.band
| Status: | Delegated |
| country: | International |
| Registry: | Rightside |
| Registry Backend: | Donuts |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Lifestyle |
| nTLDStats | |
| Registrations: | 14,761 |
| Parked Domains: | 6,897 |
| Parked Domain %: | 46.72 % |
| Important Dates | |
| Delegation: | 15 October 2014 |
| General Availability: | 28 January 2015 |
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.band is a new GTLD that was proposed in the New gTLD Program of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. It was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on the 15th August, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.[1]
Successful Applicant
- Donuts (Auburn Hollow, LLC), the company was formed by domain industry veterans that applied for 307 new gTLDs. Daniel Schindler, EVP for Sales & Marketing of Donuts is listed as the main contact for the application. . [2] This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
Previous Applicant
- Red Triangle, LLC, applied for the .band string through WhatBox?, a company that own domain name registrars, resellers and owns a portfolio of more than 1800 domain names. Erik Ludwick is the main contact person for the company. [3]
Private Auction Resolves Contention
WhatBox? withdrew their applications after an April 2014 private auction that was administered by Applicant Auction, in which Donuts won the rights to the string.[4]
Objections
The American Association of Independent Music filed community objections against both applications.[5]
Contract signed
On 12th June 2014, Donuts received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN for .band after passing the Initial Evaluation.[6]
Delegation
.band was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on the 15th August, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.[7]
References
- ↑ ICANN delegated strings Retrieved 7th December 2014.
- ↑ Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains
- ↑ Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings
- ↑ Millions spent on New gTLDs as 11 contention sets settled, DomainIncite Retrieved 01 May 2014
- ↑ Pending Cases, ICC.ICANN.orgRetrieved 15 May 2013
- ↑ Registry Agreements, ICANN.org Retrieved 7th December 2014
- ↑ ICANN delegated strings Retrieved 7th December 2014.