.shop
| Status: | Proposed |
| country: | International |
| Manager: | GMO Registry, Commercial Connect |
| Registry Provider: | GMO Registry (GMO Registry bid) |
| Type: | gTLD |
| Category: | Commerce |
| Community: | No |
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.shop is a proposed new gTLD in ICANN's new gTLD program.
Current Applicants[edit | edit source]
- GMO Registry (Community Application, the company has sponsored ICANN events using the .shop brand.[1] the company has applied for both community and non-community status. The latter option is likely a back-up measure in case their community status application fails.
- GMO Registry (Standard Application), one of two applications filed by GMO for .shop.
- Famous Four Media (Dot Shop Limited), one of 61 applications filed for new TLDs by the company.[2]
- Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
- Radix (DotShop Inc.), one of 31 applications filed by the company.
- Donuts (Sugar Maple, LLC)
- Commercial Connect, LLC
- BEIJING JINGDONG 360 DU E-COMMERCE LTD
- 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]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ NRF Director Joins Shop Applicant, DomainIncite.com
- ↑ Famous Four Media Applies for 61 Generic TLDs Poker Bet Bing, TheDomains.com
- ↑ GAC Early Warning, NewgTLDS.ICANN.org Retrieved 25 Nov 2012
- ↑ Shop AU GACweb.ICANN.org Retrieved 25 Nov 2012
- ↑ RadixReg. GACweb.ICANN.org Retrieved 27 Nov 2012