Overview
- .diet is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) created through ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- It is categorized as a Health new gTLD.
History
- Applicants and applicants' representatives:
- Uniregistry Corp. (applicant formed by Frank Schilling)
- Famous Four Media (dot Diet Limited)
- Donuts (Pioneer Hill, LLC)
- In May 2014 a private auction was conducted; Uniregistry won the rights to the .diet string.
- Uniregistry received a Registry Agreement from ICANN on 26 June 2014.
- .diet was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 16 August 2014, completing the delegation process.
- Donuts submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC) as part of its application prior to the auction outcome.
Usage and Audience
- The TLD is listed under the "Health" category of new gTLDs, associating it with diet- and health-related purposes.
- Registry operator Uniregistry is a company active in applying for and operating multiple new gTLDs.
Notable Cases or Examples
- The contention set for .diet was resolved via a private auction in May 2014; Uniregistry emerged as the winning bidder and became the Registry Operator.
- Uniregistry applied for a large portfolio of new gTLDs; Frank Schilling (founder) is noted as a domain name investor.
Operator
XYZ.COM LLC
Domain Promos
| Registrar | Price | Discount |
|---|
| Z.com | US$167.32 US$101.20 | 40 |
| EuroDNS | US$158.26 US$110.78 | 30 |
Whois
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domain: DIET
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: +1 702 763 2191
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.DIET 194.169.218.145 2001:67c:13cc:0:0:0:1:145
nserver: B.NIC.DIET 185.24.64.145 2a04:2b00:13cc:0:0:0:1:145
nserver: C.NIC.DIET 212.18.248.145 2a04:2b00:13ee:0:0:0:0:145
nserver: D.NIC.DIET 212.18.249.145 2a04:2b00:13ff:0:0:0:0:145
ds-rdata: 21867 13 2 2c0a937c6b26d322943537b3322f0b09c5ad21029b9f0567eb8e46b467006930
whois: whois.nic.diet
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://nic.diet
created: 2014-08-15
changed: 2025-08-12
source: IANA
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