.band
| Status: | Proposed |
| country: | International |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Lifestyle |
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.band is a proposed new gTLD in New gTLD Program of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
Current Applicant
- Donuts (Auburn Hollow, LLC), the company was formed by domain industry veterans that applied for 307 new gTLDs. Daniel Schindler, EVP for Sales & Marketing of Donuts is listed as the main contact for the application. . [1] This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
Previous Applicant
- Red Triangle, LLC, applied for the .band string through WhatBox?, a company that own domain name registrars, resellers and owns a portfolio of more than 1800 domain names. Erik Ludwick is the main contact person for the company. [2]
Private Auction Resolves Contention
WhatBox? withdrew their applications after an April 2014 private auction that was administered by Applicant Auction, in which Donuts won the rights to the string.[3]
Objections
The American Association of Independent Music filed community objections against both applications.[4]