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'''.design''' is a delegated [[gTLD]] that was proposed to ICANN's [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD expansion program]]. [[Top Level Design]] manages the TLD and is its [[Registry]]. The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on January 24th, 2015 .<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated String, ICANN.org] Retrieved 04 Mar 2015</ref>
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'''.design''' is a delegated [[gTLD]] that was proposed to ICANN's [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD expansion program]]. [[Top Level Design]] manages the TLD and is its [[Registry]]. The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on January 24th, 2015 .<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated String, ICANN.org] Retrieved 04 Mar 2015</ref> The TLD's [[Sunrise]] period began February 24 and will end April 28, 2015. The EAP starts May 5, 2015 and ends May 12. General Availability begins May 12, 2015. <ref>http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/sunrise-claims-periods/design</ref>  
  
 
==Previous Applicants==
 
==Previous Applicants==

Revision as of 16:53, 17 April 2015

Status: Delegated
Type: Generic
Category: Industry
Priority #: 420 - STRAAT Investments (NU DOT CO LLC)
673 - BET Inc.
684 - Starting Dot
1128 - Top Level Domain Holdings
1144 - Uniregistry, Corp.
1169 - Top Level Design
1300 - Momentous (Design Trend Registry Inc.)
1742 - Donuts (Black Avenue, LLC)

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.design is a delegated gTLD that was proposed to ICANN's new gTLD expansion program. Top Level Design manages the TLD and is its Registry. The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the Root Zone on January 24th, 2015 .[1] The TLD's Sunrise period began February 24 and will end April 28, 2015. The EAP starts May 5, 2015 and ends May 12. General Availability begins May 12, 2015. [2]

Previous Applicants[edit | edit source]

  1. STRAAT Investments, the parent company of .co Internet submitted its applications for 13 domain name strings including .design. The company partnered with Neustar to become its back-end registry service provider. [3]
  2. Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.- The company filed 68 new gTLDs for its own behalf. Minds + Machines will provide back-end registry services. [4] This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
  3. Donuts filed for 307 new gTLDs under different company names, Black Avenue LLC applied for the .delivery string. The company's back-end registry service provider is Demand Media.[5] This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
  4. Uniregistry, Corp.- It is one of the 54 new gTLDs filed by the company. [6]
  5. BET Inc.- The company is based in Japan and John Kane of Afilias is the main contact person.
  6. Design Trend Registry Inc.- (Momentous), submitted 4 total applications.The company is based in Canada and Aimee Deziel is the contact person. [7]
  7. Starting Dot, a start-up registry company based in France that has submitted 5 TLD applications[8][9] It withdrew .design in June, 2013[10]

TLDH & $15mm Auction Funding[edit | edit source]

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.[11]

Private Auction[edit | edit source]

In a private auction that occurred in September 2014, Top Level Design won the rights to the string over the other applicants. The winning bid was not revealed.[12]

References[edit | edit source]