The .HOME domain will allow Internet users to create an online presence that will be unmistakeably associated with a place to be. Any real estate, remodelling, designing or decorating business will benefit from the .HOME extension when targeting home buyers or home owners. Individuals can use this domain to share their domestic memories with relatives and close friends.
.HOME is a new generic Top-Level Domain (Real Estate gTLD) announced by ICANN, the Internet domain authority. The New gTLD Program`s goal is to enhance competition, innovation, and consumer choice. You can see it as your opportunity to get that perfect domain which has been taken by someone else. The introduction of .HOME domain extension is divided into three phases: Pre-registration, Sunrise and Landrush. After Landrush period, the .HOME domain will become public and registrations will be available to everyone (General availability).
If you are not a brand owner, before General availability you are allowed to take part only in the first phase and pre-register your desired domain names within .HOME. The use of our gTLD pre-registration module is free of charge and without any obligation to buy later on. We will keep you updated on future developments related to your preregistered domains, including information about pricing and regulations, once these have been announced by the registry responsible for a given gTLD. Please note that pre-registration of .HOME is not a queue. Although we will try our best, we cannot provide any kind of guarantee that pre-registration will eventually lead to successful registration of your chosen domain within the .HOME extension.
If you wish to secure your rights to a specific domain name, please choose our Managed TMCH Submission service which offers trademark owners a simple yet efficient way to monitor and protect their brands. It is also the only way by which trademark owners can participate in designated Sunrise periods.
For non-trademark holders Pre-registration of .HOME will be available until General availability.
The new .HOME name-place has a number of applications that can be taken advantage of by businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals. It can be used to display their areas of expertise or interest and highlight the association with anything related to .HOME. Whether selling, buying, remodelling or decorating, the .HOME extension is likely to become the domain of first choice to enhance online visibility.
The new .HOME domain is also a perfect name-place for currently existing websites related to homes that can bring any home-related content under one roof. Private sellers and real estate agents, informational or promotional websites or family-oriented sites could all benefit from clear and meaningful Internet address that will attract users searching for .HOME-related information.
If you would like more information about the .HOME domain ending, have other questions about the Real Estate domains or our pre-registration service, please don't hesitate to contact us at relations@web-solutions.eu or via phone: +44 (0) 20 4571 1971