.gifts

Overview

• .gifts is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) proposed under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
• The string is intended for gift-related products, services and information and is categorized under commerce.
• The TLD was delegated to the DNS root zone on 8 August 2014.

History

• The .gifts gTLD was applied for during ICANN's New gTLD round.
• The contention set for .gifts was resolved via a private auction in June 2014; Donuts (Goose Sky, LLC) emerged as the successful applicant.
• On 3 July 2014 Donuts received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN after passing Initial Evaluation.
• The string was delegated to the Root Zone on 8 August 2014.
• Donuts submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC) as part of its application process.
• Registry/back-end partnerships mentioned in the application materials include Demand Media (back-end), AusRegistry (DNS services/DNSSEC), Equinix and SuperNap (datacenter infrastructure), and Iron Mountain (data escrow).

Usage and Audience

• Target audience: businesses and individuals involved in gift-related commerce — sellers of gifts, gift services, gift guides and related content.
• The registry stated that registrations under .gifts would be open to a wide range of registrants, allowing for diverse uses within the gifting and commerce space.

Registration Rules

• The registry announced a Sunrise Period for .gifts running from 2 September 2014 to 1 November 2014.
• Donuts indicated that registrations would be broadly open to registrants; specific eligibility restrictions, minimum/maximum registration periods, and allowed-character rules are not detailed in the provided source.
• One of the other applicants (Lucy Ventures, LLC) had planned to reserve and auction premium names as part of its proposed registry model before withdrawing following the private auction.

Notable Cases or Examples

• Private auction (June 2014): Donuts won the contention set for .gifts; the other applicant (Lucy Ventures, LLC) withdrew following the auction.
• Key milestones: Registry Agreement signed on 3 July 2014 and delegation to the Root Zone on 8 August 2014.
• Sunrise period: 2 September 2014 to 1 November 2014.

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domain:       GIFTS

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:      V0N2.NIC.GIFTS 2a01:8840:24:0:0:0:0:23 65.22.34.23
nserver:      V0N3.NIC.GIFTS 161.232.16.23 2a01:8840:fa:0:0:0:0:23
nserver:      V2N0.NIC.GIFTS 2a01:8840:25:0:0:0:0:23 65.22.35.23
nserver:      V2N1.NIC.GIFTS 161.232.17.23 2a01:8840:fb:0:0:0:0:23
ds-rdata:     32917 8 2 49d3abcfb00907eb5edf64455814d09ec2efa8d8959b1daa949c71a1d47e3de2

whois:        whois.nic.gifts

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

created:      2014-07-31
changed:      2023-09-12
source:       IANA