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'''.furniture''' is a proposed top level domain name | '''.furniture''' is a proposed [[TLD|top level domain name]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. | ||
==Applicants== | ==Current Applicants== | ||
# [[Donuts]] (Lone Fields, LLC)- The company raised $100 million capital from numerous investors including multi-billion dollar venture capital and private equity funds and top-tier bank in support of its application for 307 new gTLDs including .furniture. Its plan is to offer the TLD internationally to provide a unique identity for all parties engage in furniture industry to utilize the | # [[Donuts]] (Lone Fields, LLC)- The company raised $100 million capital from numerous investors including multi-billion dollar venture capital and private equity funds and top-tier bank in support of its application for 307 new gTLDs, including .furniture. Its plan is to offer the TLD internationally to provide a unique identity for all parties engage in the furniture industry to utilize the Internet for economic growth. The company partnered with [[Demand Media]] to provide back-end registry solutions and [[AusRegistry]] to provide [[DNS]] services and [[DNSSEC]].<ref> | ||
[http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-gtlds/donuts-inc-eye-popping-list-of-307-new-top-level-domains/11730 Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains]</ref> <ref> | [http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-gtlds/donuts-inc-eye-popping-list-of-307-new-top-level-domains/11730 Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains]</ref><ref> | ||
[http://news.dot-nxt.com/sites/news.dot-nxt.com/files/1-1466-60532_FURNITURE.html Application number: 1-1466-60532 for Lone Fields, LLC]</ref> | [http://news.dot-nxt.com/sites/news.dot-nxt.com/files/1-1466-60532_FURNITURE.html Application number: 1-1466-60532 for Lone Fields, LLC]</ref> | ||
# [[Uniregistry]], Corp. - [[Frank Schilling]], a domain name investor formed the company and invested $60 million to apply for 54 new gTLDs including .furniture. The company partnered with the Internet Systems Consortium ( | # [[Uniregistry]], Corp. - [[Frank Schilling]], a domain name investor, formed the company and invested $60 million to apply for 54 new gTLDs including .furniture. The company partnered with the [[ISC|Internet Systems Consortium]] (ISC) to provide back-end registry solutions. The company plans to operate the .furniture domain name space neutrally and considers it a specialty TLD that provides a unique online space for entities engaged in furniture business and interested in creating an online identity using the .furniture TLD.<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><ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/sites/news.dot-nxt.com/files/1-845-27313_FURNITURE.html Application number: 1-845-27313 for Uniregistry, Corp.]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 09:04, 24 June 2012
| Status: | Proposed |
| country: | International |
| Type: | Generic
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.furniture is a proposed top level domain name in ICANN's New gTLD Program.
Current Applicants[edit | edit source]
- Donuts (Lone Fields, LLC)- The company raised $100 million capital from numerous investors including multi-billion dollar venture capital and private equity funds and top-tier bank in support of its application for 307 new gTLDs, including .furniture. Its plan is to offer the TLD internationally to provide a unique identity for all parties engage in the furniture industry to utilize the Internet for economic growth. The company partnered with Demand Media to provide back-end registry solutions and AusRegistry to provide DNS services and DNSSEC.[1][2]
- Uniregistry, Corp. - Frank Schilling, a domain name investor, formed the company and invested $60 million to apply for 54 new gTLDs including .furniture. The company partnered with the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) to provide back-end registry solutions. The company plans to operate the .furniture domain name space neutrally and considers it a specialty TLD that provides a unique online space for entities engaged in furniture business and interested in creating an online identity using the .furniture TLD.[3][4]