.sale
| Status: | Proposed |
| country: | International |
| Registry: | Rightside |
| Registry Backend: | Donuts |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Commerce |
| Priority #: | 903 - Top Level Domain Holdings 1071 - Famous Four Media (dot Sale Limited) 1131 - Donuts (Half Bloom, LLC) |
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.sale is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program. After a private auction in September 2014, Donuts became the sole applicant for the string.
Current Applicant
- Donuts (Half Bloom, LLC) applied for 307 TLDs. This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
Former Applicants
- Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. filed for 68 new TLD applications on its own behalf.[1] This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here. .sale was WITHDRAWN by TLDH, along with another 3 TLDs (.free, .spa, .zulu), in April 2013.[2]
- Uniregistry, Corp., Frank Schilling's company applied for 54 new TLDs.[3]
- Famous Four Media applied for 61 new TLDs.
- Dot-Sale LLC
European Commission Communiqué
The European Commission flagged all applications for .sale outside of ICANN's defined remediation processes.
Just after ICANN's GAC issued its Early Warnings, which are advice given from one GAC member country to an applicant warning it of potential issues within its application, the European Commission issued a letter to all applicants within the new gTLD program. The letter highlights 58 applications that "could raise issues of compatibility with the existing legislation .. and/or with policy positions and objectives of the European Union." It notes a desire to open a dialogue with each offending applicant.
The Commission specifically notes that this objection is not a part of the GAC Early Warning process, and goes on to note that "the Commission does not consider itself legally bound to [ICANN] processes," given that there is not legal agreement between the two bodies.[4][5]
Private Auction
A Private auction conducted in September 2014 left Donuts as the only applicant for the string, as the other applicants withdrew. The winning bid was not revealed.[6]
References
- ↑ gTLD Application Update 92 applications submitted, TLDH.org
- ↑ TLDh withdrawing 4 new gTLD applications fee sale spa zulu en.PaperBlog.com Retrieved 9 May 2013
- ↑ Here Are the 54 New gTLDs That Frank Schillings Uniregistry applied for, TheDomains.com
- ↑ DomainIncite.com/Docs Published 27 Nov 2012, Retrieved 11 Dec 2012
- ↑ Europe Rejects ICANNs Authority As it Warns of Problems with 58 New gTLDs, DomainIncite.com Published 27 Nov 2012, Retrieved 11 Dec 2012
- ↑ Donuts Snatches Four New gTLDs at Auction beating Amazon to .video DomainIncite; by Kevin Murphy; Retrieved 23 Sept 2014