new gtlds List of retired new extensions

[Kate]

• .mtpc
• .theguardian
• .dwg
• xn--4gq48lf9j (Wal-Mart)
• .iinet
• .mutuelle
• .naspers
• .payu
• .supersport
• .mzansimagic
• .mnet
• .kyknet
• .africamagic
• .multichoice
• .dstv
• .gotv
• .EMERSON
• .FLSMIDTH
• .DOOSAN

Registry Agreement Termination Information Page

 

[Kate]

4 more extensions are being retired: .vista .statoil .jlc .panerai
(tip: domainnamewire.com)
Source: Registry Agreement Termination Information Page
Updated list:

• .vista (Vistaprint Limited)
• .statoil (Statoil ASA)
• .jlc (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .panerai (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .iwc (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .xperia (Sony Mobile Communications AB)
• .meo (MEO Servicos de Comunicacoes e Multimedia, S.A.)
• .sapo (MEO Servicos de Comunicacoes e Multimedia, S.A.)
• .boots (The Boots Company PLC)
• .htc (HTC Corporation)
• .pamperedchef (The Pampered Chef, Ltd.)
• .mcd (McDonald's Corporation)
• .mcdonalds (McDonald's Corporation)
• .montblanc (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .chloe (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .boots (The Boots Company PLC)
• .orientexpress (Orient Express)
• .mtpc (Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation)
• .theguardian (Guardian News And Media Limited)
• .dwg (Autodesk, Inc.)
• xn--4gq48lf9j Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• .iinet (Connect West Pty)
• .mutuelle (Fédération Nationale de la Mutualité Française)
• .naspers (Intelprop (Proprietary) Limited)
• .payu (MIH PayU B.V.)
• .supersport (SuperSport International Holdings Proprietary Limited)
• .mzansimagic (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
• .mnet (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
• .kyknet (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
• .africamagic (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
• .multichoice (MultiChoice (Proprietary) Limited)
• .dstv (MultiChoice (Proprietary) Limited)
• .gotv (MultiChoice (Proprietary) Limited)
• .EMERSON (Emerson Electric Co.)
• .FLSMIDTH (FLSmidth A/S)
• .DOOSAN (Doosan Corporation)

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

4 more extensions are being retired: .vista .statoil .jlc .panerai
(tip: domainnamewire.com)
Source: Registry Agreement Termination Information Page
Updated list:

• .vista (Vistaprint Limited)
• .statoil (Statoil ASA)
• .jlc (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .panerai (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .iwc (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .xperia (Sony Mobile Communications AB)
• .meo (MEO Servicos de Comunicacoes e Multimedia, S.A.)
• .sapo (MEO Servicos de Comunicacoes e Multimedia, S.A.)
• .boots (The Boots Company PLC)
• .htc (HTC Corporation)
• .pamperedchef (The Pampered Chef, Ltd.)
• .mcd (McDonald's Corporation)
• .mcdonalds (McDonald's Corporation)
• .montblanc (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .chloe (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .boots (The Boots Company PLC)
• .orientexpress (Orient Express)
• .mtpc (Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation)
• .theguardian (Guardian News And Media Limited)
• .dwg (Autodesk, Inc.)
• xn--4gq48lf9j Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• .iinet (Connect West Pty)
• .mutuelle (Fédération Nationale de la Mutualité Française)
• .naspers (Intelprop (Proprietary) Limited)
• .payu (MIH PayU B.V.)
• .supersport (SuperSport International Holdings Proprietary Limited)
• .mzansimagic (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
• .mnet (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
• .kyknet (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
• .africamagic (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
• .multichoice (MultiChoice (Proprietary) Limited)
• .dstv (MultiChoice (Proprietary) Limited)
• .gotv (MultiChoice (Proprietary) Limited)
• .EMERSON (Emerson Electric Co.)
• .FLSMIDTH (FLSmidth A/S)
• .DOOSAN (Doosan Corporation)

Lmao

 

[Kate]

The latest TLD being retired is: .GoodHands (source: domainnamewire.com)

The updated list is therefore as follows:

• .goodhands (Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company)
• .vista (Vistaprint Limited)
• .statoil (Statoil ASA)
• .jlc (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .panerai (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .iwc (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .xperia (Sony Mobile Communications AB)
• .meo (MEO Servicos de Comunicacoes e Multimedia, S.A.)
• .sapo (MEO Servicos de Comunicacoes e Multimedia, S.A.)
• .boots (The Boots Company PLC)
• .htc (HTC Corporation)
• .pamperedchef (The Pampered Chef, Ltd.)
• .mcd (McDonald's Corporation)
• .mcdonalds (McDonald's Corporation)
• .montblanc (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .chloe (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• .boots (The Boots Company PLC)
• .orientexpress (Orient Express)
• .mtpc (Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation)
• .theguardian (Guardian News And Media Limited)
• .dwg (Autodesk, Inc.)
• xn--4gq48lf9j Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• .iinet (Connect West Pty)
• .mutuelle (Fédération Nationale de la Mutualité Française)
• .naspers (Intelprop (Proprietary) Limited)
• .payu (MIH PayU B.V.)
• .supersport (SuperSport International Holdings Proprietary Limited)
• .mzansimagic (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
• .mnet (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
• .kyknet (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
• .africamagic (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
• .multichoice (MultiChoice (Proprietary) Limited)
• .dstv (MultiChoice (Proprietary) Limited)
• .gotv (MultiChoice (Proprietary) Limited)
• .EMERSON (Emerson Electric Co.)
• .FLSMIDTH (FLSmidth A/S)
• .DOOSAN (Doosan Corporation)

 

[Kassey Lee]

The updated list is therefore as follows:

Thanks for the list, Kate. .brand has no momentum at all in both the U.S. and China, two largest economies, so the future of .brand is grim.

 

[robert widener]

interesting thread

 

[Kate]

One more. .telecity is being terminated.

 

[vravis9]

I just found this thread...

It may not be much useful for experienced domainers but can surely alert newbies...
It shows that you have to track the domain world...even till it's ends(termination)

Thanks @Kate for sharing...

 

[HotKey]

One more. .telecity is being terminated.

It may not be much useful for experienced domainers but can surely alert newbies...

Maybe useful for registries to track as well. There is an existing .tel extension that's been around for years, mind you there used to be restrictions on how it could be used. But a little homework and creativity, maybe Telecity could have benefited from it.

 

[jmcc]

Maybe useful for registries to track as well. There is an existing .tel extension that's been around for years, mind you there used to be restrictions on how it could be used. But a little homework and creativity, maybe Telecity could have benefited from it.

One problem that .TEL had was that it was not on Godaddy for its launch. Therefore it was largely invisible to the biggest domain name market in the world. In some respects, .TEL was a wonderful answer to a question that nobody had asked. It also got overtaken by the rise of the smartphone as did .MOBI.

Not sure if .WED should be included on the list. It is still stuck on EBERO and I don't think that much interest has been shown in the string so far.

 

[Premiums]

Donuts and Radix :
0 terminated TLDs..

 

[Kate]

So far we are talking about private (corp) TLDs but sooner or later public extensions are going to bite the dust.
.wed was doomed to fail due to its unworkable business model while .wedding is run like a classic extension and doesn't have that kind of nonsense.

Large registries are able to achieve economies of scale and can afford to subsidize non-profitable extensions (doesn't mean that they will subsidize them forever though). On the other hand, the single-TLD registries are in a difficult position.
More consolidation is to be expected in the industry.

 

[jmcc]

So far we are talking about private (corp) TLDs but sooner or later public extensions are going to bite the dust.

Yep. The business model was a bit strange. Most registries realise that the most reliable income comes from renewing domain names. The .WED registry wanted to delete these domain names after year three or so.

.wed was doomed to fail due to its unworkable business model while .wedding is run like a classic extension and doesn't have that kind of nonsense.

There are some others which, despite having relatively solid business models, just aren't getting the volume of registrations to make the gTLD financially viable. They have also had to pay ICANN $185K for the privilege of losing money and they also have ongoing costs.

Large registries are able to achieve economies of scale and can afford to subsidize non-profitable extensions (doesn't mean that they will subsidize them forever though). On the other hand, the single-TLD registries are in a difficult position.

The portfolio operators are in a much stronger position as they've spread the risks.

More consolidation is to be expected in the industry.

A few gTLDs have already changed hands with the .BEST being the latest.

 

[Kate]

Two more TLDs are being retired:

• .spiegel
• .blanco

The cleanup continues.

 

[Recons.Com]

Two more TLDs are being retired:

• .spiegel
• .blanco

The cleanup continues.

.mirror
.white

 

[Kate]

Two more extensions out: .bond .epos
Source: Domain Name Wire

Updated list:

1. .epost (Deutsche Post AG)
2. .bond (Bond University Limited)
3. .spiegel (SPIEGEL-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG)
4. .blanco (BLANCO GmbH + Co KG)
5. .goodhands (Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company)
6. .telecity (TelecityGroup International Limited)
7. .vista (Vistaprint Limited)
8. .statoil (Statoil ASA)
9. .jlc (Richemont DNS Inc.)
10. .panerai (Richemont DNS Inc.)
11. .iwc (Richemont DNS Inc.)
12. .xperia (Sony Mobile Communications AB)
13. .meo (MEO Servicos de Comunicacoes e Multimedia, S.A.)
14. .sapo (MEO Servicos de Comunicacoes e Multimedia, S.A.)
15. .boots (The Boots Company PLC)
16. .htc (HTC Corporation)
17. .pamperedchef (The Pampered Chef, Ltd.)
18. .mcd (McDonald's Corporation)
19. .mcdonalds (McDonald's Corporation)
20. .montblanc (Richemont DNS Inc.)
21. .chloe (Richemont DNS Inc.)
22. .boots (The Boots Company PLC)
23. .orientexpress (Orient Express)
24. .mtpc (Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation)
25. .theguardian (Guardian News And Media Limited)
26. .dwg (Autodesk, Inc.)
27. xn--4gq48lf9j Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
28. .iinet (Connect West Pty)
29. .mutuelle (Fédération Nationale de la Mutualité Française)
30. .naspers (Intelprop (Proprietary) Limited)
31. .payu (MIH PayU B.V.)
32. .supersport (SuperSport International Holdings Proprietary Limited)
33. .mzansimagic (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
34. .mnet (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
35. .kyknet (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
36. .africamagic (Electronic Media Network (Pty) Ltd)
37. .multichoice (MultiChoice (Proprietary) Limited)
38. .dstv (MultiChoice (Proprietary) Limited)
39. .gotv (MultiChoice (Proprietary) Limited)
40. .EMERSON (Emerson Electric Co.)
41. .FLSMIDTH (FLSmidth A/S)
42. .DOOSAN (Doosan Corporation)

 

[jmcc]

Looks like DOHA, ACTIVE and ZIPPO have requested deletion (4.4b).

Regards...jmcc

 

[Recons.Com]

Surprised by active.

It might have done well.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Thanks for info @jmcc.

The title of this thread (retired) is perhaps unfortunate as might mislead some to think that these were general new extensions that operated then stopped. These last three, like almost all others, are situations where the sponsoring company or organization decided to abandom implementation. The number of registrations in these were 1, 8, 1 respectively.

I agree with @Recons.Com that .active could well have had at least modest success had it been implemented as it seems to me congruent with what the sponsoring company does. Can read about them here. https://www.activenetwork.com/

Bob

 

[jmcc]

Thanks for info @jmcc.

The title of this thread (retired) is perhaps unfortunate as might mislead some to think that these were general new extensions that operated then stopped. These last three, like almost all others, are situations where the sponsoring company or organization decided to abandom implementation. The number of registrations in these were 1, 8, 1 respectively.

Termination sounds a lot worse, Bob,
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gtld-registry-agreement-termination-2015-10-09-en

I agree with @Recons.Com that .active could well have had at least modest success had it been implemented as it seems to me congruent with what the sponsoring company does.

The problem was that most of these NGTs started out when Domain Tasting was rife and every company was worried about protecting its brand because ICANN wasn't doing anything to help. ICANN was shamed into stopping Domain Tasting and almost overnight the rationale for a lot of these NGTs disappeared.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Perhaps it is my penny pinching manner, but I find it strange that some companies invest so much in a .brand extension without, it seems, a very cleatly thought out plan. I am similarly surprised that so many 5, 6 and 7 figure .com sales go unused by those who bought them. I think it is ultimately bad for the domain world when companies invest in domains with no return on investment.
Bob

 

[jmcc]

Perhaps it is my penny pinching manner, but I find it strange that some companies invest so much in a .brand extension without, it seems, a very cleatly thought out plan. I am similarly surprised that so many 5, 6 and 7 figure .com sales go unused by those who bought them. I think it is ultimately bad for the domain world when companies invest in domains with no return on investment.
Bob

It was more a case of "Something must be done. This is something. Let's do it." Millions of domain names were being tasted each day and intellectual property was being infringed with brands being in the domain names being tasted. The companies couldn't protect every version of their word+brand or brand+word. The NGTs seemed, at the time, like the best way to do it and the brands would migrate to their own gTLDs. The problem was that nobody appeared to be paying attention to what was happening in the real world and once a few of the major tasters were taken out with legal action, the bad publicity forced ICANN and the registries to take action. This was when the idea that there are no good domain names left in .COM started getting traction. The domain name busines changed and nobody in ICANN seemed to be paying attention as they were too focused on the NGT launches and programme. Some of the plans for these NGTs were, to be kind, highly optimistic even for a fairy tale.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Kate]

That's the power of FOMO.

 

[jmcc]

That's the power of FOMO.

It was far worse than that, Kate.
Basically a trademark has to be protected and allowing it to be diluted ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_dilution) can cause a lot of problems for the trademark holder. Many of the Domain Tasters were using TMs in their tasted domain names. The cost of taking disputes for every tasted domain name would have been prohibitive and many of these tasted domain names were deleted within the five day Add Grace Period. All of the lawyers I spoke to at the time were seriously irritated with the situation and how ICANN was basically on the side of the Domain Tasters. With some of the NGTs, it could be argued that some of the motivations by those seeking to start NGTs was FOMO because many of them thought that they were going to make millions from their gTLD. To those who had been in the domain name business for decades and understood what it takes to build a TLD, some of their aspirations and the claims of "advisors" and "experts" were borderline insane. Most of them and especially the newbies, massively underestimated the costs of marketing and establishing a new TLD and the time that it takes before the TLD gains market share.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Kate]

This is what I don't get. Corporations can get their own corpTLDs but in itself that wouldn't stop people from registering infringing domains across .com and other TLDs. Be it for monetizing, holding domain hostage with the hope of selling it for at least a token sum < UDRP fee (squatting) or phishing.

TM holders still have to monitor usage their brand names in any TLD. CorpTLDs are not the solution.

 

[Kate]

The latest victim is: .honeywell
Tip: https://domainnamewire.com/2019/03/20/honeywell-calls-it-quits-on-new-top-level-domain-name/