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    • .kim

    Generic top-level domainsIDNDNSSEC

    Overview

    • .kim is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) proposed through ICANN's New gTLD Program.
    • The string is intended as a personal/family domain for people with the surname Kim, providing a permanent and portable online identity.
    • Registry/operator: Afilias.

    History

    • Application submitted as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program.
    • Registry Agreement with ICANN signed by Afilias on 23 September 2013.
    • The .kim TLD was delegated to the DNS Root Zone and made active on 23 January 2014.

    Usage and Audience

    • Target audience: individuals and families with the surname Kim seeking personal domain names.
    • Applicant-provided data highlighted:
      • Over 100,000,000 people worldwide with the surname Kim.
      • Kim is the most common family name in Korea (about 20% of names).
      • Over 540,000 people with the surname Kim in the United States (per US Census data cited in the application).
    • The applicant projected adoption expectations (example: a conservative forecast of 20,000 domains under management by year three).

    Registration Rules

    • General availability: .KIM is described as an open TLD, generally available to all registrants (except during Sunrise periods).
    • Registration term: domains will be offered for periods of one to ten years (no greater than ten years).
    • Sunrise: initial registrations made during Sunrise may have minimum registration-term requirements (the application gave an example of a five-year minimum for Sunrise names).
    • Content/use restrictions: the application stated there are no content or use restrictions for the TLD.

    Notable Cases or Examples

    • No specific notable deployments or famous examples were provided in the available source material.

    Operator

    Identity Digital Limited

    Whois

    % IANA WHOIS server
% for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org
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domain:       KIM

organisation: Identity Digital Limited
address:      c/o Identity Digital Inc.
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:      c/o Identity Digital Inc.
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:      c/o Identity Digital Inc.
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:      A0.NIC.KIM 2a01:8840:1e:0:0:0:0:1 65.22.28.1
nserver:      A2.NIC.KIM 2a01:8840:21:0:0:0:0:1 65.22.31.1
nserver:      B0.NIC.KIM 2a01:8840:1f:0:0:0:0:1 65.22.29.1
nserver:      C0.NIC.KIM 2a01:8840:20:0:0:0:0:1 65.22.30.1
ds-rdata:     12277 8 2 ba18a744991a561ab09a464ff96864573db04fd61a29e9d37f7551989e7e5535

whois:        

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

created:      2013-12-19
changed:      2025-09-04
source:       IANA

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