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MMX gets four more gTLDs approved for China use
MMX’s Chinese subsidiary has received the government nod for four more of its new gTLDs to operate in the country.
The approved strings are the lifestyle-oriented .fashion, .luxe, .yoga and .fit.
Getting the nod from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology means Chinese registrants will be able to use domains in the the four gTLDs, albeit subject to China’s much more stringent censorship regime.
MIIT this week also approved .时尚, which is the Chinese version of .fashion, managed by Rise Victory, a subsidiary of Yuwei Registry.
.fashion, .fit and .yoga have about 40,000 domains in their zone files, combined, while .luxe does not yet have a launch date.
MMX has had some success in China with its flagship .vip TLD, which had over 884,000 domains under management at the last public count. It recently said preliminary second-quarter renewals there were a very respectable 75%.
It also recently that that .购物 (.shopping) and .law both went on sale in China, and “will be marketed by in-country specialists as high-value domain names”. Investors were advised not to expect high volumes.
Recent Comments
Great to hear! Need one social influencer to give emojis domain some social proof and it will catch fire. ... read more
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hey .kids what a great idea, wish i had thought of it...... oh wait i did. at least ICANN isnt talking about goats... read more
Kevin: Of course, but since many people outside the ccTLD world assume otherwise, it's important to make the point ... read more
My dissenting vote statement on the KSK rollover vote can be found at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kKXQ1OcdUt... read more
So the "Green Paper" proposing the establishment of ICANN was published in Feb 1998, and the organization was stood up 7... read more
This is perhaps true, but only for domains registered under gTLDs. Many ccTLDs have contracts with their registrants ... read more
Indeed. You referred to archives. That info is from the live current database. But as I said, 'who cares'? A fe... read more
You are right. But who cares? ICANN was formed on 30th Sept., 1998. It took me less than two minutes to verify tha... read more
Hi, it might be interesting to see an update of this table. Thanks Charles... read more