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Status: | Delegated |
Registry: | XYZ.COM LLC |
Registry Backend: | CentralNic |
Date Implemented: | 02 May 2015 |
Type: | Generic |
Category: | Industry |
More information: |
.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.[1]
Current Applicants
- Uniregistry, Corp., the string is one of the 54 new gTLDs applied for by the company. [2]
Previous Applicants
- 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.
- Donuts (Big Maple, LLC), represented by Daniel Schindler, EVP of Donuts, which applied for 307 new gTLDs.[3] This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
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.[4]
References
- ↑ Delegated String, ICANN.org Retrieved 05 May 2015
- ↑ Here comes the greatest Internet landgrab in history
- ↑ Donuts raises $100 million, applies for 307 new TLDs
- ↑ Seven More New gTLD Auctions Conclude DomainIncite by Kevin Murphy; Retrieved 24 Sept 2014