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A strong debut week — .Cloud finishes

A strong debut week — .Cloud finishes

26,000 names registered as of today.

The .Cloud top level domain name launched in General Availability on Tuesday, and had one of the most successful launches for a fresh top level domain name to date.

.Cloud crossed the 20,000 domain name milestone following regarding 24 hours of general availability. As of this morning, it has regarding 26,000 registrations.

Most of the names have sold for regarding $25 retail at registrars. Ten premium domains have also sold through the registrar channel as well, mostly at the $15,000 price tier.

Tucows, GoDaddy, Name.com, United Domains and 1&1 have been the top five registrars so far, in that order.

The U.S. accounts for over a quarter of registrations, with Italy and Germany not far behind. (.Cloud is offered by an Italian firm.)

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