.family

Overview

• .family is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) string created under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
• It is categorized as a "Lifestyle" new gTLD in available records.

History

• Delegation: .family was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 11 August 2015.
• Registry provider: Rightside is named as the registry provider for .family.
• Applicants and application priorities (as recorded):
  • Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.) — priority 892.
  • Uniregistry, Corp. — priority 1494.
  • Donuts (Bitter Galley, LLC) — priority 1539.
• Applicant details from filings:
  • Donuts (Bitter Galley, LLC): Donuts submitted .family as one of many new gTLDs through a subsidiary (Bitter Galley, LLC). The company reported a large-scale application effort (reported application-fee investment mentioned) and submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC). Demand Media was named to provide back-end registry solutions for Donuts' applicants.
  • Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.): Filed for multiple new gTLDs; Sarah Falvey was listed as a contact in the application.
  • Uniregistry, Corp.: Founded by domain investor Frank Schilling; Uniregistry applied for dozens of gTLDs including .family.

Usage and Audience

• Classification: Listed as a Generic gTLD and categorized under "Lifestyle" new gTLDs.
• Typical applicants: Registry operators and large domain applicants (examples include Google, Donuts, and Uniregistry) filed for the string during the New gTLD application process.

Notable Cases or Examples

• Name collision process: In October 2013 ICANN released assessments related to name-collision risks in the New gTLD program. On 18 November 2013 ICANN announced which applied-for strings were eligible for an alternative path to delegation; .family was among 25 strings determined not eligible for that alternative path and therefore required further mitigation research and plans before proceeding toward delegation.

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domain:       FAMILY

organisation: Dog Beach, 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.FAMILY 2a01:8840:1e:0:0:0:0:39 65.22.28.39
nserver:      V0N1.NIC.FAMILY 2a01:8840:1f:0:0:0:0:39 65.22.29.39
nserver:      V0N2.NIC.FAMILY 2a01:8840:20:0:0:0:0:39 65.22.30.39
nserver:      V0N3.NIC.FAMILY 161.232.14.39 2a01:8840:f8:0:0:0:0:39
nserver:      V2N0.NIC.FAMILY 2a01:8840:21:0:0:0:0:39 65.22.31.39
nserver:      V2N1.NIC.FAMILY 161.232.15.39 2a01:8840:f9:0:0:0:0:39
ds-rdata:     30022 8 2 2af2db00cdbdf65666c9afb59f4dc21cf8b8dc5b050a34fc594b1cbe6c858584

whois:        whois.nic.family

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

created:      2015-08-06
changed:      2023-09-13
source:       IANA