.BAR – Over 1,200 Registrations On Day One of General Availability

Punto 2012 launched two new gTLDs yesterday : .BAR and .Rest. 1,220 .BAR domain names have been registered during the first 24 hours of its General Availability.

.REST, the abbreviation for Restaurant had only 307 registrations.

At the time of writing this article there are 2,464 .BAR domain name registrations,according to ntldstats.com.

“.REST and .BAR will connect the food and beverage industry with customers online.This is a perfect opportunity for businesses to grab a simple and easy-to-use domain name that describes their bar or restaurant with a descriptive name. Our industry needs to stand out online and be found — with .REST and .BAR they can be,” said Aaron Grego, CEO of Punto 2012.

Today, July 15,2014, .Wien ( Austria’s capital) entered General Availability.