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.VIP breaks fresh TLD launch records

nTLDStats states it has a fresh leader for results out of the gate.

.VIP has set fresh records for a top level domain name launch under the fresh TLD program, as stated by stacks tracker nTLDStats.

The group tweeted that the domain is the fresh record holder for registrations 1 hour, 12 hours and 24 hours following general availability began:

.vip fresh #1 for regs following GA: 1hr (56.886) (old: .online), 12hrs (115.334) (old: .online), 24hrs (115.511+) (old: .xn--ses554g) #ntldstats

— nTLDStats (@ntldstats) May 18, 2016

Note that the tweet was posted ahead of 24 hours, so the number at 24 hours will be higher.

It has China to thank for the results. The top five registrars are all Chinese and account for regarding 95,000 registrations.

GoDaddy was the top non-Chinese registrar.

The domain was probably assisted by relatively low premium prices on a number of its better domains, and since premiums are only charged the first year of registration.

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