{"id":6688,"date":"2018-04-05T15:37:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T19:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cscdigitalbrand.services\/blog\/weekly-launch-guide-april-2-2018-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T21:04:09","slug":"weekly-launch-guide-april-9-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cscdbs.com\/blog\/weekly-launch-guide-april-9-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Launch Guide April 9, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPOTLIGHT:<br \/>\n<strong><u>.ICU Domains Now in Sight<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>April 24, 2018, marks the Sunrise Phase launch of the new gTLD, .icu (\u201cI See You\u201d). ShortDot, the registry behind .icu, positions their TLD as being \u201cgeared towards being present, online and live with your customers, readers, and followers 24\/7.\u201d The Sunrise phase is first-come, first-served. General Availability begins May 29, 2018. For more information, please contact your Client Service Partner.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Minds and Machines Launches Its First IDN TLD<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Minds and Machines registry (MMX) announced plans to launch a new top-level domain, \u8d2d\u7269 (xn--g2xx48c). This TLD translates to \u2018shopping\u2019 in the Chinese language. The Sunrise Phase runs from April 20, 2018 through June 19, 2018.&nbsp; The phase will be first-come, first-served.&nbsp; General Availability is scheduled to start on June 21, 2018. This will be the first IDN TLD in the MMX portfolio of TLDs.&nbsp; If you have any questions, or are interested in this launch, please contact your Client Service Partner.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>How to Navigate the .APP Domain Launch by Google Registry<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nCorporations experienced an avalanche of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) between 2013 and 2015 when almost 90% were launched. At the time of writing, there are a total of 526 open new gTLDs available to register\u2014and most could be categorized by the industry as \u201cverticals,\u201d appealing to different segments of global domain registrants.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Google<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Registry won the rights to operate .APP through an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) auction. Google\u2019s winning bid of just over $25M beat 12 other bidders including Amazon.com<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and Donuts, and set a new record for new gTLD auction value. Google has chosen to launch .APP at a time when new gTLD launches are sporadic\u2014March 29, 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cscdigitalbrand.services\/blog\/navigate-app-domain-launch-google-registry\/\">If you\u2019re considering a .APP domain, click here for some ways CSC<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> suggests using it.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Still Launching<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following TLDs have launch phases (Pre-General Availability) that are currently still in progress. If you are interested in participating in any of these launches, please contact your Client Service Partner.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00b2a9;\">.app<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00b2a9;\">.UK<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00b2a9;\">.basketball<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00b2a9;\">.bot<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00b2a9;\">.rugby<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00b2a9;\">.mt<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00b2a9;\">.xn--imr513n (.\u9910\u5385 \u201cRestaurant\u201d Chinese)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Launches within 30 days (bold indicates where dates fall within&nbsp;time frame)<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 200px; border-color: #000000; width: 731px;\" border=\"3\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000; height: 15px;\">\n<th style=\"border-color: #000000; width: 335px; height: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #003b5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #ffffff;\">Extension<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"border-color: #000000; width: 92px; height: 10px; text-align: center; background-color: #003b5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #ffffff;\">Start Date<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"border-color: #000000; width: 98px; height: 10px; text-align: center; background-color: #003b5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #ffffff;\">Order Entry Deadline<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"border-color: #000000; width: 75px; height: 10px; text-align: center; background-color: #003b5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #ffffff;\">First-come First-served (FCFS)<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"border-color: #000000; width: 20px; height: 10px; background-color: #003b5c;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #ffffff;\">Registry<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #ffffff; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;Sunrise<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">.xn--imr513n<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">(.\u9910\u5385 &#8220;Restaurant&#8221; Chinese)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">11-Mar-2018<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">9-Apr-2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Yes<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 265px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Internet DotTrademark Organization Limited<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">.xn--g2xx48c<br \/>\n(.\u8d2d\u7269 &#8220;Shopping&#8221; Chinese)<br \/>\nBlocks TBD<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">20-Apr-2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">15-Jun-2018<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Yes<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 265px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Minds and Machines (MMX)<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">.icu<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">24-Apr-2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">22-May-2018<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Yes<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 265px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Shortdot SA<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">.app<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">29-Mar-2018<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">26-Apr-2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Yes<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 265px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Google<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #ffffff; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;Landrush<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">.xn--imr513n<br \/>\n(.\u9910\u5385 &#8220;Restaurant&#8221; Chinese)<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">16-Apr-2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">15-May-2018<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">No<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 265px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Internet DotTrademark Organization Limited<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #ffffff; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;Limited 1<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">.rugby<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">17-Jan-2018<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">25-Apr-2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Yes<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 265px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">World Rugby Strategic Developments Limited<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #ffffff; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;Limited 2<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">.rugby<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">30-Apr-2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">27-Jun-2018<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">No<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 265px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">World Rugby Strategic Developments Limited<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #ffffff; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"> EAP 1 thru 5<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">.app<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">1-May-2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">5-May-2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Yes<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 265px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Google<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #ffffff; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;Premium Name Event<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000; height: 4px; background-color: #e3e2e2;\">\n<td style=\"width: 80px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">.sg<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">1-Apr-2018<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">26-Apr-2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75px; height: 4px; text-align: center; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">No<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 265px; height: 4px; text-align: left; background-color: #e3e2e2;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">SGNIC<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>The information provided is intended for informational purposes only and is subject to change without notice.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>.ICU Domains Now in Sight<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>April 24, 2018, marks the Sunrise Phase launch of the new gTLD, .icu (\u201cI See You\u201d)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Minds and Machines Launches Its First IDN TLD<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Minds and Machines registry (MMX) announced plans to launch a new top-level domain, \u8d2d\u7269 (xn--g2xx48c). This TLD translates to \u2018shopping\u2019 in the Chinese language&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>How to Navigate the .APP Domain Launch by Google Registry<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Google\u00ae Registry won the rights to operate .APP through an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) auction\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Still Launching<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following TLDs have launch phases (Pre-General Availability) that are currently still in progress&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-level-domain-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Weekly Launch Guide April 9, 2018 | CSC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\".ICU Domains Now in Sight April 24, 2018, marks the Sunrise Phase launch of the new gTLD, .icu (\u201cI See You\u201d)... 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