“Hey gap, have you claimed your .amsterdam yet?” Since its launch in 2015, .amsterdam has remained stable in the top-10 city extensions worldwide, alongside cities such as New York, London and Berlin. Dotlocal manages the extension for the City of Amsterdam.
Pioneers such as the Port of Rotterdam, the Night Mayor and Pride Amsterdam fired up the people of Amsterdam for the priority phase in which local organisations and residents had the first right to register their domain name. Backed by billboards and boastful TV commercials, no Amsterdammer could ignore the extension. The priority phase saw a lot of “gimme my .amsterdam”, resulting in more than 11,000 registrations.
There are currently around 22,000 .amsterdam domain names are registered. Every month, about 100 people claim their new .amsterdam. More than 80% of the .amsterdam domains are registered by Amsterdam people. The others target the city in a different way.
Registrars and other entities that sell or want to sell .amsterdam domains can find all the information on our registrar website nic.amsterdam.
Those who want to register their .amsterdam domain name will find everything they need on our registrant website geefmijmaar.amsterdam.
Amsterdam was ready for its own extension. What about you? Dotlocal advises and supports organisations in applying for, setting up and operating their own local domain extension.