The US National Association of Realtors has announced plans to distribute up to 500,000 free domains to its members in the new .realtor domain zone. The free domains will be available for one year. Considering that the association has over one million members, it is entirely possible that all the domains being offered will be claimed. An additional 10,000 free domains will likely be handed out by the Canadian Real Estate Association.
If this plan goes forward, .realtor will soon become one of the leaders in terms of the number of registrations among the new gTLDs and the largest dot-brand. This is due to the fact that in the United States, a “realtor” refers to a registered trademark belonging to the National Association of Realtors. The free domain distribution is expected to start on October 23.
