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Reaping the benefits from our “all new gTLDs” approach

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]About two years ago, we decided to put the new gTLDs forward as one of our unique selling points: we would offer all of them, all phases, all related products. Whether or not there was a market for it was a big question mark and to be honest: I was pretty skeptical. But on the ...

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“Trademarks are scary,” says the provider

Now that the first gTLDs have become available and are actually being registered, we have noticed hat there is some restlessness with the brand owners: what should they expect? In the conversations we have had with these parties (existing customers, trademark offices and brand owners) we have noticed how much unclarity there still is. This is not usually the speciality of the provider. Is this thus 'scary'? No, of course not! This blog explains exactly what you can offer to your customers.

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“The new gTLDs are scary” says the brand owner

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For a long time it was just a theory, but it now it has become practice: the new domain extensions (new gTLDs). Since the first of these have been released on the market, we have noticed that there is some restlessness from the brand owners: what should they expect? In the conversations we have had ...

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New gTLDs, what should I do?

The few new gTLDs that are now available are growing faster than I expected. The pre-registrations were well recorded but the real volumes only came in de days afterwards. The leader of the pack – not only for Openprovider but registry-wide – is .guru. General Availability was released for just barely a week when the applications had multiplied by the dozens. The new gTLDs do not stop at the moment they enter General Availability. On the contrary! And the beauty of it is that it does not cost extra effort.