{"id":5,"date":"2015-12-09T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T20:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go.cars\/blog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2016-03-04T14:45:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T22:45:29","slug":"now-globally-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go.cars\/blog\/now-globally-available\/","title":{"rendered":".Cars \/ .Car \/ Auto Now Globally Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Start your engines! .Cars, .Car, and .Auto domains are now exclusively available for trademark owners for a limited time.<\/p>\n<p>.Cars, .Car, and .Auto domains present a unique opportunity for dealerships and other automotive businesses to secure more relevant and memorable web addresses.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading__3 t__color-light-teal\">Mobile Life<\/h3>\n<p>There is a growing need for short and relevant domains that customers can recall and easily type in (ex. STLmotorcars.com vs. STL.Cars).<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading__3 t__color-light-teal\">Location, Location, Location<\/h3>\n<p>Geographic possibilities provide businesses with new opportunities to acquire customers via search engines (ex. BayArea.Cars, LA.Cars, PhillyUsed.Car, FL.Auto).<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading__3 t__color-light-teal\">Uniformity<\/h3>\n<p>Create uniformity in branding and marketing across websites, social media handles, and hashtags. (ex. SmithGroup.Cars, @SmithGroupCars, #SmithGroupCars)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading__3 t__color-light-teal\">Track It<\/h3>\n<p>Domains can also be used to track different campaigns and engage with customers (ex. HolidaySale.Auto, ModelUnveiling.Car).<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading__3 t__color-light-teal\">Premium Names<\/h3>\n<p>All .Cars, .Car, and .Auto domains are available for the same price &ndash; meaning businesses can register premium names without premium fees. (ex. OC.Cars, Midsize.Car, V8.Auto)<\/p>\n<p>With this new portfolio of domains, automotive businesses can promote a portfolio of brands, market new vehicle models, connect customers with local lots, and perhaps one of the best reasons &ndash; to register their city name or geography.<\/p>\n<p>Non-trademark owners are encouraged to preregister their names now at their registrar of choice, such as Network Solutions or 101Domain. These domains will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis starting on January 12th during the priority registration period. General availability opens on January 20th.<\/p>\n<div class=\"s__center s__padding-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/stl.cars\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"\/assets\/img\/blog\/stl-cars-imac-mockup.png\" alt=\"STL.cars\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Be sure to check back with the Go.Cars blog during the upcoming days and weeks &ndash; we will be highlighting a number of early adopters who specialize in different sectors of the automotive industry and explain how their new .Cars, .Car, or .Auto domain has helped their business.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, dealers, OEMs, suppliers, and all other businesses can begin securing their automotive-specific domains and find tailored suggestions on the new <a href=\"\/\">Go.Cars homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"s__center s__padding-top s__margin-top\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/register\" class=\"button button__medium\">Register my domain now<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start your engines! .Cars, .Car, and .Auto domains are now exclusively available for trademark owners for a limited time. .Cars, .Car, and .Auto domains present a unique opportunity for dealerships and other automotive businesses to secure more relevant and memorable web addresses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go.cars\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go.cars\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go.cars\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go.cars\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go.cars\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/go.cars\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7,"href":"https:\/\/go.cars\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go.cars\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go.cars\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go.cars\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}