.life
| Status: | Contract Signed |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Lifestyle |
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.life is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program.
Current Applicants[edit | edit source]
- Donuts (Trixy Oaks, LLC) - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
Previous Applicants[edit | edit source]
- CompassRose.Life Inc. - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here. The TLD failed its initial evaluation in June 2013 due to its responses to the financial questions in the application; it subsequently requested and passed extended evaluation.[1][2]
- Xiamen 35.com Technology Co., Ltd[3]
Auction[edit | edit source]
It was announced on 19 Dec 2013 that Donuts won in a private auction against all other applicants the right to .life. Donuts is now the sole remaining applicant and CompassRose.Life Inc. and Xiamen 35.com Technology will receive a pay-off from Donuts in return for withdrawing their applications. The auction was administered by Applicant Auction.[4]
Contract Signed[edit | edit source]
On 06 February 2014 Donuts received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN for .life after passing all the required processes needed to become a Registry Operator for the string.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Four Failures and 92 Passes in Latest New gTLD Results, DomainIncite.com Published & Retrieved 17 June 2013
- ↑ Application Status, ICANN.org Retrieved 06 Nov 2013
- ↑ Life Status, ICANN.org
- ↑ Donuts Officially Richer than God after Winning 3 New gTLD Auctions, DomainIncite Retrieved 19 Dec 2013
- ↑ Registry Agreements, ICANN.org Retrieved 10 Feb 2014