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EuroDNS Newsletter 8th December 2005
European News
.EU successfully launched
Yesterday 7th December at 11:00, EURid opened its systems to receive applications for .eu domain names. 800 Registrars in 25 countries send in applications. All Sunrise 1 Preregistrations that customer placed at EuroDNS are submitted. The Sunrise 2 Applications will be submitted in February and the Landrush Applications in April. You can check on www.whois.eu the position of your Application; you are also able to download on whois.eu the cover letter PDF to submit the documents to Eurid. Submit your Documents only with the original Cover letter, otherwise your application could be refused!
TOTALS
At 11:15:00, Eurid received 40.503 applications (> 40/second with peaks of >60/second).
At 12:00:00, Eurid counted more than 80.000 applications (>23/second).
At 13:55:00, Eurid counted 95.370 applications.
At 16:13:00, Eurid counted 98.718 applications.
At 17:12:00, Eurid counted 99.928 applications.
At 18:45:00, Eurid counted 100.000 applications.
BREAKDOWN at 17:12:00 CET
Total applications 99.928
Unique applications (only 1 application for the domain name) 78.565
Corresponding to
• geographical indications or denominations of origin 645
• public bodies 7.728
• national trade marks 70.090
• community or international trade marks 21.455
Top 3 by time of reception (milliseconds):
1. tickets.eu 11:00:01.699
2. job.eu 11:00:01.711
3. hotels.eu 11:00:01.712
Top 12 most requested domain names at 17:38 CET :
1. sex.eu 213
2. hotel.eu 112
3. travel.eu 90
4. jobs.eu 89
5. hotels.eu 86
6. casino 76
7. poker 72
8. golf 67
9. business 66
10. music 64
11. porn 63
12. shopping 63
Breakdown per country at 17:34 CET :
percentage of applications by applicants originating from
1. Germany 34.89%
2. France 12.76%
3. The Netherlands 12.39%
4. UK 10.14%
5. Belgium 5.85%
6. Sweden 4.80%
7. Italy 4.15%
8. Austria 3.05%
Please bear in mind that these applications are made under Sunrise I, the first phase of the .eu launch in which only public bodies and holders of prior rights (such as trade marks) can apply for registration.
Source: EUDomains
EuroDNS Newsletter 8th December 2005
European News
.EU successfully launched
Yesterday 7th December at 11:00, EURid opened its systems to receive applications for .eu domain names. 800 Registrars in 25 countries send in applications. All Sunrise 1 Preregistrations that customer placed at EuroDNS are submitted. The Sunrise 2 Applications will be submitted in February and the Landrush Applications in April. You can check on www.whois.eu the position of your Application; you are also able to download on whois.eu the cover letter PDF to submit the documents to Eurid. Submit your Documents only with the original Cover letter, otherwise your application could be refused!
TOTALS
At 11:15:00, Eurid received 40.503 applications (> 40/second with peaks of >60/second).
At 12:00:00, Eurid counted more than 80.000 applications (>23/second).
At 13:55:00, Eurid counted 95.370 applications.
At 16:13:00, Eurid counted 98.718 applications.
At 17:12:00, Eurid counted 99.928 applications.
At 18:45:00, Eurid counted 100.000 applications.
BREAKDOWN at 17:12:00 CET
Total applications 99.928
Unique applications (only 1 application for the domain name) 78.565
Corresponding to
• geographical indications or denominations of origin 645
• public bodies 7.728
• national trade marks 70.090
• community or international trade marks 21.455
Top 3 by time of reception (milliseconds):
1. tickets.eu 11:00:01.699
2. job.eu 11:00:01.711
3. hotels.eu 11:00:01.712
Top 12 most requested domain names at 17:38 CET :
1. sex.eu 213
2. hotel.eu 112
3. travel.eu 90
4. jobs.eu 89
5. hotels.eu 86
6. casino 76
7. poker 72
8. golf 67
9. business 66
10. music 64
11. porn 63
12. shopping 63
Breakdown per country at 17:34 CET :
percentage of applications by applicants originating from
1. Germany 34.89%
2. France 12.76%
3. The Netherlands 12.39%
4. UK 10.14%
5. Belgium 5.85%
6. Sweden 4.80%
7. Italy 4.15%
8. Austria 3.05%
Please bear in mind that these applications are made under Sunrise I, the first phase of the .eu launch in which only public bodies and holders of prior rights (such as trade marks) can apply for registration.
Source: EUDomains
