Overview
- .guide is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- Donuts (listed as Snow Moon, LLC) is the registry operator for the string.
- The TLD is categorized under Commerce New gTLDs in the source template.
History
- The .guide application was part of ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- Two applicants submitted for the string: Donuts and Top Level Domain Holdings.
- Donuts won the rights to the string in a private auction held in August 2013 by Innovative Auctions; the specific amount for .guide was not disclosed (note: the eight auctions referenced were cumulatively valued at $9.65 million).
- After passing Initial Evaluation, Donuts received a signed Registry Agreement from ICANN on 13 September 2013.
- .guide was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 15 May 2014, completing the delegation process and establishing Donuts as the registry operator.
Usage and Audience
- The source classifies .guide as a generic gTLD and places it in the Commerce category of new gTLDs.
- No additional usage, audience, or registration-detail information is provided in the source.
Operator
Binky Moon, LLC
Whois
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domain: GUIDE
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
nserver: V0N0.NIC.GUIDE 2a01:8840:1e:0:0:0:0:12 65.22.28.12
nserver: V0N1.NIC.GUIDE 2a01:8840:1f:0:0:0:0:12 65.22.29.12
nserver: V0N2.NIC.GUIDE 2a01:8840:20:0:0:0:0:12 65.22.30.12
nserver: V0N3.NIC.GUIDE 161.232.14.12 2a01:8840:f8:0:0:0:0:12
nserver: V2N0.NIC.GUIDE 2a01:8840:21:0:0:0:0:12 65.22.31.12
nserver: V2N1.NIC.GUIDE 161.232.15.12 2a01:8840:f9:0:0:0:0:12
ds-rdata: 49501 8 2 835f5372b348a923b10bb048b56758380a24320c66e5cb828c5978dc79aa2f08
whois: whois.nic.guide
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/
created: 2014-05-08
changed: 2023-09-12
source: IANA
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