.club

.club
Introduced 2012
Registry .Club Domains LLC
DNSSEC yes

.club is a generic top-level domain (gTLD), that was delegated to the DNS root zone on January 18, 2014.[1] Domains with the .club designation were released for general purchase on May 7, 2014,[2] and in its first eight months of general availability, .club has sold over 174,000 domains.[3][4]

Background

.Club Domains LLC filed their application for the .club gTLDs on January 12, 2012, the opening day for applications for ICANN’s new gTLD program.[1] Two other companies, Merchant Law Group LLP and Donuts Inc, also applied for the name.[5] Club Domains LLC won the .club TLD in the first private auction held for new gTLDs,[6] entering the auction and backed for the launch of the company by $7 million from 27 investors.[7]

History

The general market launch on May 7, 2014 registered 32,000 names in the first day.[2] As of August 29, 2014, .club became the first new generic top-level domain to sell more than 100,000 domains, making it the best-selling new domain extension.[8] As of February 25, 2015, .club has sold 174 thousand domains.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ".club". ICANNWiki. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Linton, Morgan. ".CLUB Sets The Bar For Launching A New gTLD". Morgan Linton. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  3. ↑ http://namestat.org/club
  4. ↑ Moore, Travis. ".CLUB: Building Better Online Communities". United Domains Blog. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Henderson, Nicole. ".Club Domains Signs ICANN Registry Agreement". TheWhir.Com. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Berkens, Michael. ".CLUB Domains Wins The New gTLD .club "in Historic First Private Auction"". TheDomains.com. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Alleman, Andrew. "27 investors chip $7 million into .Club as it wins private TLD auction". Domain Name Wire. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Murphy, Kevin. ".club first new gTLD to sell 100,000 domains". DomainIncite.com. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "new gTLD Statistics - Get detailed insights about TLDs". Retrieved 6 November 2014.