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New domains and ccTLDs also benefiting from Pokemon Go craze
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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew Allemann" data-source="post: 2259499"><p><strong>Lots of Pokemon domains are being registered in domains other than .com.</strong></p><p></p><p><img src="http://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/pokemon.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Last week Elliot Silver at DomainInvesting <a href="http://www.domaininvesting.com/nearly-4000-pokemon-domain-names-registered/" target="_blank">wrote about</a> the surge in .com and .net registrations including the word “Pokemon”. At the time, nearly 4,000 .com and .net domains had been registered.</p><p></p><p>As of this morning, that number has grown to over 7,000 for the month, with 6,300+ in .com.</p><p></p><p>But .com and .net aren’t the only top level domains benefitting from the Pokemon Go craze. GoDaddy shared a breakdown of Pokemon registrations by top level domain name. Although it didn’t provide raw numbers, GoDaddy is the biggest domain name registrar by far, which puts it in perspective.</p><p></p><p>TLD</p><p>Share %</p><p>com 73.82%</p><p>net 6.33%</p><p>info 3.90%</p><p>co.uk 3.71%</p><p>org 3.48%</p><p>co 1.84%</p><p>us 1.51%</p><p>ca 1.09%</p><p>eu 1.06%</p><p>in 0.72%</p><p>club 0.59%</p><p>mobi 0.50%</p><p>xyz 0.47%</p><p>de 0.42%</p><p>biz 0.28%</p><p>online 0.28%</p><p></p><p>Registering Pokemon domains might not be a good move, however. <a href="http://www.domaininvesting.com/warning-pokemon-is-a-trademark/" target="_blank">It’s a trademark</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://domainnamewire.com/category/podcasts/" target="_blank"><img src="http://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/dnw-podcast-rss.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>© DomainNameWire.com 2016. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this message on a website, contact copyright (at) domainnamewire.com.</p><p></p><p><strong>Latest domain news at DNW.com:</strong> <a href="http://domainnamewire.com" target="_blank">Domain Name Wire</a>.</p><p></p><p>The post <a href="http://domainnamewire.com/2016/07/19/new-domains-cctlds-also-benefiting-pokemon-go-craze/" target="_blank">New domains and ccTLDs also benefiting from Pokemon Go craze</a> appeared first on <a href="http://domainnamewire.com" target="_blank">Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Views</a>.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Related posts:</strong></span></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="http://domainnamewire.com/2009/01/14/nbc-approves-two-go-daddy-ads-for-super-bowl/" target="_blank">NBC Approves Two Go Daddy Ads for Super Bowl </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="http://domainnamewire.com/2014/06/10/godaddy-gets-patent-for-domain-name-hijack-protection/" target="_blank">GoDaddy gets patent for “Domain name hijack protection” </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="http://domainnamewire.com/2016/06/01/bienert-godaddy-barb-rechterman/" target="_blank">Phil Bienert out as GoDaddy CMO, Barb Rechterman back in </a></li> </ol><p></p><p><a href="http://domainnamewire.com/2016/07/19/new-domains-cctlds-also-benefiting-pokemon-go-craze/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew Allemann, post: 2259499"] [B]Lots of Pokemon domains are being registered in domains other than .com.[/B] [IMG]http://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/pokemon.jpg[/IMG]Last week Elliot Silver at DomainInvesting [URL='http://www.domaininvesting.com/nearly-4000-pokemon-domain-names-registered/']wrote about[/URL] the surge in .com and .net registrations including the word “Pokemon”. At the time, nearly 4,000 .com and .net domains had been registered. As of this morning, that number has grown to over 7,000 for the month, with 6,300+ in .com. But .com and .net aren’t the only top level domains benefitting from the Pokemon Go craze. GoDaddy shared a breakdown of Pokemon registrations by top level domain name. Although it didn’t provide raw numbers, GoDaddy is the biggest domain name registrar by far, which puts it in perspective. TLD Share % com 73.82% net 6.33% info 3.90% co.uk 3.71% org 3.48% co 1.84% us 1.51% ca 1.09% eu 1.06% in 0.72% club 0.59% mobi 0.50% xyz 0.47% de 0.42% biz 0.28% online 0.28% Registering Pokemon domains might not be a good move, however. [URL='http://www.domaininvesting.com/warning-pokemon-is-a-trademark/']It’s a trademark[/URL]. [URL='http://domainnamewire.com/category/podcasts/'][IMG]http://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/dnw-podcast-rss.jpg[/IMG][/URL] © DomainNameWire.com 2016. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this message on a website, contact copyright (at) domainnamewire.com. [B]Latest domain news at DNW.com:[/B] [URL='http://domainnamewire.com']Domain Name Wire[/URL]. The post [URL='http://domainnamewire.com/2016/07/19/new-domains-cctlds-also-benefiting-pokemon-go-craze/']New domains and ccTLDs also benefiting from Pokemon Go craze[/URL] appeared first on [URL='http://domainnamewire.com']Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Views[/URL]. [SIZE=4][B]Related posts:[/B][/SIZE] [LIST=1] [*][URL='http://domainnamewire.com/2009/01/14/nbc-approves-two-go-daddy-ads-for-super-bowl/']NBC Approves Two Go Daddy Ads for Super Bowl [/URL] [*][URL='http://domainnamewire.com/2014/06/10/godaddy-gets-patent-for-domain-name-hijack-protection/']GoDaddy gets patent for “Domain name hijack protection” [/URL] [*][URL='http://domainnamewire.com/2016/06/01/bienert-godaddy-barb-rechterman/']Phil Bienert out as GoDaddy CMO, Barb Rechterman back in [/URL] [/LIST] [url="http://domainnamewire.com/2016/07/19/new-domains-cctlds-also-benefiting-pokemon-go-craze/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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