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|status = | |status = Contract Signed | ||
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|country = Cologne (Köln), Germany | |country = Cologne (Köln), Germany | ||
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The business case in question 46 “Projections Template” will further illustrate which revenues are expected from the registry business, i.e. including NetCologne’s registry and reseller activities. | The business case in question 46 “Projections Template” will further illustrate which revenues are expected from the registry business, i.e. including NetCologne’s registry and reseller activities. | ||
It must be noted that NetCologne intends to host the gTLD .cologne in combination with the gTLD .koeln, for which a separate application is submitted. One of the city council’s requirements was that an application for .koeln would have to be made in combination with an application for .cologne – in order to ensure an international presentation of the Internet brand Cologne. Thus, the domain sales forecast for .cologne and the resulting revenues are comparably low. However, considered in combination with .koeln the business model is highly profitable. | It must be noted that NetCologne intends to host the gTLD .cologne in combination with the gTLD .koeln, for which a separate application is submitted. One of the city council’s requirements was that an application for .koeln would have to be made in combination with an application for .cologne – in order to ensure an international presentation of the Internet brand Cologne. Thus, the domain sales forecast for .cologne and the resulting revenues are comparably low. However, considered in combination with .koeln the business model is highly profitable. | ||
The eligibility requirements are as follows: | The eligibility requirements are as follows: | ||
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- The registrant has a legitimate interest in the domain name | - The registrant has a legitimate interest in the domain name | ||
- The registrant does not act in bad faith[.]"<ref>[https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1863 Application Download, gTLDresult.ICANN.org] Retrieved 19 March 2013</ref> | - The registrant does not act in bad faith[.]"<ref>[https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1863 Application Download, gTLDresult.ICANN.org] Retrieved 19 March 2013</ref> | ||
==Contract Signed== | |||
On 05 February 2014 [[NetCologne]] received a [[Registry Agreement]] signed by [[ICANN]] for .cologne after passing all the required processes needed to become a [[Registry Operator]] for the string.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries-date Registry Agreements, ICANN.org] Retrieved 10 Feb 2014</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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[[Category:TLD]] | [[Category:TLD]] | ||
[[Category:GeoTLD|cologne]] | [[Category:GeoTLD|cologne]] | ||
[[Category:TLDs with Registry Agreements|cologne]] | |||