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General availability on Tuesday — .Cloud hits

General availability on Tuesday — .Cloud hits

Affordably-priced domain name presents an opportunity for domain name investors.

cloud-logoOne of the most-anticipated fresh top level domain names arrives on registrars’ shelves tomorrow.

Aruba IT won a hotly-contested auction for the top level domain name in 2014, beating the likes of cloud giants Amazon and Google.

I interviewed Eric Sansonny, General Manager at Aruba, following his firm won the auction. Although plans were tentative at the time, he stated the goal was to launch the domain at mass-market pricing.

The firm has delivered on the pricing promise. GoDaddy and other registrars are offering the domain names for regarding $20-$25.

With many “cloud” .com domain names selling for five figures, this seems like a good opportunity for domain name investors. There are no restrictions on registering .cloud domain names.

.Cloud had 500 sunrise applications and 2,651 landrush application. These are strong numbers compared to most fresh top level domain names, but low enough that there ought to still be some good domain names available at launch.

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