.HOST, the hosting industry’s signature top level domain extension, has released a fresh wave of over 120,000 new domain names for public registration today as part of their Launch 2.0. These names were previously blocked in compliance with ICANN’s regulations on name collisions.
The latest launch comes after a 90-day “controlled interruption period” stipulated by ICANN, where registries were required to refrain from allocating all names included in a collision list. The collision list for .HOST was one of the largest amongst all new gTLDs and contained a large number of brand names, geographic names, generics, premiums and other valuable .HOST names.
Since its launch into General Availability in September this year, .HOST has enjoyed increasing popularity and adoption across the hosting industry with large hosting companies and entrepreneurs quickly registering and using their desired domain names.
Leading hosting company SolidHost, has been one of the first companies to adopt .HOST. André van Vliet, CEO at SolidHost commented, “We wanted to acquire www.Solid.Host, and have finally been able to do so as part of Launch 2.0. We are super excited to start using this shorter, more memorable domain name going forward!”
Apart from SolidHost, .HOST also has an impressive lineup of Pioneer adopter that range from top global hosting companies to regional leaders, from the biggest industry news and review sites to affiliates and marketers.
Preparing for the Launch 2.0, Viram Lodhia, Category Manager for .HOST at Radix Registry commented, “There has been huge anticipation in the hosting community for Launch 2.0 and the wait is finally over! We are keen to continue driving global adoption and growth moving forward.”
Domain names in .HOST can easily be registered at www.Get.Host and are also available across all leading ICANN accredited domain name registrars. SolidHost is currently offering 20% discount on all .HOST registrations for Launch 2.0 – for more information please contact sales@solidhost.com.
About .host
The .host domain is the definitive namespace for all the members of the global hosting community, including webhosts, datacenters, cloud and XaaS providers, forums, news and research websites, affiliates, marketers, and more. The .host extension offers shorter, brandable naming, high recall value, and improved search rankings.