.life
| Status: | Delegated |
| Registry: | Donuts |
| Registry Backend: | Donuts |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Lifestyle |
| Priority #: | 1283 - Xiamen 35.com Technology Co., Ltd 1625 - Donuts (Trixy Oaks, LLC) |
| nTLDStats | |
| Registrations: | 234,054 |
| Parked Domains: | 143,973 |
| Parked Domain %: | 61.51 % |
| Important Dates | |
| Delegation: | 15 May 2014 |
| General Availability: | 17 September 2014 |
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.life is a gTLD delegated 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.[1]
Background
Registry Operator
- Donuts (Trixy Oaks, LLC) - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
Previous Applicants
- CompassRose.Life Inc. - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here. The TLD failed its initial evaluation in June 2013 due to its responses to the financial questions in the application; it subsequently requested and passed extended evaluation.[2][3]
- Xiamen 35.com Technology Co., Ltd[4]
Auction
It was announced on 19 Dec 2013 that Donuts won in a private auction against all other applicants the right to .life. Donuts became the sole remaining applicant and CompassRose.Life Inc. and Xiamen 35.com Technology received a pay-off from Donuts in return for withdrawing their applications. The auction was administered by Applicant Auction.[5]
Contract Signed
On 06 February 2014 Donuts received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN for .life after passing all the required processes needed to become a Registry Operator for the string.[6]
Delegation and Availability
.life was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on 15 May, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delegated Strings, ICANN.org Retrieved 2 June 2014
- ↑ Four Failures and 92 Passes in Latest New gTLD Results, DomainIncite.com Published & Retrieved 17 June 2013
- ↑ Application Status, ICANN.org Retrieved 06 Nov 2013
- ↑ Life Status, ICANN.org
- ↑ Donuts Officially Richer than God after Winning 3 New gTLD Auctions, DomainIncite Retrieved 19 Dec 2013
- ↑ Registry Agreements, ICANN.org Retrieved 10 Feb 2014