.holdings

Overview

• .holdings is an active generic top-level domain (gTLD) created under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
• The registry operator is Donuts (John Madison, LLC). Donuts was the sole applicant for the string.
• The string was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 6 November 2013.

History

• Donuts applied for .holdings as part of its slate of new gTLD applications using a common (boiler-plate) application approach.
• Donuts received a signed Registry Agreement with ICANN for .holdings on 27 August 2013 after passing Initial Evaluation.
• The .holdings gTLD was delegated to the Root Zone on 6 November 2013.
• The icannwiki entry lists a priority value of 263 associated with the Donuts application (John Madison, LLC).

Usage and Audience

• The application described .holdings as a means of providing greater expression on the Internet and positioned it as an open TLD without pre-registration policies.
• It is categorized among Donuts' "Professional" new gTLDs in registry listings.

Registration Rules

• The application and registry plan indicate .holdings is intended to be an open gTLD with no pre-registration verification.
• Donuts stated intent to adhere to all ICANN registration policies and to define remediation and takedown policies to meet those requirements.
• The registry indicated it would control abuse through "extensive user and rights protections." (language from the application)

Notable Cases or Examples

• .holdings was one of nine Donuts gTLDs delegated to the root on 6 November 2013, alongside .camera, .clothing, .lighting, .singles, .voyage, .guru, .ventures and .equipment.
• Donuts announced that its first seven gTLDs, including .holdings, would have a Sunrise period starting 26 November 2013 and closing 24 January 2014. Donuts also stated it would not hold a Landrush period for those seven domains and would move to general availability on 29 January 2013 (as reported in the source).

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domain:       HOLDINGS

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.HOLDINGS 2a01:8840:1a:0:0:0:0:51 65.22.24.51
nserver:      V0N1.NIC.HOLDINGS 2a01:8840:1b:0:0:0:0:51 65.22.25.51
nserver:      V0N2.NIC.HOLDINGS 2a01:8840:1c:0:0:0:0:51 65.22.26.51
nserver:      V0N3.NIC.HOLDINGS 161.232.12.51 2a01:8840:f6:0:0:0:0:51
nserver:      V2N0.NIC.HOLDINGS 2a01:8840:1d:0:0:0:0:51 65.22.27.51
nserver:      V2N1.NIC.HOLDINGS 161.232.13.51 2a01:8840:f7:0:0:0:0:51
ds-rdata:     25396 8 2 bd7d00cff174d8898dfd6b1174e027e8899b1aa029555d54574f6165135f45d4

whois:        whois.nic.holdings

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

created:      2013-10-31
changed:      2023-09-12
source:       IANA