ICANN (Internet name and digital address distribution Agency) 13th in London released the latest 1930 new top-level domain name (gTLD) application list, most of which are U.S. business applications. The list of 42 companies and institutions from China has applied for more than 70 new top-level domains, including 23 from the mainland, 16 from Hong Kong and 3 from Taiwan, and some Chinese companies are applying for the new top-level domain through offshore companies.
The new top-level domain names applied by Chinese institutions are grouped into three categories: one is the provision of public registration services of the general business domain name, such as million applications for the ". Xin", the name of the business Network application of ". Corp", the other is a corporate brand name, such as CITIC, Sohu application ". Citic", "Sohu"; There is also a category of geographical name domain names such as ". Guangzhou" and so on, in addition, there are enterprises to apply ". I love You" such as personalized domain name.
There are rich experience in the Domain name Business Network COO Chunlei said, the new top-level domain name extension means that previous domain names such as ". com", ". CN" can be used in the form of ". Shop" and ". Sohu", which will inevitably change the pattern of Internet domain name requirements.
For the new top-level domain, the major companies launched a domain name competition, of which. App domain names are the most fiercely contested, with 13 companies, including Amazon and Google, trying to keep it to themselves. Sina and Tencent at the same time applied for ". Weibo, Weibo", eventually the two new top-level domain name ownership or suspense. The competition is very fierce also well-known business network application of the ". Corp" new top-level domain name, foreign and 5 companies also applied for this domain name, including Google, ultimately need to bid through the way to decide who to spend. The company, the head of the business network, said publicly that it meant a lot to domestic companies, and that Corp, the abbreviation for Corporation (inc. and Enterprise), wanted to protect the company's online identities and prevent fraudulent online activities. COM or. biz does not have a lot of opportunities for domestic companies to choose from, and. Corp can make it easy for domestic companies to find and get the right domain name. For these reasons, the network will actively participate in bidding to obtain the new top-level domain name.
The scarcity of the new top-level domain will lead to fierce competition, industry insiders expect some hot top-level domain auction prices will be as high as tens of millions of U.S. dollars.
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