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Overview
.investments is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) applied for and delegated through ICANN's New gTLD Program. The string is positioned for the investment/professional sector and is operated by Donuts (Holly Glen, LLC).
History
- Applicant / Registry Operator: Donuts (Holly Glen, LLC).
- Registry Agreement signed with ICANN: 20 March 2014.
- Delegated to the DNS Root Zone: 23 April 2014, completing the successful application and delegation process.
- Classified under ICANN/new gTLD categories as a Professional New gTLD.
Usage and Audience
- Target audience: entities and professionals associated with investments and financial services (implied by the string and its categorization).
- Category: Professional New gTLD (as recorded in the application metadata).
Notable Cases or Examples
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GAC Early Warning: The application received an Early Warning from the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) representative for Australia and GAC Chair Heather Dryden. The warning noted that the TLD refers to a regulated market and raised concerns that the applicant had not provided adequate measures to protect consumers from potential harm.
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Priority and Registry Details: The application carried priority information linking it to Donuts (priority 147 — Holly Glen, LLC) and was processed through Donuts' registry framework.
Operator
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: INVESTMENTS 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.INVESTMENTS 2a01:8840:1e:0:0:0:0:53 65.22.28.53 nserver: V0N1.NIC.INVESTMENTS 2a01:8840:1f:0:0:0:0:53 65.22.29.53 nserver: V0N2.NIC.INVESTMENTS 2a01:8840:20:0:0:0:0:53 65.22.30.53 nserver: V0N3.NIC.INVESTMENTS 161.232.14.53 2a01:8840:f8:0:0:0:0:53 nserver: V2N0.NIC.INVESTMENTS 2a01:8840:21:0:0:0:0:53 65.22.31.53 nserver: V2N1.NIC.INVESTMENTS 161.232.15.53 2a01:8840:f9:0:0:0:0:53 ds-rdata: 56107 8 2 9a6df7804a869eeccb7d1c03f4acc62fee9c130250cf3479be1e9f3904a9e0dc whois: whois.nic.investments status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/ created: 2014-04-17 changed: 2023-09-12 source: IANA