Radix, the domain name
registry behind .TECH, announced today that its popular new domain extension
.TECH has crossed over 100,000 domain name registrations. The domain extension
has seen unparalleled demand from the global tech community with thousands of
startups using the extension to brand their digital identity. Leading brands
such as Microsoft, Viacom, CTA (Consumer Technology Association); the parent
company of CES and many others have also used the domain extension, leading the
way for others.
In addition to the plethora of startups, tech visionaries and
enthusiasts have been using the extension. Tech influencers and popular
YouTubers are using the extension to engage with their audience
including Austin Evanswith www.austin.tech; American designer, and
technologist, John Maeda with www.designin.tech; and Edgar Oganesyan with www.edgar.tech.
Radix announced that registrations were spread out over 169
countries with the United States accounting for 16.4% of the
registrations. Demand was led by leading domain name registrars like Namecheap
and GoDaddy inthe United States.
Radix has been running various marketing campaigns to increase
the awareness and adoption of the .TECH domain name, including partnering with
startup events like TechCrunch Disrupt, Collision, Web Summit, etc, working
with hackathons at events like TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon being organised
in New York on May 7th and university hackathons like HackIllinois
(University of Illinois), HackPrinceton (Princeton University), HopHacks (John
Hopkins University) and UofTHacks (University of Toronto) amongst others.
Suman Das, Category Head
for .TECH said, "This is
the first of many milestones for .TECH, we are excited about the demand we are
seeing and the feedback received from our partners and clients is very
encouraging. With new technologies and the startup era getting stronger every
day, we expect to increase our growth rate in the coming future."
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