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When
they go to a basketball game
many fans pick up a program
so they can figure out who is who -
and they only have about a dozen
players on each team to keep track
of. With hundreds of new
gTLDs scheduled to arrive in the
domain world this year (and many
already on the scene), we will be
seeing more than a dozen extensions
introduced almost every week
throughout 2014.
To
complicate matters even further, in
addition to more players (new
registry operators)
to keep up with, there are more variables
- such as when sunrise (for
those with trademark claims) starts
and ends (that is if they
even have one - some don't), then
when and how long land rush
runs and when general
availability arrives. (There is also the
matter of wildly different prices
being charged for different
extensions (with those prices
sometimes changing on a |
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daily
basis early in a TLD's launch,
as they do with Donuts
domains), but that is a tracking
problem that remains for someone
else still to tackle). |
Fortunately,
for those who just want to know what
extensions are out now, what is
coming next and the dates the various
rollout stages begin and end (along with
who the registry owners are - an important
bit of information for domain investors
who prefer to bet on well financed players
with experienced managers) - there are a
couple of free tools available
now to help you stay on top of that mountain
of information. |
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calendar
on
your computer, smart-phone or tablet,
allowing you to merge Calzone information
with your daily schedule and to-do lists.
In addition to start and end dates
of various TLD launch phases, Calzone will
track special marketing programs
offered by registries, such as Founder’s
programs, Expression-of-Interest programs
and auctions of premium names.
Users
can browse the free calendar at Calzone.org
and subscribe to receive updates to their
smartphone, tablet or PC via any online
calendar, including Apple, Facebook,
Google, Microsoft Outlook, Windows Live
and Yahoo calendars. Calzone will
also send out email and calendar alerts
when a Sunrise or Landrush period is about
to start or end, ensuring trademark
lawyers and brand owners are able to
secure their desired domain name before
the deadline.
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Earlier
this month, Domaining.com
launched another useful tool -
NewExtensions.com,
which shows (in order on
ICANN's prioritization number) who
owns each new TLD, where they are
located and and a wealth of other
information. |
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In
this case, ICANN
gets the credit for the content. Domaining
simply re-framed existing pages
from the new
gTLD section of ICANN's
website. However, by presenting the
information at an easy to remember
category defining web address in
NewExtensions.com (along with a link on
Domaining.com's Home Page), the popular
domain news headline provider has given
the ICANN information a new high
visibility outlet that domain
investors are more likely to find.
Domaining.com
owner Francois Carrillo noted,
"The
site has no other pretension than to help anyone
quickly find the
list of new extensions coming and find out
which are already available to register
by selecting those delegated."
By the way, Carrillo, who operates several
other domain related sites, recently
introduced another new wrinkle at his eCop.com
domain escrow service, making it the
first one to support bitcoin
transactions. |
