.buy
Status: | Proposed |
Type: | Generic |
Category: | Commerce |
Priority #: | 128 - Amazon 143 - Donuts (Bitter Sunset, LLC) 1691 - Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.) 1883 - Famous Four Media (dot Buy Limited) |
More information: |
.buy is a new generic top level domain name (gTLD) applied for in ICANN's New gTLD Program.
Current Applicants
The current applicants are:[1]
- Famous Four Media (dot Buy Limited)- This is one of 61 domain name strings filed by the company[2]
- Donuts (Bitter Sunset, LLC), This is one of the 307 new gTLDs applied for by the company. Each one of its applications was submitted via a different LLC. Daniel Schindler, the company's EVP for Sales & Marketing is the main contact person.[3] This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
- Amazon, this is one of the 76 new gTLDs applied for by the company through its office in Luxembourg. [4] Valideus, a firm specializing in domain name and IP technology solutions and registry services for corporate brands helped Amazon in its application for gTLDs.
- Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)-applied for 101 TLDs. Sarah Falvey, Senior Policy Analyst of Google is the main contact person in the application.[5]
Former Applicants
- PVT Registry, LLC- Joshua Bourne, Managing partner of the domain name consultancy firm Fair Winds Partners was the contact person in the application. It was formerly WITHDRAWN.