More than 80% of the registrations were made within the very first hour of the 24 hours following the launch of .paris domain names.
There is a contrast between this new Top Level Domain and the .fr TLD in terms of geographical distribution of registrants, and of the concentration of registrars.
The .paris TLD is a geo-TLD, i.e. an Internet domain based on a geographic location – in this case, the City of Paris. This definition, which could seem theoretical, has been corroborated by the geographic distribution of registrants.
Full Article: http://onlinedomain.com/2014/12/29/...-10-registrars-account-for-86-of-the-domains/The top three registrars active on the .paris TLD account for 63% of registered domain names, versus 60% for the .fr TLD. However, the top ten already amount to 86% vs. 76% for the .fr TLD.
