Overview
- .hosting is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- The string is listed in the "Technology" category on ICANNWiki.
- Uniregistry is the successful applicant and the registry for .hosting.
History
- Uniregistry (owned by domainer Frank Schilling) was the successful applicant and became the registry operator.
- A Registry Agreement for .hosting was signed by ICANN on 29 May 2014 after the application passed Initial Evaluation.
- .hosting was delegated to the DNS root zone on 16 August 2014, completing the successful application process.
Usage and Audience
- ICANNWiki categorizes .hosting under Technology, indicating relevance to technology and hosting-related services and communities.
Registration Rules
- A Sunrise period for .hosting ran from 3 September 2014 to 3 November 2014, as announced by the registry.
Notable Cases or Examples
- Multiple applicants competed for the string: Uniregistry (successful applicant), Radix (Dottransfer Inc.), and Donuts (Trixy Birch, LLC).
- Radix withdrew after a private auction administered by Applicant Auction in April 2014, which Uniregistry won.
- Radix had received a GAC Early Warning on its portfolio applications related to inclusion of an email address associated with a U.S. federal agency; this context was noted for Radix's applications.
Operator
XYZ.COM LLC
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server
% for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org
% This query returned 1 object
domain: HOSTING
organisation: XYZ.COM LLC
address: 4425 Spring Mountain Rd., Suite 2
address: Las Vegas NV 89102
address: United States of America (the)
contact: administrative
name: General Counsel
organisation: XYZ.COM LLC
address: 4425 Spring Mountain Rd., Suite 2
address: Las Vegas NV 89102
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1 702 763 2191
e-mail: hello@xyz.com
contact: technical
name: CTO
organisation: CentralNic
address: Saddlers House, 4th Floor
address: 44 Gutter Lane
address: London EC2V 6BR
address: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
phone: +44 20 33 88 0600
fax-no: +44 20 33 88 0601
e-mail: tld.ops@centralnic.com
nserver: A.NIC.HOSTING 194.169.218.152 2001:67c:13cc:0:0:0:1:152
nserver: B.NIC.HOSTING 185.24.64.152 2a04:2b00:13cc:0:0:0:1:152
nserver: C.NIC.HOSTING 212.18.248.152 2a04:2b00:13ee:0:0:0:0:152
nserver: D.NIC.HOSTING 212.18.249.152 2a04:2b00:13ff:0:0:0:0:152
ds-rdata: 52534 13 2 38a38b0f45035c80e0b34bdc83bcae96113866ed2e5321486dbcb4b981303b01
whois: whois.nic.hosting
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://nic.hosting
created: 2014-08-15
changed: 2025-08-12
source: IANA
Registrars
