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|status = Proposed

|status = Delegated

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|category  = [[:Category:Commerce New gTLDs|Commerce]]

|category  = [[:Category:Commerce New gTLDs|Commerce]]

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|priority = 341 - [[Donuts]] (Snow Moon, LLC)<br>1081 - [[Top Level Domain Holdings]]

|priority = 341 - [[Donuts]] (Snow Moon, LLC)<br><s>1081 - [[Top Level Domain Holdings]]</s>

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'''.guide''' is a proposed new [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]].  

'''.guide''' is a [[gTLD]] that was proposed in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. [[Donuts]]' application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 15 May 2014, making the company the [[Registry Operator]] for the string.<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated Strings, ICANN.org] Retrieved 2 June 2014</ref>

# [[Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.]], .guide is one of 68 applications that the company has submitted on its own behalf.<ref>[http://www.tldh.org/2012/06/gtld-application-update-92-applications-submitted/ gTLD Application Update 92 Applications Submitted, TLDH.org]</ref>

===TLDH & $15mm Auction Funding===

==Background==

On February 26 2013, [[Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.]] announced that it had entered into a funding agreement worth $15 million to be used in the case of auction for a specific unnamed TLD. The investor will not receive ownership of the TLD but a share of future revenues. TLDH did not name the TLD that the funds are directed for, and it is in 11 head to head contentions and 12 featuring more than one contender.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/02/26/tldh-gets-up-to-15-million-for-a-single-top-level-domain-name-auction/ TLDh Gets 15 Million for A Single Top Level Domain Name Auction, DomainNameWire.com] Published and Retrieved 26 Feb 2013</ref>

===Private Auction===

The string originally had two applicants, Donuts and [[Top Level Domain Holdings]], though the former won the rights to the string in a private auction held in August 2013 by [[Innovative Auctions]]. The total amount was not disclosed though the 8 total auctions that were cumulatively valued at $9.65 million.<ref>[http://www.applicantauction.com/blog/2013/8/15/second-applicant-auction-concluded-successfully-8-domains-965m Second Applicant Auction, Concluded Successfully 8 domains 965m, ApplicantAuction.com] Published Aug 15th</ref>

 

On 13 September 2013, [[Donuts]] received a [[Registry Agreement]] signed by [[ICANN]] for .guide after passing the [[Initial Evaluation]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries Registry Agreements, ICANN.org] Retrieved 09 Oct 2013</ref>

 

.guide was delegated to the Root Zone of the [[DNS]] on 15 May, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.<ref name="delegation"></ref>

==References==

==References==

[[Category: TLD]]

[[Category: TLD]]

[[Category:Commerce New gTLDs|guide]]

[[Category:Commerce New gTLDs|guide]]