If you are interested in working with the new gTLDs from the registry side, perhaps this job opening at Nominet will be of interest to you. Nominet is an domain name registry based in the UK. The company posted a job opening for the position of gTLD Lead.
The person who is hired will manage the new gTLD business development activities for the company. The position is based out of the company’s Oxford office, and the salary is
As someone who runs a website in the domain investing space, the new gTLD domain names will likely lead to advertising revenue opportunities. I don’t have any open banner spots nor do I have plans to add banner space, but at some point in the future, I assume there will be new gTLD advertising inquiries. That aside, new gTLDs matter to me as a domain investor, and I want to discuss why that’s the case.
In the next year or two, we are going to see most major domain registrars marketing new gTLDs to customers. I think we will see
Last week, I wrote about Calzone, a new calendar website for the domain industry. The primary objective of the calendar is to keep people informed of important dates for the new gTLDs, such as sunrise periods, landrush periods, general availability, auctions…etc.
101 Domain is offering customers somewhat of a more personal email newsletter to keep them abreast of new gTLD dates and updates. The newsletter is called
When it comes to domain investing, there are relatively few barriers to entry. All it takes is around $10 and a credit card or Paypal account, and a person can consider himself or herself a domain investor. Compared to investing in physical real estate or the stock market, the cost of entry into this business is very low.
One thing I’ve noticed is that people tend to not just buy one or two domain names when they are starting out. I’ve noticed that people seem to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on hand registered domain names without much experience. Chances are good that this will make the domain registrar rich rather than the domain investor.
My advice is pretty simple.
Daniel Negari is going “all in” when it comes to his new gTLD applications. The Las Vegas Sun is reporting that Negari, whose company has applied for the .college, .xyz, and .now TLDs, has acquired a 13,000 square foot building in Las Vegas, which will serve as the headquarters for his company, XYZ.com, LLC. The building is known as BLOKHAUS, and it will be re-named XYZHAUS.
13,000 square feet is pretty large for a company of XYZ’s size, and with that amount of square footage, it is pretty clear that Daniel anticipates his company will soon be hiring. Although the plans are to use the entire building for its headquarters, the company may offer some co-working space as well.
I reached out to Daniel for further comment, and here’s what he told me:
I want to share this new gTLD infographic created by eNom. In an update earlier this week, the company reported that “eNom’s new TLD Watchlist reached 3.3 million expressions of interest,” which is a 30% increase since April. As of right now, the top three new gTLD reservations at eNom are .web, .shop, and .hotel.
1 & 1, which is in the midst of a massive mainstream marketing campaign, is showing a bit more than 3.5 million gTLD pre-reservations, and the top 3 pre registered extensions are .web, .online, and .shop. Suffice to say, the winner of the .web and .shop applications are going to sell many domain names.
I find it a bit surprising that eNom is reporting 3.3 million pre-reservations while 1&1 is reporting 3.5 million because of the huge marketing campaign by 1&1. If I had to guess before looking at the reported numbers, 1&1 would have had far more pre reservations than eNom. I would imagine eNom’s significant preservation number is due to the prominent location of its new gTLD link in the top menu as well as its marketing efforts to customers.
Unfortunately, I was not able to download the eNom graphic as a .jpg or .gif file, so if you want to check it out, you’ll need to download it from eNom’s website.
