.drive

Overview

• .drive is a proposed generic top-level domain (gTLD).
• Classified as a Brand gTLD and associated with Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.).
• Wikipedia redirects the .drive entry to Google Registry and it is listed among Google top-level domains.

History

• Submitted under ICANN's New gTLD Program as part of Google's applications (Google applied for a total of 101 new gTLDs).
• Main contact named in the application: Sarah Falvey, Senior Policy Analyst at Google.
• The string was contested; Amazon initially applied for .drive as well.
• Priority information from ICANNWiki shows Google with priority 657 and Amazon with 963 (Amazon entry later crossed out).
• In July 2014 Amazon withdrew its application for .drive after an assumed private deal or auction, leaving Google as the sole applicant.
• Related outcome: Google won .dev in the same month against Amazon; Amazon became sole applicant for other strings after Google withdrew from some applications.
• ICANNWiki status for .drive is listed as "Proposed."

Usage and Audience

• TLD type: Brand gTLD — associated with Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.).
• Intended audience or use is as a brand-controlled TLD (i.e., for Google's branding or services) as indicated by its classification and association with Google.

Registration Rules

• String contention: Yes — the string was contested originally by Amazon and Google; Amazon later withdrew (July 2014), leaving Google as the sole applicant.
• Registry: not specified in the provided source.

Notable Cases or Examples

• Amazon withdrew its .drive application in July 2014 after an assumed private deal or auction, resulting in Google remaining the sole applicant for the string.
• The Google vs. Amazon competition involved multiple strings (the two companies competed on 21 new gTLD strings overall).
• The .drive application is recorded alongside other Google applications and is part of Google's broader set of proposed top-level domains.

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domain:       DRIVE

organisation: Charleston Road Registry Inc.
address:      1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
address:      Mountain View CA 94043
address:      United States of America (the)

contact:      administrative
name:         TLD Admin
organisation: Google Inc
address:      111 8th Avenue
address:      New York NY 10011
address:      United States of America (the)
phone:        +1 404 978 8419
fax-no:       +1 650 492 5631
e-mail:       iana-contact@google.com

contact:      technical
name:         TLD Engineering
organisation: Google Inc.
address:      76 Ninth Avenue, 4th Floor
address:      New York NY 10011
address:      United States of America (the)
phone:        +1 404 978 8419
fax-no:       +1 650 492 5631
e-mail:       crr-tech@google.com

nserver:      NS-TLD1.CHARLESTONROADREGISTRY.COM 2001:4860:4802:32:0:0:0:69 216.239.32.105
nserver:      NS-TLD2.CHARLESTONROADREGISTRY.COM 2001:4860:4802:34:0:0:0:69 216.239.34.105
nserver:      NS-TLD3.CHARLESTONROADREGISTRY.COM 2001:4860:4802:36:0:0:0:69 216.239.36.105
nserver:      NS-TLD4.CHARLESTONROADREGISTRY.COM 2001:4860:4802:38:0:0:0:69 216.239.38.105
nserver:      NS-TLD5.CHARLESTONROADREGISTRY.COM 2001:4860:4805:0:0:0:0:69 216.239.60.105
ds-rdata:     32974 8 2 be68de85ad9a87657ceb1f620fa37febfc725180e40117914886ccbb6947d619

whois:        

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: https://www.registry.google

created:      2015-06-04
changed:      2025-04-11
source:       IANA