Generic top-level domainsDNSSEC
Overview
.grocery is a proposed generic top-level domain (gTLD) in ICANN's New gTLD Program. It is categorized under Commerce and listed with a status of "Proposed." The registry/manager and implementation details were not specified in the provided source.
History
- Current applicant: Wal‑Mart Stores, Inc. (priority listed as 867).
- Previous applicant: Safeway Inc.; Safeway withdrew its .grocery application in September 2014 (the record shows a struck-through priority of 359 for Safeway).
- Both applications were issued a GAC Early Warning by the representative of Australia and GAC Chair Heather Dryden.
Usage and Audience
- The TLD is associated with the commerce/grocery sector based on its category and the nature of the applicants.
- Typical users would be grocery retailers, supermarket chains, and organizations operating in the grocery/food retail market (as implied by applicants and category).
SEO and Brand Impact
- A GAC Early Warning raised concerns that an applicant was "seeking exclusive access to a common generic string" relating to a broad market sector; the warning noted this could have unintended consequences and a negative impact on competition.
Notable Cases or Examples
- Safeway withdrew its .grocery application in September 2014.
- Wal‑Mart Stores, Inc. is recorded as the current applicant for .grocery.
Operator
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: GROCERY organisation: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. address: 702 Southwest 8th Street address: Bentonville AR 72716 address: United States of America (the) contact: administrative name: Project and Process Manager organisation: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. address: 702 Southwest 8th Street address: Bentonville AR 72716 address: United States of America (the) phone: +44 20 70 15 17 17 e-mail: ngtld-walmart@cscglobal.com contact: technical name: IANA Contact organisation: GoDaddy Registry address: 100 S. Mill Ave, Suite 1600 address: Tempe AZ 85281 address: United States of America (the) phone: +1 480 505 8800 fax-no: +1 480 624 2546 e-mail: iana@registry.godaddy nserver: A.NIC.GROCERY 2001:dcd:1:0:0:0:0:10 37.209.192.10 nserver: B.NIC.GROCERY 2001:dcd:2:0:0:0:0:10 37.209.194.10 nserver: C.NIC.GROCERY 2001:dcd:3:0:0:0:0:10 37.209.196.10 nserver: X.NIC.GROCERY 156.154.172.82 2610:a1:1074:0:0:0:1:82 nserver: Y.NIC.GROCERY 156.154.173.82 2610:a1:1075:0:0:0:1:82 nserver: Z.NIC.GROCERY 156.154.174.82 2610:a1:1076:0:0:0:1:82 ds-rdata: 58537 8 2 3306b36e70fe436fc00b50acd0d7c0dab84db02062907f3ff5cece68f09cb68c ds-rdata: 18634 8 2 03d573c990bfb36fce9a9ecebf706b50bc42d96772d9c39c76af617225c02b34 whois: whois.nic.grocery status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: http://www.walmart.com created: 2017-06-08 changed: 2024-11-20 source: IANA