Overview
- .discount is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) applied for in ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- The string is categorized under Commerce and is intended as a commerce-related gTLD.
- Donuts (Holly Hill, LLC) is the registry operator for .discount.
History
Delegation and Contract
- ICANN signed the Registry Agreement for .discount with Donuts on 06 March 2014.
- .discount was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 23 April 2014, completing the successful application.
Registry Operator
- Donuts (Holly Hill, LLC) is the registry operator; Donuts submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC) as part of its application.
- Donuts filed many new gTLD applications under different company names; Daniel Schindler is listed in association with Donuts' applications.
Private Auction and Applicants
- Donuts won the rights to the .discount string in a private auction. The auction was managed by Innovative Auctions and the winning bid was not disclosed.
- Other applicants mentioned for .discount include Dot Discount, LLC and WhatBox?.
European Commission Communiqué
- The European Commission flagged the .discount applications among a set of 58 applications it considered could raise compatibility issues with EU legislation or policy positions and sought dialogue with the applicants.
Notable Administrative Notes
- Donuts' application for .discount succeeded through the standard New gTLD processes and resulted in a signed registry agreement and delegation to the root zone.
Operator
Binky Moon, LLC
Whois
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domain: DISCOUNT
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.DISCOUNT 2a01:8840:1e:0:0:0:0:57 65.22.28.57
nserver: V0N1.NIC.DISCOUNT 2a01:8840:1f:0:0:0:0:57 65.22.29.57
nserver: V0N2.NIC.DISCOUNT 2a01:8840:20:0:0:0:0:57 65.22.30.57
nserver: V0N3.NIC.DISCOUNT 161.232.14.57 2a01:8840:f8:0:0:0:0:57
nserver: V2N0.NIC.DISCOUNT 2a01:8840:21:0:0:0:0:57 65.22.31.57
nserver: V2N1.NIC.DISCOUNT 161.232.15.57 2a01:8840:f9:0:0:0:0:57
ds-rdata: 51140 8 2 fa79b01e16956fa153e17df749592ab311ac88f7cca89102145a31bf327e7c0d
whois: whois.nic.discount
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/
created: 2014-04-17
changed: 2023-09-12
source: IANA
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