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|date = 02 May 2015
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'''.auto''' is a generic top level domain name ([[gTLD]]) delegated to the [[New gTLD Program]] of [[ICANN]].[[Uniregistry]] became the sole applicant for the string after a private auction in September 2014. The company now manages the TLD and is its [[Registry]]. The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 02 May, 2015.<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated String, ICANN.org] Retrieved 05 May 2015</ref>
==Current Applicants==
==Current Applicants==
# [[Uniregistry]], Corp., the string is one of the 54 new gTLDs applied for by the company. <ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57450838-93/here-comes-the-greatest-internet-landgrab-in-history/ Here comes the greatest Internet landgrab in history]</ref>
==Previous Applicants==
# [[Dot Auto LLC]], Tess Pattisson Wade is listed as contact person for the company
# [[Dot Auto LLC]], Tess Pattisson Wade is listed as contact person for the company
# [[Fegistry, LLC]], [[Jay Westerdal]], founder of [[Name Intelligence]], is the contact person.
# [[Fegistry, LLC]], [[Jay Westerdal]], founder of [[Name Intelligence]], is the contact person.
# [[Donuts]] (Big Maple, LLC), represented by Daniel Schindler, EVP of [[Donuts]], which applied for 307 new gTLDs.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/06/05/donuts-raises-100-million-applies-for-307-new-tlds/ Donuts raises $100 million, applies for 307 new TLDs]</ref> This applicant submitted a [[PIC|Public Interest Commitment]], which can be downloaded [https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/880 here].
# [[Donuts]] (Big Maple, LLC), represented by Daniel Schindler, EVP of [[Donuts]], which applied for 307 new gTLDs.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/06/05/donuts-raises-100-million-applies-for-307-new-tlds/ Donuts raises $100 million, applies for 307 new TLDs]</ref>
==Private Auction==
A [[private auction]] concluded in September 2014 that left Uniregistry as the sole applicant for .auto. The other applicants withdrew their applications and the winning bid was not disclosed.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/17418-afilias-loses-chinese-info-as-seven-more-new-gtld-auctions-conclude Seven More New gTLD Auctions Conclude] ''DomainIncite'' by Kevin Murphy; Retrieved 24 Sept 2014</ref>
==References==
==References==