Afilias today (8 January) announced the first phase of the introduction of a new generic top-level domain for one of the worldâs favorite card games: âdot POKERâ or .POKER. The first phase is the âsunriseâ period, which is limited to eligible trademark holders and is open from February 5 through March 7, 2015.
.POKER is the first and only Internet domain dedicated to the game of poker. It is the most logical thus effective web address for anything and everything that has to do with poker â from gaming to news, tips, or products.
âPoker is one of the most popular games on the Internet today, and now there is a dedicated space on the Internet for all aspects of poker,â said Roland LaPlante, CMO of Afilias. â.POKER is an easy-to-remember web extension that will resonate with poker fans, gaming entities, tournament organizers, product manufacturers, news sources, and just about anyone involved in the game of poker.â
.POKER Registration Schedule
For more information about the .POKER domain, please visit the Afilias .POKER information page.
About Afilias
Afilias is the worldâs second largest domain registry, with approximately 20 million names under management. Afilias powers a wide variety of top level domains, and will soon support hundreds of new TLDs now preparing for launch, including TLDs for cities, brands, communities and generic terms. Afiliasâ specialized technology makes Internet addresses more accessible and useful through a wide range of applications, including Internet domain registry services, Managed DNS and mobile Web services like goMobi® and DeviceAtlas®.
This Afilias announcement was sourced from:
http://www.afilias.info/news/2015/01/07/new-poker-web-domain-launched