.tickets

Status:	Proposed
country:	International
Registry:	XYZ.COM LLC
Registry Backend:	CentralNic
Type:	Generic
Category:	Commerce
Priority #:	259 - Tickets TLD LLC 406 - Accent Media Limited 464 - Donuts (Atomic McCook, LLC) 485 - Shubert Internet, Inc. 538 - Famous Four Media (dot Tickets Limited)
More information:

.tickets is a proposed gTLD in ICANN's new gTLD program. After a private auction in September 2014, Accent Media became the sole applicant for the string.

Current Applicant

1. Accent Media Limited - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here

Previous Applicants

1. Donuts (Atomic McCook, LLC) - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here
2. Famous Four Media (dot Tickets Limited)
3. Shubert Internet, Inc. - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here
4. Tickets TLD LLC

Private Auction

In September 2014, it was announced that Accent Media won the rights to the string over the other applicants. The company had received $1.62 Million in investment money from CentralNic, and Accent will switch their backend provider from Afilias to CentralNIC. CentralNIC will acquire a 12% stake in Accent as well.