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|status = Proposed

|status = Active

|manager  =

|manager  =

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|registryprovider  =[[Afilias]]

|registryprovider  =[[Afilias]]

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|date  = 23 January 2014

|type  = [[gTLD|Generic]]

|type  = [[gTLD|Generic]]

|category = [[:Category:Culture New gTLDs|Culture]]

|category = [[:Category:Culture New gTLDs|Culture]]

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'''.kim''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]], the applicant is [[Afilias]].<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus Kim Status, ICANN.org]</ref>

'''.kim''' is an active [[gTLD]] that was proposed in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The [[Registry]] and manager of the TLD is [[Afilias]].<ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus Kim Status, ICANN.org]</ref> The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 23 January 2014.<ref name="delegation">[http://domainincite.com/15628-ten-more-new-gtlds-go-live Ten More New gTLDs Go Live, DomainIncite] Retrieved 03 Apr 2015</ref>

==Application Details==

==Application Details==

The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18:

The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18:

In today’s marketplace, individuals predominantly have online identities at the third level, for example, KimBae@gmail.com, through an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Those individuals looking for their exact name or a variation of their family name represent the target market for the .KIM TLD. Given the statistics above, we are conservatively forecasting 20,000 Domains Under Management (DUMs) by the third year of operation. Our financial responses #45 through #50 go into detail on our funding, cost and revenue projections.

In today’s marketplace, individuals predominantly have online identities at the third level, for example, KimBae@gmail.com, through an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Those individuals looking for their exact name or a variation of their family name represent the target market for the .KIM TLD. Given the statistics above, we are conservatively forecasting 20,000 Domains Under Management (DUMs) by the third year of operation. Our financial responses #45 through #50 go into detail on our funding, cost and revenue projections.

.KIM will be an open TLD, generally available to all registrants (except in the Sunrise period).  

.KIM will be an open TLD, generally available to all registrants (except in the Sunrise period).  

==Contract Signed==

==Contract Signed==

On 23 September 2013, [[Afilias]] received a [[Registry Agreement]] signed by [[ICANN]] for .kim after passing the [[Initial Evaluation]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries Registry Agreements, ICANN.org] Retrieved 09 Oct 2013</ref>

On 23 September 2013, [[Afilias]] received a [[Registry Agreement]] signed by [[ICANN]] for .kim after passing the [[Initial Evaluation]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries Registry Agreements, ICANN.org] Retrieved 09 Oct 2013</ref>

==References==

==References==

[[Category:TLD]]

[[Category:TLD]]

[[Category:Culture New gTLDs|kim]]

[[Category:Culture New gTLDs|kim]]