while .london is the thirteenth largest with over 60,300 registrations and no eligibility restrictions. And numbers don’t tell the whole story with many of the geographical gTLDs. Several operators such as .tirol are using theirs as a promotional tool for tourism and business.
There are seven gTLDs in total with over 100,000 registrations. The others are .wang with 138,800 registrations, .science (108,800) and .link (106,500). But the .science gTLD has over three-quarters of its registrations (77.92%) with one registrar.
And there are 94 gTLDs with over 10,000 registrations and 163 with more than 5,000.
To date there are, from this writer’s counting, 334 gTLDs to have entered General Availability with 226 registrars handling registrations for at least one gTLD. On backend registries, Donuts is easily the largest and like .club, claim all 1.354 million domains registered (26.81% of all registrations) among their 173 gTLDs to be paid for. CentralNic is the second largest gTLD registry by registration numbers with 973,800 domains registered across their 21 gTLDs.
But not all gTLDs can ever expect such large numbers. Small cities and organisations haven’t budgeted for such numbers. And there appear to be some gTLDs that just won’t make it.
There are also a number of the new gTLDs that appear to be not making targets or registration numbers that would make them viable. One of these is .realtor aimed at the real estate agent market in North America. Even though there are 95,800 domains registered, they have all been given away free. The operator had plans to give away 500,000 domains in the first year but is falling well short, in part due to restrictive conditions on what strings could be registered. It seems sometimes even if something is free it’s not worth it.
Others that would appear to be struggling would be .whoswho with 31 registrations, .rich (66), .संगठन (.organisation – 123), .ltda (153) and .wed (204). But time will tell. Overall there are 34 gTLDs with less than 1,000 registrations that have entered General Availability.
written by David Goldstein
SnapNames 2015 Spring Premium Auction Ends in Two Days! Only Ten Domain Names Have Bids
SnapNames is hosting these days the 2015 Spring Premium domain name auction. The auction features 128 domain names, out of which only ten received bids.
The auction will end April 16,2015 at 12: 15 pm PT.
At the time of writing this article, only ten domain names received bids and six of them met their reserve prices :
StereoHeadphones.com Current Bid : $1,000
Gaje.com Current Bid : $526
Xanet.com Current Bid : $640 (Reserve met)
Publish.co Current Bid : $480 (Reserve met)
FacialSoaps.com Current Bid : $300 (Reserve met)
Humility.org Current Bid : $375 (Reserve met)
AssaultWeapons.com Current Bid : $326 (Reserve met)
Joker.net Current Bid : $5,000
UrgentCare.co Current Bid : $500
Slippers.co Current Bid : $300 (Reserve met)
Other interesting domain names included in the auction are :
AlternativeEnergy.com
FinancialManagement.com
BusinessAdministration.com
Meet.ca
Nationally.com
NightClub.vegas
SEOService.com
Slogan.com
TrafficTicket.ca
TY.ca
You can see the entire inventory and place your bids here.
NiRA Reports 3,234 Registered and Renewed Domain Names in March
Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) announced that it has registered and renewed 3,234 .NG domain names in March,2015.
The company also announced that there was an increase in the domain name registrations, renewal and transfer of .NG domains in March 2015.
The report shows that this March, there were 1805 registered .NG domain names, 1,429 renewed .NG domain names and 67 transfered .NG domains.
Mary Uduma, President of the Nigeria internet Registration Association (NiRA) said that a great contributor to the increase of .NG domain name renewals was the renewal of domains at the second level.
Check out EuroDNS here to register your .NG domain name.
