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Revision as of 22:55, 24 September 2014
| Status: | Proposed |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Industry |
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.auto is a proposed new generic top level domain name (gTLD) to the New gTLD Program of ICANN. Uniregistry became the sole applicant for the string after a private auction in September 2014.
Current Applicants
- Uniregistry, Corp., the string is one of the 54 new gTLDs applied for by the company. [1]
Previous Applicants
- Dot Auto LLC, Tess Pattisson Wade is listed as contact person for the company
- Fegistry, LLC, Jay Westerdal, founder of Name Intelligence, is the contact person.
- Donuts (Big Maple, LLC), represented by Daniel Schindler, EVP of Donuts, which applied for 307 new gTLDs.[2] This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
Private Auction
A private auction concluded in September 2014 that left Uniregistry as the sole applicant for .auto. The other applicants withdrew their applications and the winning bid was not disclosed.[3]
References
- ↑ Here comes the greatest Internet landgrab in history
- ↑ Donuts raises $100 million, applies for 307 new TLDs
- ↑ Seven More New gTLD Auctions Conclude DomainIncite by Kevin Murphy; Retrieved 24 Sept 2014