How do we measure the success of .rent? Well, we're certainly not expecting to get to five-hundred-twenty-five-thousand-six-hundred .rent domains, though that would admittedly be awesome. Still,we can try, and it wil be easier from now on! Since .rent is now in the GoLive phase, you only need to save up $92.71 to get your .rent domain (per year at A rates).

Register your .rent today, before it's late.

Register a .rent?

In most schools now, students have already gone back to school and starting their .courses (now entering the GoLive phase) including Gandi. This is the time in the semester when you start to show up on the fun classes and skip the boring ones. So here's the list of .courses we plan to actually attend this semester:

Sailing, 4 credits
8:00 AM, Monday, Wednesday, Friday
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Setting .courses (you know, like a path) using .courses (like sails) is what this course is all about (of course), and even though it's 8:00 AM, the yacht rock the professor blasts as we practice sheepshanks makes it worth it.

Gym, 2 credits
3:00 PM, Monday, Wednesday
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Okay mostly we're just want to get some physical activity, and going to the gym otherwise isn't worth 2 credits. This is the class where blood .courses through our veins and it's not just straight-up cardio work, but obstacle .courses and golf (on .courses) too.

Lute (yeah, the instrument), 3 credits
10:30 AM Tueday, Thursday
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So far we've just been talking about theory like modes (whether it's major or minor) and syncopation (that great off-beat rhythm) and .courses (two strings played as a single note), but we're just waiting until we can rock-out Renaissance-style.

Culinary Arts, 3 credits
2:00 PM, Tuesday, Thursday
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Really we just want to be able to impress guests with a meal with multiple .courses. That aren't all pasta.

Whatever .courses you feel like actually going to this semester, starting Wednesday September 23 at 9:00 AM PDT, you can buy your .courses domain since this extension is now in the GoLive phase, for just $51.67 per year at A rates.

Register for .courses?

Queue Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra because … this Wednesday September 23, 2015 … ..earth … enters a new era: the Sunrise phase. And the Sunrise is always beautiful over .earth.

This extension is especially for any Earthling, Star Child, or members of the galactic Earth diaspora with direct or indirect links to Earth's citizens, cultures, or its languages. In the Sunrise phase, domains will be available for $250.39 per year.

The Sunrise phase is for TMCH-registered trademark holders. Contact our corporate support team if you have a TMCH-registered trademark (or would like help registering your existing trademark at TMCH) in order to register one of these new gTLDs during Sunrise. If you are not among the trademarked, you can still pre-register for the GoLive phase which begins Thursday November 19, 2015, at which point domains will be available for just $31.15. There will be no Landrush phase for .earth. We hope that's because the land belongs to us all?

In any case, don't miss your chance. There's only one .earth.

Register a .earth?

If you haven't bought your .tickets, yet, thankfully you don't have to hit up Craiglist or the shady guy on the corner with a cardboard-and-sharpie sign. Not only that, but instead of huge mark-ups, now that .tickets is in the GoLive phase, it's only $486.19 per year at A rates (they were $1242.19 in the Landrush phase).

.tickets go on sale in the GoLive phase starting Tuesday September 21, 2015 at 7:00 AM PDT.

Register a .tickets?

Gandi is now offering two new gTLDs that are specifically related to Chinese-speakers. These extensions have been around for a while now and we're proud to be able to start offering them now.

English speakers may be familiar with .wang because it's the last name of more than 100 million people of Chinese descent around the world. It's also one of the top 500 surnames in the US. But .wang isn't just for them.

Depending on how you spell it in the Chinese alphabet, .wang also means "web" or "net," which means saying ".wang" means almost the same as .com or .net in Chinese. In this sense, it can signify a company's online portal. Our site could be called, then, Gandi-wang. But the word is also used for online communities, networks, and other Internet-related terms, making its other meaning, king, that much more appropriate. Wang is king. And we will be offering domains in this extension for $14.73 a year at A rates.

As for .我爱你, these characters translate to "I love you," this is perfect for the opening of the new UN session on Monday September 21, dubbed by resolution in 1981 the International Day of Peace. Here's hoping assembled delegates can find it within themselves to say "我爱你." Let's be realistic, that probably won't happen this year. But you can still register a .我爱你 for $45.51 a year at A rates to show the world that at least you love it.

Register a .wang or a .我爱你?

Our friends at Donuts have released a batch of letter-letter, letter-number, and number-number two character domains in all of thier top-level domains.

There's a lot to choose from and as of 08:00 Pacific time, September 16th, they are open to all.

With 183 top-level domains, that's saying something! Some of our favorites:

.WTF

.FAIL

.LIFE

.WORKS

.FYI

...and so many more.

If you ever wanted a short domain name, now's your chance! Premium prices will apply. Look here now for the 2-character domain you always wanted.

At 08:00 Pacific time (why not half past 10, we'll never know), September 16th, it will officially be true that .MEN (domains) will be generally available. It won't be true before then. It will be true forever after.

If .MEN (domains) are your thing, this is your chance! Pick one up (as it were) for a mere $41.37, at A rates. 

Registrer a .MEN ? :

Yez, u can has .lol nao. As ov August 11, teh new .lol extenshun has entrd teh GoLiv fase, an we r hoping ill feels tickld by the redikulus 90%-off promoshun *cough* *cough*

Excuse us, hairball.

As we were saying, we were hoping you would feel tickled by our 90%-off promotion until the end of teh yer—err … the year—but please try to hold in your laughs (and we'll hold in our lolcats) while we explain:

This is an extension not just for lolcats, but for all kinds of cats (but especially those who like to laugh. Out loud, that is).

And with the promotion until the end of the year, you can get one of these domains for just $4.14 for a one-year registration at A rates (normally $41.41).

U can stop holdin in ur laffs nao and registr a .lol domain todai.

Registr .lol?

What's your favorite thing about Taipei? Is it seeing Taipei 101 rain down fireworks like a fountain of light for the New Year? The smile on the Ubikes? Shilin Night Market after dark? Our Gandi Asia office? The new gTLD .taipei invites you to celebrate all of these and more. Domains in this TLD will be available for $26.94.

In its previous phases, .taipei has already distinguished itself as a tool for promoting brand awareness and engaging and bonding with local customers, and now it's time for Taipeiers of all walks of life to keep Taipei a pioneer in the digital world, so do your part and register yours today.

Register a .taipei?

It may only be the beginning of September and so the end of the summer, but we're already thinking about the slopes (and hopefully El Niño brings us some good snow this year) with .ski entering the GoLive phase.

Of course, we were also thinking about pierogis and polkas when we announced that this TLD would be entering the Sunrise phase back in July. We thought this TLD could also be a great way for any Gandiens to show their love for all things Polish.

Either way you crack it, .ski is now in the GoLive phase and open to anyone for $48.31 per year at A rates.

Register a .ski?