Radix the registry behind .Online entered General Availability earlier today announced that .Online has smashed the record for a new gTLD launch by registering 28,000+ domains in the first 30 minutes itself.
After a stellar Sunrise performance, .online closed with 1,130 Early Access Program (EAP) orders, the highest number of EAP registrations recorded by any new gTLD domain extension.
“Several customers even paid an additional premium registration fee to grab names like buyit.online, discuss.online, menus.online, seoul.online, liberty.online, geeks.online,over and above the Early Access Fee.”
Business Head at Radix, Sandeep Ramchandani is quoted in a press release from Radix as saying :
“We are thrilled with the day 1 performance and delighted to see months of hard work & planning in action. Based on the feedback and the numbers, we strongly believe .online has the potential to be amongst the biggest sellers on Registrars’ storefront.”
.Online will be showcased at TechCrunch in September and Radix has invested heavily in advertising .online to end customers in Downtown San Francisco.
Radix will showcase .online on bus shelters, moving billboards next month, with the end goal being customer awareness and adoption.
At the time of publishing this post, .online had 31,012 Domains Under Management.
