.sale

Status:	Proposed
country:	International
Type:	Generic
Category:	Commerce
Priority #:	724 - Uniregistry, Corp. 903 - Top Level Domain Holdings 1071 - Famous Four Media (dot Sale Limited) 1131 - Donuts (Half Bloom, LLC) 1297 - TLD Assets (Dot-Sale LLC)
More information:

.sale is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program.

Current Applicants

1. Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. has filed for 68 new TLD applications on its own behalf.
2. Uniregistry, Corp., Frank Schilling's company applied for 54 new TLDs.
3. Famous Four Media applied for 61 new TLDs.
4. Dot-Sale LLC
5. Donuts (Half Bloom, LLC) applied for 307 TLDs.

European Commission Communiqué

The European Commission flagged all applications for .sale outside of ICANN's defined remediation processes.

Just after ICANN's GAC issued its Early Warnings, which are advice given from one GAC member country to an applicant warning it of potential issues within its application, the European Commission issued a letter to all applicants within the new gTLD program. The letter highlights 58 applications that "could raise issues of compatibility with the existing legislation .. and/or with policy positions and objectives of the European Union." It notes a desire to open a dialogue with each offending applicant.

The Commission specifically notes that this objection is not a part of the GAC Early Warning process, and goes on to note that "the Commission does not consider itself legally bound to [ICANN] processes," given that there is not legal agreement between the two bodies.

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.

Top-Level Domain

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