What’s a generic top-level domain?  Believe it or not, you are already very familiar with these types of domain extensions.  The most popular generic top-level domains (gTLDs) include: .com, .net, .org, .gov, etc.,.  There were only a couple dozen of these in the past, but they’ve been multiplying exponentially in recent time and there will be hundreds soon!

What these new domains mean for your company and others remains to be seen, but there are likely some new generic top-level domains that will pique your interest for future websites.  Learn more about ICANN’s generic Top-Level Domains program and the new and upcoming domains below and here’s a teaser preview of just one new gTLD per letter of the alphabet:

.autos
.best
.credit
.deals
.email
.forsale
.gifts
.how
.international
.jobs
.kitchen
.luxury
.marketing
.new
.organic
.pizza
.qpon
.rsvp
.solutions
.tips
.university
.vision
.works
.xxx
.yoga
.zone

About the ICANN new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD).

http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/program

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), founded in 1998, has as its mission to ensure a stable and unified global Internet. One of its key responsibilities is introducing and promoting competition in the registration of domain names, while ensuring the security and stability of the domain name system (DNS).

In 2005, ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) began a policy development process to consider the introduction of new gTLDs, based on the results of trial rounds conducted in 2000 and 2003. The GNSO is the main policy-making body for generic top-level domains, and encourages global participation in the technical management of the Internet.

500+ New gTLD Agreements Signed & Counting.
As of 12 September 2014, ICANN has executed 515 New gTLD Registry Agreements.
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/500-new-gtld-agreements-signed-counting

List of new gTL domains:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registries-2012-02-25-en