.buy

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Status: Proposed
Registry: Amazon
Registry Backend: Nominet
Type: Generic
Category: Commerce
Priority #: 128 - Amazon
143 - Donuts (Bitter Sunset, LLC)
1691 - Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
1883 - Famous Four Media (dot Buy Limited)

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.buy is a new generic top level domain name (gTLD) applied for in ICANN's New gTLD Program.

Current Applicants

The current applicants are:[1]

  1. Famous Four Media (dot Buy Limited)- This is one of 61 domain name strings filed by the company[2]
  2. Donuts (Bitter Sunset, LLC), This is one of the 307 new gTLDs applied for by the company. Each one of its applications was submitted via a different LLC. Daniel Schindler, the company's EVP for Sales & Marketing is the main contact person.[3] This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
  3. Amazon, this is one of the 76 new gTLDs applied for by the company through its office in Luxembourg. [4] Valideus, a firm specializing in domain name and IP technology solutions and registry services for corporate brands helped Amazon in its application for gTLDs.
  4. Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)-applied for 101 TLDs. Sarah Falvey, Senior Policy Analyst of Google is the main contact person in the application.[5]

Former Applicants

  1. PVT Registry, LLC- Joshua Bourne, Managing partner of the domain name consultancy firm Fair Winds Partners was the contact person in the application. It was formerly WITHDRAWN.

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