Commercial Connect is one of 9 applicants for the [[.shop]] TLD, making it one of the most highly contested TLDs. However, Commercial Connect is one of only two companies that has applied for the TLD as a [[Community TLD|community applicant]], this means that it will only be delegated to Commercial Connect if they are able to prove that their application as broad support from a clearly defined community. The other applicant that has applied through community priority evaluation, [[GMO Registry]], also applied for the string as a non-community [[gTLD]], in what seems to be a back-up plan if community status is denited, Commercial Connect did not do this and only applied as a community applicant - making its path to delegation and implementation more restricted and difficult.<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus ViewStatus, gTLDresult.ICANN.org]</ref> | Commercial Connect is one of 9 applicants for the [[.shop]] TLD, making it one of the most highly contested TLDs. However, Commercial Connect is one of only two companies that has applied for the TLD as a [[Community TLD|community applicant]], this means that it will only be delegated to Commercial Connect if they are able to prove that their application as broad support from a clearly defined community. The other applicant that has applied through community priority evaluation, [[GMO Registry]], also applied for the string as a non-community [[gTLD]], in what seems to be a back-up plan if community status is denited, Commercial Connect did not do this and only applied as a community applicant - making its path to delegation and implementation more restricted and difficult.<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus ViewStatus, gTLDresult.ICANN.org]</ref> |