Overview
- .business is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) proposed in ICANN's New gTLD Program and intended for commerce and business-related use.
- The successful applicant/registry operator is Donuts (Spring Cross, LLC). It is categorized under Commerce.
History
- Applicant/Registry Operator: Donuts (Spring Cross, LLC).
- Registry Agreement: Donuts received a registry agreement signed by ICANN on 07 November 2013.
- Delegation: .business was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 22 August 2014.
- Sunrise: The registry announced a Sunrise Period from 30 September 2014 to 29 November 2014.
Usage and Audience
- Target audience: businesses and commerce-related entities (classified under Commerce).
- Intended general use: to provide greater expression on the Internet for commercial and business purposes.
Registration Rules
- Planned as an open TLD without pre-registration restrictions.
- The registry stated it would not use pre-registration verification, arguing such verification could deny legitimate registrants access.
- The registry committed to adhere to ICANN-required registration policies and to define remediation and takedown policies.
- Abuse mitigation: the application indicated plans to control abuse through "extensive user and rights protections."
- Sunrise period was announced (30 September 2014–29 November 2014).
Notable Cases or Examples
- Name collision mitigation: In the ICANN name collision assessment process, .business was among 25 applied-for strings (announced 18 November 2013) not eligible for the alternative path; those strings had to wait for further mitigation research and plans before delegation could proceed.
Operator
Binky Moon, LLC
Whois
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domain: BUSINESS
organisation: Binky Moon, 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.BUSINESS 2a01:8840:22:0:0:0:0:38 65.22.32.38
nserver: V0N1.NIC.BUSINESS 2a01:8840:23:0:0:0:0:38 65.22.33.38
nserver: V0N2.NIC.BUSINESS 2a01:8840:24:0:0:0:0:38 65.22.34.38
nserver: V0N3.NIC.BUSINESS 161.232.16.38 2a01:8840:fa:0:0:0:0:38
nserver: V2N0.NIC.BUSINESS 2a01:8840:25:0:0:0:0:38 65.22.35.38
nserver: V2N1.NIC.BUSINESS 161.232.17.38 2a01:8840:fb:0:0:0:0:38
ds-rdata: 27997 8 2 7f17414b2ebdd17b8bf3f1205bc82e2ee158df8de4cf46daceff55447f0ee429
whois: whois.nic.business
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/
created: 2014-08-18
changed: 2023-09-12
source: IANA
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