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'''.furniture''' is a [[gTLD]] that was proposed in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. [[Donuts]] won the rights to the string over [[Uniregistry]] in a [[Private auction]]. The Donuts application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 23 April 2014, making Donuts the [[Registry Operator]] for the string.<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated Strings, ICANN.org] Retrieved 30 May 2014</ref>

'''.furniture''' is a [[gTLD]] that was proposed in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. [[Donuts]] won the rights to the string over [[Uniregistry]] in a [[Private auction]]. The Donuts application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 23 April 2014, making Donuts the [[Registry Operator]] for the string.<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated Strings, ICANN.org] Retrieved 30 May 2014</ref>

==Registry Operator==

===Registry Operator===

# Donuts (Lone Fields, LLC)- The company raised $100 million capital from numerous investors including multi-billion dollar venture capital and private equity funds and top-tier bank in support of its application for 307 new gTLDs, including .furniture. Its plan is to offer the TLD internationally to provide a unique identity for all parties engage in the furniture industry to utilize the Internet for economic growth. The company partnered with [[Demand Media]] to provide back-end registry solutions and [[AusRegistry]] to provide [[DNS]] services and [[DNSSEC]].<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-gtlds/donuts-inc-eye-popping-list-of-307-new-top-level-domains/11730 Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains]</ref><ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/sites/news.dot-nxt.com/files/1-1466-60532_FURNITURE.html Application number: 1-1466-60532 for Lone Fields, LLC]</ref> This applicant submitted a [[PIC|Public Interest Commitment]], which can be downloaded [https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/758 here].

# Donuts (Lone Fields, LLC)- The company raised $100 million capital from numerous investors including multi-billion dollar venture capital and private equity funds and top-tier bank in support of its application for 307 new gTLDs, including .furniture. Its plan is to offer the TLD internationally to provide a unique identity for all parties engage in the furniture industry to utilize the Internet for economic growth. The company partnered with [[Demand Media]] to provide back-end registry solutions and [[AusRegistry]] to provide [[DNS]] services and [[DNSSEC]].<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-gtlds/donuts-inc-eye-popping-list-of-307-new-top-level-domains/11730 Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains]</ref><ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/sites/news.dot-nxt.com/files/1-1466-60532_FURNITURE.html Application number: 1-1466-60532 for Lone Fields, LLC]</ref> This applicant submitted a [[PIC|Public Interest Commitment]], which can be downloaded [https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/758 here].

==Previous Applicant==

===Previous Applicant===

# Uniregistry, Corp. - [[Frank Schilling]], a domain name investor, formed the company and invested $60 million to apply for 54 new gTLDs including .furniture. The company partnered with the [[ISC|Internet Systems Consortium]] (ISC) to provide back-end registry solutions. The company plans to operate the .furniture domain name space neutrally and considers it a specialty TLD that provides a unique online space for entities engaged in furniture business and interested in creating an online identity using the .furniture TLD.<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-gtlds/uniregistry-corp-applies-for-54-new-top-level-domains-store-news-deal-auto/11584 Uniregistry Corp. applies for 54 new top-level domains...]</ref><ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/sites/news.dot-nxt.com/files/1-845-27313_FURNITURE.html Application number: 1-845-27313 for Uniregistry, Corp.]</ref>

# Uniregistry, Corp. - [[Frank Schilling]], a domain name investor, formed the company and invested $60 million to apply for 54 new gTLDs including .furniture. The company partnered with the [[ISC|Internet Systems Consortium]] (ISC) to provide back-end registry solutions. The company plans to operate the .furniture domain name space neutrally and considers it a specialty TLD that provides a unique online space for entities engaged in furniture business and interested in creating an online identity using the .furniture TLD.<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-gtlds/uniregistry-corp-applies-for-54-new-top-level-domains-store-news-deal-auto/11584 Uniregistry Corp. applies for 54 new top-level domains...]</ref><ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/sites/news.dot-nxt.com/files/1-845-27313_FURNITURE.html Application number: 1-845-27313 for Uniregistry, Corp.]</ref>

==Private Deal==

===Private Deal===

In February 2014, it was reported that Uniregistry and Donuts reached a private deal which resolved a number of New gTLD string contention sets involving only the two companies. Although the deal coincided with a round of [[Private Auctions]] conducted by [[Applicant Auction]] on February 18th, neither companies immediately commented on the nature of the deal and Applicant Auction did not disclose the participants of its recent auctions. If the companies had participated in a private auction, it would mark the first private auctions that Uniregistry participated in, after the company initially questioned the legality of private auctions in the New gTLD Program.<ref name="deal">[http://domainincite.com/15861-uniregistry-doing-private-new-gtld-auctions-company-deals-with-donuts-on-five-strings Uniregistry doing Private New gTLD Auctions? Company Deals with Donuts on Five Strings, DomainIncite] Retrieved Feb 21 2014</ref>

In February 2014, it was reported that Uniregistry and Donuts reached a private deal which resolved a number of New gTLD string contention sets involving only the two companies. Although the deal coincided with a round of [[Private Auctions]] conducted by [[Applicant Auction]] on February 18th, neither companies immediately commented on the nature of the deal and Applicant Auction did not disclose the participants of its recent auctions. If the companies had participated in a private auction, it would mark the first private auctions that Uniregistry participated in, after the company initially questioned the legality of private auctions in the New gTLD Program.<ref name="deal">[http://domainincite.com/15861-uniregistry-doing-private-new-gtld-auctions-company-deals-with-donuts-on-five-strings Uniregistry doing Private New gTLD Auctions? Company Deals with Donuts on Five Strings, DomainIncite] Retrieved Feb 21 2014</ref>