Domain Names? You Make The Call. — 900,000 .XXX

How many .xxx domain names will be registered in the first year?

ICM Registry states it has received nearly 900,000 “expressions of interest” for its .xxx top level domain name. It has also extended the sunrise period for trademark holders, apparently due to demand.

Anyone could submit an expression of interest in a .xxx domain name and some of them are for the same domain name, so no one has paid the $70+ per domain for these yet. But that will soon change.

It’s clear there will be a lot of registrations, and not all from willing participants. There are also by now over two dozen domain name registrars signed up to accept registrations — most notably GoDaddy.

So, how many domains do you think will be registered by one year following general availability, which would be December 7, 2012?

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