Overview
- .auction is a delegated generic top-level domain (gTLD) applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- The string is categorized under Commerce and is intended for use related to auctions and commerce-oriented sites.
History
- Applied-for as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program (Reveal Day 13 June 2012).
- Delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 18 July 2014.
- Current applicant/registry: Donuts (SandGalley, LLC), represented by Daniel Schindler (EVP of Donuts).
- Donuts submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC) as part of its application.
- Previous applicant: Uniregistry, founded by domain investor Frank Schilling.
Usage and Audience
- Category: Commerce — the TLD is aligned with commercial and auction-related use cases.
- Typical audience: businesses, marketplaces, and services involved in auctions or commerce (as implied by the string and category).
Registration Rules
- The registry operator Donuts submitted a Public Interest Commitment for the string as part of its application process.
- The source does not provide detailed eligibility criteria, registration periods, or character rules for .auction registrations.
Notable Cases or Examples
- Private deal (reported February 2014) between Donuts and Uniregistry resolved contention for multiple strings. In that arrangement Donuts became the sole applicant for .auction (alongside .furniture and .gratis), while Uniregistry obtained .audio and .juegos.
- Donuts applied for a large portfolio of new gTLDs (307 strings); Uniregistry also participated heavily in the new gTLD rounds (54 applications).
Operator
Dog Beach, LLC
Whois
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domain: AUCTION
organisation: Dog Beach, LLC
address: c/o Identity Digital Limited
address: 10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address: Bellevue WA 98004
address: United States of America (the)
contact: administrative
name: Vice President, Engineering
organisation: Identity Digital Limited
address: 10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address: Bellevue WA 98004
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1.425.298.2200
fax-no: +1.425.671.0020
e-mail: tldadmin@identity.digital
contact: technical
name: Senior Director, DNS Infrastructure Group
organisation: Identity Digital Limited
address: 10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address: Bellevue WA 98004
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1.425.298.2200
fax-no: +1.425.671.0020
e-mail: tldtech@identity.digital
nserver: V0N0.NIC.AUCTION 2a01:8840:22:0:0:0:0:55 65.22.32.55
nserver: V0N1.NIC.AUCTION 2a01:8840:23:0:0:0:0:55 65.22.33.55
nserver: V0N2.NIC.AUCTION 2a01:8840:24:0:0:0:0:55 65.22.34.55
nserver: V0N3.NIC.AUCTION 161.232.16.55 2a01:8840:fa:0:0:0:0:55
nserver: V2N0.NIC.AUCTION 2a01:8840:25:0:0:0:0:55 65.22.35.55
nserver: V2N1.NIC.AUCTION 161.232.17.55 2a01:8840:fb:0:0:0:0:55
ds-rdata: 28861 8 2 a36871c0fbde1696e659a812be9ca47a2b140c26bdbd84c61c6ba3a25175a2fd
whois: whois.nic.auction
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/
created: 2014-04-24
changed: 2023-09-12
source: IANA
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