.app .APP Registration

[drewwash]

Now that .APP is rolling out I thought I'd share a little of our position in .APP domains. I'd love to know what others are doing.

We budgeted just shy of $100k for .APP domain registrations. Several we've already acquired and several we've missed. I'll update our pickups as I can without giving away our position. So far I will share that we picked up:

• Wedding.app

Trademark Claim
I do have a domain that we registered that has to pass their trademark claim process... it is very generic, not sure who decided to try to call it a trademark, we shall see.

Our Why
To sum it up, Google is our why. I became a domainer back in 2000, when the domain really mattered in SEO. My hunch is that Google won't be able to resist giving some type of preference to quality .APP domain.

Even a small advantage in the SERs or even the Play App Search results, make generic .APP domains valuable.

 

[Judge9]

These i lost

ibet.app

4x4.app

BitcoinCasino.app

CryptoCasino.app

CryptoRate.app

Bitcointrading.app

cryptovault.app

cointrade.app

Cointrading.app

BitcoinMobile.app


i got 2 ,12 more are pending and registration processing. Would be nice to get at least half of them

 

[LA Digital]

Confirmed:
CyberSpace
Enroot
Singalong
WordPuzzle
StockTrade
StockQuote
+ some more

Lost:
Altcoin
StockMarket
StockExchange
WebRadio
IDE
PPV
VirtualReality
Election
eCash

Weren't virtualreality and altcoin early EAP names? Thought I checked those and they were gone

 

[Mary Muse]

I think I'm settled in for now with these..

Comfort
Brokerage
DLT
Tickers
Decentralize

 

[Joakim]

Weren't virtualreality and altcoin early EAP names? Thought I checked those and they were gone

Managed to pre-reg all those, but I really didn't expect to land most of them. Just got an email from Name.com that they were purchased.

 

[Kate]

Must be funny how many of those names have the .com counterpart unregistered...

 

[LA Digital]

I'll write you a 4 figure check minimum per name for the .com counterpart to anything I registered for .app. Most are 6-7 figures for the .com

 

[kriss05]

Must be funny how many of those names have the .com counterpart unregistered...

I think many, like in other ngtlds.

 

[Vimal Kumar]

This guy works on the .app team for Google:

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@Nat Hunt . Whats the latest update from the guy from Google

 

[nametrekker]

Well, I have several super premium ____app.com domains. Sold many during the app explosion between 2008-2015 -- all to end-users -- mostly Fortune 100 companies.

Still have about 12 left.
Per .app --- I believe I'll end up with about 5 app domains.

I probably will regret not purchasing crypto,app and office.app

But forge on...

 

[LA Digital]

Managed to pre-reg all those, but I really didn't expect to land most of them. Just got an email from Name.com that they were purchased.

altcoin.app went on 5/6 virtualreality.app on 5/4 so looks like the registrar screwed up and didn't let you know you weren't in the running for those. hopefully that didn't change any of your strategy with other names.

 

[campout]

Whats the latest update from the guy from Google

I believe he's about to give a talk about .app at Google I/O in 40 minutes. Maybe someone can post the livestream link if they know it.

You can see his tweets (including replies) here: https://twitter.com/CydeWeys/with_replies

 

[CJ6]

These i lost

ibet.app

4x4.app

BitcoinCasino.app

CryptoCasino.app

CryptoRate.app

Bitcointrading.app

cryptovault.app

cointrade.app

Cointrading.app

BitcoinMobile.app


i got 2 ,12 more are pending and registration processing. Would be nice to get at least half of them

I am hopeful to have gotten 1 of this list. I'll let you know if I did... still not sure. I also tried for 4x4, but didn't get it.

 

[canvasboutique]

I believe he's about to give a talk about .app at Google I/O in 40 minutes. Maybe someone can post the livestream link if they know it.

You can see his tweets (including replies) here: https://twitter.com/CydeWeys/with_replies

https://events.google.com/io/live Channel 6

 

[wwwweb]

Well, I have several super premium ____app.com domains. Sold many during the app explosion between 2008-2015 -- all to end-users -- mostly Fortune 100 companies.

Still have about 12 left.
Per .app --- I believe I'll end up with about 5 app domains.

I probably will regret not purchasing crypto,app and office.app

But forge on...

I think you have inside knowledge what is up, like you I noticed a strong uptick from 2011-2015 then we fell off the cliff, with a odd one selling thru, but not with the same volume.

I don’t think we are going to see a strong as aftermarket with these as people need to get huge returns for eap purchases, and then you still have to address premium renewals.

Crypto seems to be on everyone’s radar, I would guess it would be a day 1 or 2 eap without checking.

 

[creataweb]

How much did crypto•app go for, anyone know?

 

[wwwweb]

How much did crypto•app go for, anyone know?

Well if it was a Day 1 EAP purchase it would be $12000 + $2200 annual renewal = $14200

If Day 2 EAP purchase then $3000 + $2200 annual renewal = $5200

So best case scenario $5000, and worst case scenario $14000

I don't think it would have made it to day 3 at $1100 EAP

 

[campout]

How much did crypto•app go for, anyone know?

Creation Date: 2018-05-02T16:00:05Z

Phase 2 - Starting at $3,148.99
Starts: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 4:00 PM UTC

editing......

Yeah I think it was about $5,000 like @wwwweb's Day 2 calculation.

 

[SuperNames]

How much did crypto•app go for, anyone know?

At one point I purchased it for $19.88 on day one of pre-registrations on uniregistry error and they cancelled it

 

[CJ6]

At one point I purchased it for $19.88 on day one of pre-registrations on uniregistry error and they cancelled it

Oh man. That sucks

 

[campout]

https://events.google.com/io/live Channel 6

Thanks. It's live now on YouTube: