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===.Home Application Sold===

In the first instance of an application being sold, the application originally submitted by [[DotHome / CGR E-Commerce Ltd]] was amended to remove all references to that company and its leadership and were replaced with references to [[Dothome Ltd.]] (Defender Direct). The original application was associated with the industry veterans [[Constantine Roussos]] and [[Tina Dam]]. The new applicant is the second largest home security company in the U.S. The changes to the applications were part of 29 application amendments approved by [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10935-roussos-sells-his-home-new-gtld-application Roussos Sells his Home New gTLD Application, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

~~===TLDH & $15mm Auction Funding===~~

On February 26 2013, [[Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.]] announced that it had entered into a funding agreement worth $15 million to be used in the case of auction for a specific unnamed TLD. The investor will not receive ownership of the TLD but a share of future revenues. TLDH did not name the TLD that the funds are directed for, and it is in 11 head to head contentions and 12 featuring more than one contender.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/02/26/tldh-gets-up-to-15-million-for-a-single-top-level-domain-name-auction/ TLDh Gets 15 Million for A Single Top Level Domain Name Auction, DomainNameWire.com] Published and Retrieved 26 Feb 2013</ref>

===GoDaddy Withdraws===

The company had originally applied for .home, but in March 2013, the company announced that it was withdrawing its applications for [[.casa]] and [[.home]], and only sticking with its [[Brand TLD]] application for [[.godaddy]]. It was noted that it was withdrawing its applications to focus on its core registrar business, thereby removing competition with competitive applicants it could work with as future registries and eliminating concerns that it will promote its own TLDs ahead of others'. The announcements were made at an event, Registry Days, meant to open a dialogue between the world's largest registrar and new gTLd applicants.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/03/06/go-daddy-home-casa-tld/ GoDaddy Home Casa TLD, DomainNameWire.com] Published & Retrieved 6 Mar 2013</ref> The applications were withdrawn in time to receive a 70% refund for each of the $185,000 application fees.

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 ===.Home Application Sold===
 In the first instance of an application being sold, the application originally submitted by [[DotHome / CGR E-Commerce Ltd]] was amended to remove all references to that company and its leadership and were replaced with references to [[Dothome Ltd.]] (Defender Direct). The original application was associated with the industry veterans [[Constantine Roussos]] and [[Tina Dam]]. The new applicant is the second largest home security company in the U.S. The changes to the applications were part of 29 application amendments approved by [[ICANN]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10935-roussos-sells-his-home-new-gtld-application Roussos Sells his Home New gTLD Application, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
-===TLDH & $15mm Auction Funding===
-On February 26 2013, [[Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.]] announced that it had entered into a funding agreement worth $15 million to be used in the case of auction for a specific unnamed TLD. The investor will not receive ownership of the TLD but a share of future revenues. TLDH did not name the TLD that the funds are directed for, and it is in 11 head to head contentions and 12 featuring more than one contender.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/02/26/tldh-gets-up-to-15-million-for-a-single-top-level-domain-name-auction/ TLDh Gets 15 Million for A Single Top Level Domain Name Auction, DomainNameWire.com] Published and Retrieved 26 Feb 2013</ref>
 ===GoDaddy Withdraws===
 The company had originally applied for .home, but in March 2013, the company announced that it was withdrawing its applications for [[.casa]] and [[.home]], and only sticking with its [[Brand TLD]] application for [[.godaddy]]. It was noted that it was withdrawing its applications to focus on its core registrar business, thereby removing competition with competitive applicants it could work with as future registries and eliminating concerns that it will promote its own TLDs ahead of others'. The announcements were made at an event, Registry Days, meant to open a dialogue between the world's largest registrar and new gTLd applicants.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/03/06/go-daddy-home-casa-tld/ GoDaddy Home Casa TLD, DomainNameWire.com] Published & Retrieved 6 Mar 2013</ref> The applications were withdrawn in time to receive a 70% refund for each of the $185,000 application fees.