.kindle
| Status: | Delegated |
| Registry Provider: | Neustar |
| Date Implemented: | 07 Jun 2016 |
| Type: | Brand TLD |
| Priority #: | 499 - Amazon |
.kindle is a delegated Brand TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program. Amazon was the sole applicant and currently manages the TLD.[1][2]
Application Details
The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18:
"Founded in 1994, Amazon opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s Biggest Selection. Amazon seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. The Amazon Kindle is the worldʹs bestselling e-reader. The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes – still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. The Kindle Fire is the #1 bestselling product on Amazon. Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon’s new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor."[3]