Community TLD

Community gTLD is one of the different categories of generic top level domain names (gTLDs) created by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which is primarily intended for community groups that are interested in operating their own TLD Registry. Community gTLDs should represent and receive strong support from a clearly defined group of people who will benefit from the TLD such as cities, cultural, regional, geographical, religious and social groups as well as industry sectors. A good example of community group that represents a clearly defined group of people that maybe qualified to apply for a community gTLD is the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). This group is well-established and it can demonstrate that it has a continuous relationship with its members.

Requirements for Community gTLD Applicants

Based on the gTLD Applicant Guidebook, applicants for community based gTLDs should:

1. Demonstrate an ongoing relationship with a clearly delineated community.
2. Have applied for a gTLD string strongly and specifically related to the community named in the application.
3. Have proposed dedicated registration and use policies or registrants in its proposed gTLD, including appropriate security verification procedures, commensurate with the community-based purpose it has named.
4. Have its application endorsed in writing by one or more established institutions representing the community it has named.