It seems that the .KIWI registry is using a new technique to get more domain name registrations. Digital fear along with some old fashioned domain name inflated registration numbers.
Using digital fear customers are urged into buying .kiwi domain names to save themselves from cyber-squatting and other security risks. Of course domain name digital fear is not all that new. Brand protection agencies have been selling fear to corporations for years and especially after New gTLDs came out in early 2014. I am not against brand protection but sometimes it gets out of hand.
Read MoreThe report is also using some inflated .kiwi registration numbers to make the .KIWI extension seem more credible and desirable than it is. .KIWI is currently ranked 17th overall in new gTLD domain registrations with a little over 200k domains. According to Namestat.org .kiwi had about 10,300 registrations on November 13th 2016...
