.capital

Overview

• .capital is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) applied for and operated by Donuts (Delta Mill, LLC).
• The string is categorized under commerce and intended to serve business, finance, and related uses.

History

• Applicant / manager: Donuts (Delta Mill, LLC).
• Registry field in the source lists Demand Media.
• The application for .capital was submitted as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program and succeeded.
• A Registry Agreement between Donuts and ICANN was signed on 06 March 2014.
• .capital was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 11 April 2014, completing its delegation.

Usage and Audience

• Target audience: businesses, finance and commerce-related entities seeking a relevant namespace.
• Category: Commerce (listed among commerce new gTLDs).

Registration Rules

• The application described .capital as an open TLD without pre-registration policies.
• No pre-registration verification was planned; the operator stated it would not use pre-verification to deny domain access to legitimate registrants.
• The operator indicated intent to adhere to ICANN registration policies and to implement remediation and takedown policies as required.
• The operator planned to control abuse through user and rights protections (no further technical details provided).

Notable Cases or Examples

• The application received a GAC Early Warning from the representative of Australia and GAC Chair Heather Dryden. The warning noted that the string is a generic geographic term and that the applicant did not appear to propose sufficient mechanisms for communities to protect their names and reputations at the second level.
• Donuts' application materials for .capital were noted to follow a common boilerplate used in several of its gTLD applications, describing the string as an open, expressive namespace.

% IANA WHOIS server
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domain:       CAPITAL

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.CAPITAL 2a01:8840:1e:0:0:0:0:10 65.22.28.10
nserver:      V0N1.NIC.CAPITAL 2a01:8840:1f:0:0:0:0:10 65.22.29.10
nserver:      V0N2.NIC.CAPITAL 2a01:8840:20:0:0:0:0:10 65.22.30.10
nserver:      V0N3.NIC.CAPITAL 161.232.14.10 2a01:8840:f8:0:0:0:0:10
nserver:      V2N0.NIC.CAPITAL 2a01:8840:21:0:0:0:0:10 65.22.31.10
nserver:      V2N1.NIC.CAPITAL 161.232.15.10 2a01:8840:f9:0:0:0:0:10
ds-rdata:     9469 8 2 e4832b3a24031e377c4d82a22c87efadee41fac941fd1fac7a2ab5ecc9b821a0

whois:        whois.nic.capital

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/

created:      2014-04-03
changed:      2023-09-12
source:       IANA