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GoDaddy lets clients “watch” fresh TLDs

GoDaddy lets clients “watch” fresh TLDs

Domain registrar creates watchlist for fresh domain names.

GoDaddy is now allowing clients to add particular fresh top level domain names to a “watchlist”.

The firm’s updated fresh TLD landing page includes 700 categorized to level domain names.

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A blog post announcing the fresh watchlist feature was careful not to call it pre-registration, or even expressions of interest:

NOTE: Keep in mind, we might not sell all of the gTLDs listed on the landing page. The “watch” feature gives us a sense of what you’re interested in and what we ought to sell. We’re taking your needs and market appeal into consideration ahead of we make any final decisions. We’ll keep you updated regarding the domains we choose to move forward with.

I suspect that fresh TLD backers might try to vote for their own TLDs to show GoDaddy there’s interest in the domains. You must log in to watch TLDs, so this will keep people from spamming the watchlist.

In addition to figuring out which TLDs may be popular, the tool will allow GoDaddy to create a marketing list for when each domain launches.

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