The new gTLDs are maybe the next money machine for registrars, and brands like Godaddy are making money from the new extensions.

Some interesting fact:

• Godaddy sold 40%  of the New gTLD.
• .Guru, .Photography and .Today are the most sold gTLDs.
• All the top 10 gTLDs are managed by Donuts Inc.
• Google which operate as the Registry of .みんな has sold 2,464 (rank: 24)

And here is a list of the TOP 30 registrar with the number of gTLDs sales they made till today (07 Mars 2014 – 20:08 GMT)

1. 88,592 || Godaddy
2. 24,377 || Enom (including Namecheap)
3. 15,983 || United-domains
4. 12,550 || 1&1
5.    8,562 || Name.com
6.    7,418 || Cronon AG
7.    7,286 || Mesh Digital Limited
8.    6,903 || Tucows Domains
9.    5,902 || 101Domain
10.    4,709 || Key-Systems
11.    4,142 || Network Solutions
12.    2,910 || Gandi
13.    2,452 || PSI-USA
14.    2,353 || PublicDomainRegistry
15.    2,230 || Interlink
16.    1,706 || 1API
17.    1,704 || MarkMonitor
18.    1,513 || Instra Corporation
19.    1,490 || CSC Corporate Domains
20.    1,355 || Ascio Technologies
21.    1,234 || Nom-iq
22.    1,039 || Easyspace
23.    1,020 || Hosting || Concepts
24.        964 || EuroDNS
25.        925 || Register.com
26.        910 || Dynadot
27.        902 || Webnames.ca
28.        900 || Marcaria.com
29.        840 || Gransy
30.        779 || Super Registry

Most companies make profits in very obvious ways. Google make a lots of money from advertising, Apple through selling iPhones and iPads, but companies like Godaddy are making a fortune with this new market.