.gift: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 16:37, 19 August 2013

Status:	Proposed
Type:	Generic
Category:	Commerce

More information:

.gift is a proposed top level domain name to the New gTLD Program of ICANN. It was originally applied for by both Famous Four Media and Uniregistry though the former withdrew in August 2013, presumably after some sort of private deal.^[1]

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↑ Uniregistry Wins Gift and AOL Yanks Patch Bid, DomainIncite.comPublished & Retireved 19 Aug 2013

[1] Uniregistry Wins Gift and AOL Yanks Patch Bid, DomainIncite.comPublished & Retireved 19 Aug 2013

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 |category= [[:Category:Commerce New gTLDs|Commerce]]
 |community  =
-|priority = 707 - [[Uniregistry]], Corp.<br>1684 - [[Famous Four Media]] (Dot Gift Limited)
+|priority = 707 - [[Uniregistry]], Corp.<br><s>1684 - [[Famous Four Media]] (Dot Gift Limited)</s>
 |keypeople  =
 }}
-'''.gift''' is a proposed top level domain name to the [[New gTLD Program]] of [[ICANN]].
+'''.gift''' is a proposed top level domain name to the [[New gTLD Program]] of [[ICANN]]. It was originally applied for by both [[Famous Four Media]] and [[Uniregistry]] though the former withdrew in August 2013, presumably after some sort of private deal.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/14229-uniregistry-wins-gift-and-aol-yanks-patch-bid Uniregistry Wins Gift and AOL Yanks Patch Bid, DomainIncite.com]Published & Retireved 19 Aug 2013</ref>
-==Applicants==
-# [[Famous Four Media]] (Dot Gift Limited)- The company is based in Gibraltar and this is one of the 61 new gTLDs it is trying to secure. Its objective is to provide a secure online market place for consumers worldwide to buy gifts over the internet. [[Neustar]] has been selected by the company to provide back-end registry services.<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/gtld/gift-0 Dot Gift Limited Application]</ref>
-# [[Uniregistry]], Corp.- It is a new registry company formed by [[domainer]] [[Frank Schilling]] together with other domain industry veterans to apply for 54 new gTLDs. Schilling personally invested $60 million dollars in the company.<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-gtlds/uniregistry-corp-applies-for-54-new-top-level-domains-store-news-deal-auto/11584 Uniregistry Corp. applies for 54 new top-level domains...]</ref> Uniregistry plans to operate .gift as a specialty gTLD and it will offer a flat rate fee for domain name registration, fixed price for domain name renewals with no price increases within the first years of its operations. The company's goal is to provide a long-term security, stability, word-class class technical infrastructure, excellent organizational management, low-cost and predictable pricing for registrants engaged in offering gift products and gift ideas under the .gift domain name space. The [[ISC|Internet Systems Consortium]] will handle the back-end registry services for Uniregistry. <ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/gtld/gifts Uniregistry .Gift Application]</ref>
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