Donuts Adds another 15,000 Registra20 Mar 2014 07:33
Article just out from domainamewire and again reinforces the pick up of the new TLDs, albeit these aren't GEOS. It also highlights the aggressive policy of 1&1 to grab market share against Godaddy etc.
"Donuts next five domains launch and 1&1 is picking up steam thanks to cut rate pricing.
Another five of Donuts domain names reverted to "regular" pricing today and they picked up about 15,000 registrations in the first hours, according to updated stats on nTLDStats.com.
The five domain names and their net adds are:
center 5,599
systems 3,041
academy 2,793
management 2,252
computer 1,313
.Academy and .Computer appear to be in Donuts' middle price tier and the other three are in its lowest price tier.
Also interesting is that it appears 1&1 and its affiliated registrars might be picking up a bit on GoDaddy from a market share perspective. Many of these domains show that 1&1 got more registrations than GoDaddy.
Not only did 1&1 spend about $50 million promoting pre-registrations, but it is also offering low first year registration prices.
For example, right now you can register a .computer domain at GoDaddy for $39.99. At 1&1 it's $19.99 for the first year and then $39.99 thereafter."