Get used to it as it will become frequent in 2014: new extensions are available today!
As always, those 4 new extensions will begin with the trademark protection phase (Sunrise), that will last 60 days.
That phase will be followed by the priority "Landrush" registration phase (which means that the registration prices will be higher), during 7 days (19/02/2014), before the general opening (26/02/2014).
In order to reserve or check our prices, use the following links: .voyage .tips .enterprises .diamonds
If you have made some pre-reservations, log into your account to convert them:
https://www.gandi.net/admin/reservations
The extensions planned to launch next week are .tattoo, .sexy, .carrers, .photos, .recipes and .shoes.
The pace is accelerating for new generic top-level domain (gTLD) releases. In case you haven't heard, the Donuts registry is offering 7 new extensions for sunrise right now:
As you know by now, the biggest news of 2013 will be the arrival of the first round of new extensions. More than 500 new registries will emerge to manage a set of nearly 1,500 new TLDs. Obviously, the idea is to multiply the number of available names, and this can only multiply the difficulties when it comes to protecting your trademark. This is where the sp (TMCH) comes into play.
What is it?
To put it simply, the Trademark Clearinghouse is an institution which will focus on centralizing management of trademark-related issues.
More specifically, ICANN has requested the creation of a unique service to manage trademark registrations. This service will be managed by two heavyweights in their respective fields: IBM will handle the technical aspects; Deloitte, the validation procedures. Together, their role will be to verify the rights of registered trademark holders and to facilitate priority registrations during defensive registration periods (Sunrise) or to alert markholders by email when a domain name identical to their trademark has been registered within a 90-day window after the end of a Sunrise period.
Who can sign up?
Any natural or legal person with documented rights to a given national or regional brand (EU and international) is eligible. There are several restrictions on the use of a trademark as a domain name. For example, brands which contain periods or intellectual property rights which cannot be handled by the DNS (e.g. patents and designs) will not be accepted. It will be possible to replace spaces and other punctuation marks contained in trademarks with dashes, and translated versions of symbols such as & and @ can be used, in the language of the trademark jurisdiction (e.g. "and" and "at" for English-language brands)
What can Gandi offer?
We are pleased to offer trademark-based registration management and early-warning notifications through Gandi Corporate Services.
Gandi Corporate offers complete support for trademark registrations under TMCH and for monitoring for domains registered which violate your intellectual property rights (Claims Services) available at the following rates:
One-year registration (per brand): 190 euros (including TMCH fees of $145) and 190 euros per renewal (for protection under extensions that have not been released yet)
Knowing that the first extensions will be available by June (according to ICANN estimates) and that the rest will follow over the following 20 to 22 months, it seems smart to take a 3-year package (or 5 years if you want to be ready for the second wave of new extensions!).
Lastly, for bulk purchases, contact us for volume pricing.
If you are interested in our offer or if just want more specific details, we invite you to contact us at tmch@gandi.net.
Afilias, the .PRO registry, is working with Gandi to offer you .PRO domain registrations for 50% off the regular purchase price of $20. That's a .PRO for $10!
This price applies to all discount levels, and is good for new registrations for one year only. It does not apply to renewals or transfers.
Remember, .PRO is special, and restricted to registered companies.
After the price reduction we saw in September, the registry is giving price reductions based on volume so that the more .IO domains we sell, the less expensive the extension will be for everyone.
Therefore, starting today, creations and renewals of .IO domains drops to €30 excl. VAT for A rates, for a decrease of 2 euros excl. VAT.
Also, I'd like to remind everyone that .IO transfers are free (both at the registry and Gandi), so don't hesitate to spread the word.
A very special program! From now until December 31st 2012, if you have the last version of Mozilla Thunderbird, you can benefit from a free personal .ME email address at Gandi.net.
But the cherry on top is that the address will be automatically configured for your Thunderbird!
To do this, simply install the last version of Mozilla Thunderbird (you can download it here if needed).
Once installed, when you create your email address, it will offer you a personalized email address based on your first and last name, which you would have previously entered. The difference is that the .ME registry and Gandi will offer you the domain name for free for one year starting from the creation date!
This exceptional offer is only valid until December 31st 2012, and only via Thunderbird!
Note: only one .ME per person will be offered. In the case of an abuse of this offer, all of the domains will be deleted and the account will be blocked.
Update: This promotion is currently available only in limited areas. If you end up with a charge listed for the domain you select, you are not in an area where the promotion is valid.
To give you a little more time to adapt, we have left the old version of Gandi's website accessible at the following address: http://v3.gandi.net
Of course, all the operations that you could do on the old version will work on the new :)
Also, if you are still a little bit lost, despite our efforts to not totally mess-up the interfaces, you can continue to perform all your operations on the old version of the website. We will keep it in place for 2 to 3 weeks, so that you will have enough time to become used to the new site ;)
Finally, if you find bugs, things that dont quite work well, anomalies, or you would simply like to give us some feedback, please feel free to write to feedback@gandi.net
