.tickets
| Status: | Delegated |
| country: | International |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Commerce |
| Priority #: | 406 - Accent Media Limited 485 - Shubert Internet, Inc. 538 - Famous Four Media (dot Tickets Limited) |
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.tickets is a delegated gTLD in ICANN's new gTLD program. After a private auction in September 2014, Accent Media became the sole applicant for the string. The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the Root Zone on 26 March, 2015.[1]
Current Applicant
- Accent Media Limited - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here
Previous Applicants
- Donuts (Atomic McCook, LLC) - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here
- Famous Four Media (dot Tickets Limited)
- Shubert Internet, Inc. - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here
- Tickets TLD LLC [2]
Private Auction
In September 2014, it was announced that Accent Media won the rights to the string over the other applicants. The company had received $1.62 Million in investment money from CentralNic, and Accent will switch their backend provider from Afilias to CentralNIC. CentralNIC will acquire a 12% stake in Accent as well.[3]
References
- ↑ Delegated String, ICANN.org Retrieved 26 Mar 2015
- ↑ Tickets Status, ICANN.org
- ↑ Accent Wins .tickets Auction after 1.6M CentralNIC Investment DomainIncite" by Kevin Murphy; Retrieved 23 Sept 2014