Overview
- .holiday is an active generic top-level domain (gTLD) operated by Donuts (Goose Woods, LLC).
- Proposed in ICANN's New gTLD Program, the string is positioned for holiday- and lifestyle-related uses and for providing greater expression on the Internet.
- The registry planned an open TLD model without pre-registration verification and with measures to control abuse.
History
- Application revealed during ICANN's New gTLD program (Reveal Day: 13 June 2012).
- The registry and applicant for the string is Donuts (Goose Woods, LLC).
- A Registry Agreement with ICANN was signed on 07 November 2013.
- .holiday was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 29 December 2013, completing the successful application and delegation process.
- The application noted intent to adhere to ICANN policies and to implement remediation and takedown procedures for abuse control.
Usage and Audience
- Targeted at lifestyle, travel, events, seasonal and holiday-focused websites.
- Intended as an open namespace to allow broad expression by registrants rather than a restricted or community-limited TLD.
- Aimed at businesses, publishers, and individuals creating holiday-related content, promotions, or event pages.
Registration Rules
- The registry described .holiday as an open TLD without pre-registration verification; applicants would not be denied registration based on pre-verification.
- The operator committed to follow ICANN registration policies and to define remediation and takedown policies to address abuse and rights protection.
- Donuts indicated plans to control abuse through "extensive user and rights protections."
Operator
Binky Moon, LLC
Whois
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domain: HOLIDAY
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.HOLIDAY 2a01:8840:1a:0:0:0:0:24 65.22.24.24
nserver: V0N1.NIC.HOLIDAY 2a01:8840:1b:0:0:0:0:24 65.22.25.24
nserver: V0N2.NIC.HOLIDAY 2a01:8840:1c:0:0:0:0:24 65.22.26.24
nserver: V0N3.NIC.HOLIDAY 161.232.12.24 2a01:8840:f6:0:0:0:0:24
nserver: V2N0.NIC.HOLIDAY 2a01:8840:1d:0:0:0:0:24 65.22.27.24
nserver: V2N1.NIC.HOLIDAY 161.232.13.24 2a01:8840:f7:0:0:0:0:24
ds-rdata: 61717 8 2 34267e711a8fc7a8bb25ee22e87508951cafad73f29d332cddeb3190bb9982f9
whois: whois.nic.holiday
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/
created: 2013-12-19
changed: 2023-09-12
source: IANA
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