.football

Overview

• .football is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) created through ICANN's New gTLD Program.
• It is categorized under Sport and intended for football-related uses and communities.

History

• Auction and delegation:
  • Donuts (operating under Foggy Farms, LLC) won the .football string at auction in December 2014.
  • The TLD was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 19 February 2015.
• Registry applicant details:
  • Donuts filed the application under Foggy Farms, LLC. Daniel Schindler (co‑founder and EVP Sales & Marketing) is listed as the main contact for the application.
  • Donuts filed many new gTLDs (307) and raised capital to operate its registry business (reported as $100 million).
  • Donuts submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC) as part of its application.
• Competing applicant:
  • Famous Four Media (dot Football Limited) was an unsuccessful applicant for the string; it had identified Neustar as a proposed back‑end registry services provider.

Usage and Audience

• Target audience and use cases:
  • Positioned for football-related organizations, communities, businesses and fans (category: Sport).
  • Suitable for entities wanting a football-focused web identity.

Registration Rules

• Known timeline detail:
  • The TLD entered an Early Access Period (EAP) starting May 27, 2015.
• Registry / priority:
  • Priority assignment in the application process lists Donuts (Foggy Farms, LLC) with priority 755 for this string.

Notable Cases or Examples

• Donuts won the .football auction (December 2014) and the TLD was delegated on 19 February 2015.
• Famous Four Media (dot Football Limited) was a competing applicant that did not prevail; their application referenced Neustar for back‑end services.
• Donuts' application included a Public Interest Commitment and was part of the company's broader portfolio of new gTLD applications.

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domain:       FOOTBALL

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

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nserver:      V2N0.NIC.FOOTBALL 2a01:8840:19:0:0:0:0:22 65.22.23.22
nserver:      V2N1.NIC.FOOTBALL 161.232.11.22 2a01:8840:f5:0:0:0:0:22
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whois:        whois.nic.football

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

created:      2015-02-13
changed:      2023-09-13
source:       IANA