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'''.voting''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant is [[Valuetainment Corp.]]<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref>

'''.voting''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant is [[Valuetainment Corp.]]<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref> The proposed application succeeded and was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] on 29 January 2014.<ref name="delegation">[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/delegated-strings Delegated Strings, ICANN.org] Retrieved 29 Jan 2014</ref>

==Application Details==

==Application Details==

The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18:

The following is excerpted from the applicant's response to question #18:

The applicant, Valuetainment AG, Switzerland, was founded in 2005 and has a lot of expertise in the area of conducting polls. The applicants offers the so called Votingtool (votingtool.com), which gives private and commercial customers the possibility to obtain the opinion of readers, viewers, customers, friends, employees, fans or other target groups. The subject of such polls may be political questions, products, movies, pictures, to name a few examples. At the time of drafting this text, the Votingtool is used by more than 30,000 customers. The experience in this business led to the idea of the .voting gTLD.

The applicant, Valuetainment AG, Switzerland, was founded in 2005 and has a lot of expertise in the area of conducting polls. The applicants offers the so called Votingtool (votingtool.com), which gives private and commercial customers the possibility to obtain the opinion of readers, viewers, customers, friends, employees, fans or other target groups. The subject of such polls may be political questions, products, movies, pictures, to name a few examples. At the time of drafting this text, the Votingtool is used by more than 30,000 customers. The experience in this business led to the idea of the .voting gTLD.

Both registrants and Internet users will benefit from transparent rules for the TLD, in terms of acceptable use versus abuse and also in the area of data protection. This will make it easier for registrants to achieve their goal, namely obtaining opinions from as many users as possible, and also easier for Internet users to participate, since they will know that .voting domain names are governed by policies ensuring a high quality standard and high reputation.

Both registrants and Internet users will benefit from transparent rules for the TLD, in terms of acceptable use versus abuse and also in the area of data protection. This will make it easier for registrants to achieve their goal, namely obtaining opinions from as many users as possible, and also easier for Internet users to participate, since they will know that .voting domain names are governed by policies ensuring a high quality standard and high reputation.

The applicant will provide the Votingtool in all languages covered by the proposed IDN characters. Support will be provided in German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Russian."<Ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1068 Application Download, gTLDresult.ICANN.org] Retrieved 19 Feb 2013</ref>

The applicant will provide the Votingtool in all languages covered by the proposed IDN characters. Support will be provided in German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Russian."<Ref>[http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1068 Application Download, gTLDresult.ICANN.org] Retrieved 19 Feb 2013</ref>

===Contract Signed===

==Contract Signed==

On 13 November 2013, [[Valuetainment Corp.]] received a [[Registry Agreement]] signed by [[ICANN]] for .voting after passing all the required processes needed to become a [[Registry Operator]] for the string.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries Registry Agreements, ICANN.org] Retrieved 15 Nov 2013</ref>

On 13 November 2013, [[Valuetainment Corp.]] received a [[Registry Agreement]] signed by [[ICANN]] for .voting after passing all the required processes needed to become a [[Registry Operator]] for the string.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries Registry Agreements, ICANN.org] Retrieved 15 Nov 2013</ref>

==References==

==References==