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news “.school” Domains Now Available

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Daniel Negari introduced the new gTLD of .XYZ which has a little over 860,000 registrations to date. After which, he brought .rent and the little known .college to the public.

Donuts came in to compete in the same market with their new gTLD of .school.
The “.school” top-level Internet domain is currently available. Educational institutions with federally registered trademarks can take advantage of the upcoming “Sunrise Period” and secure their “.school” domain as soon as possible. The Sunrise period runs from March 24, 2015 to May 23, 2015. However, to register for a “.school” domain during the Sunrise Period, the educational institution must first register their trademark with the Trademark Clearinghouse operated by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”).
They already have .education available.
Accordingly, action is needed to ensure that an educational institution can register “.school” domains that correspond with its trademarks. Ownership of a trademark does not automatically grant the right to a “.school” domain with that trademark. Rather, domain names will be given out on a “first-come-first-served” basis, and only word marks are eligible for registration with the Clearinghouse, which will not accept designs or logos.
What I’d like to know is if any of these registries have .scholarships available to the general public.
Please note that this advisory is a general overview of the requirements to obtain “.school” domains. A number of other top-level domains that may be of interest to educational institutions are also available, including “.institute”.
Full Article: http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/school-domains-now-available-48215/
 
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I like the idea of a .school. We need a .university now for people outside the US.
 
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I like the idea of a .school. We need a .university now for people outside the US.
One that I overlooked, it's already available to register for the general public.

I'm unaware if it was released the same way where universities had first choice or if it was solely marketed to non-US though.
 
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XYZ extension has many sales. I am not surprised. Few months back I saw domains with XYZ are freely registered.
 
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Strange, in the UK we already have .sch.
 
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