.store
| Status: | Proposed |
| country: | International |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Commerce |
| Priority #: | 690 - Top Level Domain Holdings 968 - Radix (DotStore Inc.) 1041 - Dot Store Group LLC 1299 - Donuts (Sand Dale, LLC) 1448 - Amazon 1478 - Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.) 1553 - Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.) |
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.store is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program.
Applicants[edit | edit source]
- Radix (DotStore Inc.), one of 3 applications submitted by the company.
- Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., it is one of 68 applications that the company has filed for on its own behalf.[1]
- Uniregistry Corp, it is one of 54 applications submitted by Frank Schilling's company.[2]
- Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
- Dot Store Group LLC
- Donuts (Sand Dale, LLC), one of 307 applications filed by the company.
- Amazon
Amazon[edit | edit source]
Amazon's application was issued a GAC Early Warning from the representative of Australia and GAC Chair, Heather Dryden. The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the ICANN Board that a given TLD application should be denied as it stands. Applicants are encouraged to work with objecting GAC members.[3]
The warning states that the applicant is "seeking exclusive access to a common generic string .. that relates to a broad market sector," which Ms. Dryden notes could have unintended consequences and a negative impact on competition.[4]
Radix[edit | edit source]
Radix received a GAC Early Warning as an entire applicant, where each one of the applicants was flagged by the U.S. Government. This seems to be the only time a portfolio applicant had all of their applications warned. The issue does not deal with the technical capabilities or thematic content of their applications, but rather the inclusion of an email address associated with the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation. It seems that Radix included correspondence with this address as a recommendation with each of their applications.[5]