There’s a new way to do things online and top-level domains (TLDs) .New is behind it. Google is the registrar of domain names.New domain. You may have seen it used with various Google apps.
Who gets the .new domain?
Anyone can register a .new domain, but there are conditions unique to the TLD world.
- To register a .new domain, it must be used to initiate an action in the flow or create content.
- It must draw the user immediately into the creative action.
- It must be available to the public within 100 days of domain registration.
- Google must be allowed to verify the action of a free domain for Google. That means, if it’s a membership process, then Google doesn’t have to pay for the membership just to test it.
Some of the biggest names on the Internet have mined their domains and put them to use.
If you do not Use Canva to create online and print graphics, you should check them out. To start creating a new, simpler design, Canva acquired canva.new and design.new domains. Both lead directly to Canva’s online graphic design tool.
Spotify is all about music and podcasts, so they took the domains playlist.new and podcast.new. As you guessed, playlist.new start building new playlists for you.
Podcasts.new will tie you to Spotify’s podcast creation service, Anchorand you can set up your new podcast. If you have streamed on Anchor, podcast.new will take you to the new episode creation web page.
If you have not used Webex, you should consider it as a way to organize online meetings or share someone’s screen to give them technical support.
Cisco, owner of Webex, registered webex.new, letmeet.newand mymeet.new. All of these point to the same place to start a new Webex meeting or download the Webex app.
Online payment processing is what Stripe does best. By getting bill.new and subscribe.new domain name, Stripe has taken it a step further.
Use bill.new, you’ll be immediately taken to create a new invoice on Stripe. Use subscribe.new get you to add a customer to your subscription service to collect recurring payments.
Use story.new domain will take you to Medium’s story editor page if you have an account. If you don’t have an account, it will first take you to the registration page.
Medium continues to grow as a staple for beginner bloggers and seasoned journalists. Use story.new just makes it one step easier.
Among the big-name stars of the world, there is a solo Canadian named Drake. You may have heard of him. Drake and friends have a record label called OVO, and music.new to help promote their artist.
Go music.new and you can lightly edit the cover to the song by changing the text. We can only assume this is minimal effort for the domain to be used for something much more interesting later.
More for the developer community, RunKit allows coders to work with the node.js platform online, in a secure, sandboxed environment. It is really a powerful development tool.
Selected RunKit api.new to streamline access to their Application Programming Interface (API) generator.
It’s the kind of meta where a URL shortening business has acquired domains to shorten their own URLs.
Bitly is the service you use when you want to change a link from something like http://www.onlinetechtips/cool-article-about-the-.new-domain? variable = fasdnaow4b47oaibouyib to something like http://bit.ly/whats.new.
Get your short links faster with link.new or bitly.new.
Think of Coda as a kind of collaboration app between Google Docs and whiteboards. If that sounds like something you could use, or if you’re using Coda, give it a try coda.new domain to start a new document.
You know eBay. Outside of Amazon, it’s the only place to shop on the web where everyone knows the name. Sell an item or set up a new store, eBay has the .new domain for you.
To sell something, visit sell.new domain or to set up an entire store, visit shop.new domain.
As the repository of a lot of open source code on the web, GitHub is like the Alexandria Library for developers. No wonder Microsoft bought it. It’s also no surprise that GitHub runs repo.new and gist.new domains.
Of course, repo.new create a new archive and gist.new create a new main idea. Think of the gist as a place to store a small piece of code, while the repository is for the entire coding project. These .new domains will help you get the most out of GitHub.
OpenTable is for restaurant reservations as Uber is for ride sharing. For starving diners, there are booking.new and restaurant.new to quickly order your next dining experience. Either will take you directly to the reservation page.
So what’s new?
More .new domains coming soon. It’s still in the early days as Google only opened up TLD .new registrations in October for established brands.
In December 2019, limited subscriptions will be available to those who wish to subscribe. Then in July 2020, anyone can apply without having to apply. However, they still need to meet the registration criteria.
.New Worth It?
It’s too new to tell. At $550 per domain, it’s worthy of the big names, but for a single website owner, it might not. Right now, it looks like .new domains are being used to simply redirect to features that already exist and are fairly easy to access.
Until 2020, when really creative people can get their hands on this field, we don’t know what can really be done with it.
