.CLUB
| Status: | Proposed |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Lifestyle |
| Priority #: | 1046 - .CLUB Domains LLC |
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.club is a proposed new gTLD in ICANN's new gTLD program. .CLUB Domains LLC, has been public about their application from the beginning, and won their contention set via an auction performed by Cramton Associates for an undisclosed amount. .Club was one of the first six TLD contention sets to be allocated via private auctions. All told, the six auctions brought in $9mm.[1]
.CLUB Domains LLC filed the application on the first possible day, January, 12, 2012.[2] Former applicants include Merchant Law Group LLP, a Canadian law-firm that applied for eight new gTLDs; and Donuts (Koko Manor, LLC), a start-up company co-founded by domain industry veterans that applied for 307 domain names strings, each via a different LLC.
Application Details[edit | edit source]
.CLUB Domains LLC[edit | edit source]
The .club domain appears to be a unrestricted gTLD intended for use by the many professional and amateur clubs found around the world. .CLUB Domains LLC has publicly stated that they have secured funding for their application and the potential auction that may ensue, and also that they have no intention of negotiating with any other company applying for .club but intend to win the auction. Apparently, they have already been approached by other .club applicants and have decided the best way to secure the domain is in open auction.[3] The company will use the [{Digital Archery|digital archery]] solutions of its business affiliate, the Digital Archery Experts to ensure its inclusion in the first batch of applications to be initially evaluated by ICANN. [4]
In May 2013, ahead of a possible private auction for the string, .Club LLC filed with the United States' SEC as it was seeking to raise up to $7 million USD for the presumed auction. [5]
Watch the .CLUB Domains LLC team as they realize they won the .club TLD via private auction: <videoflash>Wu38PkeyF0M</videoflash>
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Six Private New gTLD Auctions Raise 9m, DomainIncitePublished 7 June 2013, Retrieved 10 June
- ↑ Blog, DotClub.com
- ↑ Tucows coFounder Takes hard Line on Club gTLD
- ↑ .Club Blog-Why is .Club going to be in the first batch? — A response from DigitalArcheryExperts.com
- ↑ Club Applicant Seeks to Raise up to 7 million, DomainNameWire.com Retrieved 29 May 2013