Overview
- .boats is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) introduced through ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- The string was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 25 February 2015.
- Dominion Enterprises (DERBoats, LLC) operates the TLD as its registry.
- On ICANNWiki the TLD is categorized under "Sport".
History
- The .boats application succeeded in the New gTLD Program and was delegated on 25 February 2015.
- Registry operator: Dominion Enterprises (DERBoats, LLC).
- The application experienced string contention during the evaluation process (string contention = Yes).
Private Auction
- A private auction conducted in November 2014 resulted in DERBoats becoming the sole remaining applicant for the .boats string.
Previous Applicant
- Donuts (Black Shadow, LLC) was a previous applicant for .boats and had submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC) during the application phase.
Notable Points
- Delegation date: 25 February 2015.
- Registry: Dominion Enterprises (DERBoats, LLC).
- Contention was resolved via a private auction in November 2014, leaving DERBoats as the successful applicant.
Operator
XYZ.COM LLC
Whois
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domain: BOATS
organisation: XYZ.COM LLC
address: 4425 Spring Mountain Rd., Suite 2
address: Las Vegas NV 89102
address: United States of America (the)
contact: administrative
name: General Counsel
organisation: XYZ.COM LLC
address: 4425 Spring Mountain Rd., Suite 2
address: Las Vegas NV 89102
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1 702 757 6555
e-mail: hello@xyz.com
contact: technical
name: CTO
organisation: CentralNic
address: Saddlers House, 4th Floor
address: 44 Gutter Lane
address: London EC2V 6BR
address: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
phone: +44 20 33 88 0600
fax-no: +44 20 33 88 0601
e-mail: tld.ops@centralnic.com
nserver: A.NIC.BOATS 194.169.218.134 2001:67c:13cc:0:0:0:1:134
nserver: B.NIC.BOATS 185.24.64.134 2a04:2b00:13cc:0:0:0:1:134
nserver: C.NIC.BOATS 212.18.248.134 2a04:2b00:13ee:0:0:0:0:134
nserver: D.NIC.BOATS 212.18.249.134 2a04:2b00:13ff:0:0:0:0:134
ds-rdata: 59980 8 2 a5e1e3d7c3a1cd95834be1a4f1b403eb0018e4918d107c25a61360b2b7e585dd
ds-rdata: 35419 8 2 43c5098ed1c55c5eb62237acd9ebdc4721ca7e8b8290c66538ee4eae7bfd997e
whois: whois.nic.boats
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: http://nic.boats
created: 2015-02-13
changed: 2025-08-12
source: IANA
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