Reglikedomain industry desk

This stretch’s TLDs: a Google launch and .Okinawa

A couple domains hit general availability, but hardly anyone notices.

I was so busy at ICANN this stretch that I neglected to do my weekly preview of top level domain name launches…

…but I didn’t miss much.

Only two domain names hit general availability this stretch.

On Tuesday, BusinessRalliart Inc. launched the Japan geo domain name .Okinawa. It’s off to a rather slow start, with regarding 750 names in the zone thus far.

Also this stretch, Google launched the .soy domain name. You might be asking yourself, “who would want to register a .soy domain name?”

The answer: not many people. Right now it has 228 registrations, as stated by nTLDstats.

Donuts had one domain name enter the early access phase on Wednesday: .healthcare. It will revert to regular pricing next week.

The pace picks up again next week.

Also on the wire

Other reporting from the domain desk.

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