.lighting

Overview

.lighting is an active generic top-level domain (gTLD) applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program. The string is intended as a generic term to serve a broad audience and to support online identities, information sharing, and the provision of legitimate goods and services related to the concept of "lighting." The registry operator is Donuts (John McCook, LLC).

History

• Proposed in ICANN's New gTLD Program with Donuts as the sole applicant for the string.
• Donuts received a signed Registry Agreement with ICANN for .lighting on 27 August 2013 after passing Initial Evaluation.
• .lighting was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 6 November 2013.
• The registry announced a Sunrise period for trademark holders that ran from 3 December 2013 to 31 January 2014.

Usage and Audience

• Donuts described the TLD as "attractive and useful to end-users" and suitable for a variety of Internet users.
• The application emphasizes the TLD's role in facilitating search, self-expression, information sharing, and the provision of legitimate goods and services.
• Donuts stated an intent to encourage inclusive registration policies so a broad audience of registrants can obtain second-level names under .lighting.

Registration Rules

• Donuts committed to inclusive registration policies and stated it would not grant exclusive rights to any entity or group over second-level names in the TLD.
• The operator emphasized protections against abuse, including measures to protect trademark rights, rather than restricting registrant eligibility based on identity alone.
• Sunrise period: 3 December 2013 – 31 January 2014.

SEO and Brand Impact

• The Donuts application positions .lighting as a string that improves searchability and consumer choice by providing new, descriptive namespace options.
• Donuts claimed it would operate the TLD to reduce incidences of fraud and abuse compared with incumbent TLDs, and to protect Internet users and rights-holders through committed safeguards.

Notable Cases or Examples

• .lighting was one of nine Donuts strings delegated to the root on 6 November 2013 alongside: .camera, .clothing, .ventures, .singles, .voyage, .guru, .holdings, and .equipment.

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domain:       LIGHTING

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.LIGHTING 2a01:8840:22:0:0:0:0:52 65.22.32.52
nserver:      V0N1.NIC.LIGHTING 2a01:8840:23:0:0:0:0:52 65.22.33.52
nserver:      V0N2.NIC.LIGHTING 2a01:8840:24:0:0:0:0:52 65.22.34.52
nserver:      V0N3.NIC.LIGHTING 161.232.16.52 2a01:8840:fa:0:0:0:0:52
nserver:      V2N0.NIC.LIGHTING 2a01:8840:25:0:0:0:0:52 65.22.35.52
nserver:      V2N1.NIC.LIGHTING 161.232.17.52 2a01:8840:fb:0:0:0:0:52
ds-rdata:     55696 8 2 8ed67ccf601fcf46ff98b89154d21b8c5ef2d60f34a9a4d6d1968b5869beefad

whois:        whois.nic.lighting

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

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