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Overview
.management is an active generic top-level domain (gTLD) introduced through ICANN's New gTLD Program. The string is intended for management-related and professional uses and was described in its application as a way to provide greater expression on the Internet. The registry was implemented as an open TLD without pre-registration verification.
History
- Proposed in ICANN's New gTLD Program and applied for by Donuts (John Goodbye, LLC) as the sole applicant.
- Delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 17 December 2013, completing the application process.
- The registry and manager is identified in the application as Donuts (John Goodbye, LLC). The TLD is categorized as a professional/new gTLD.
- Sunrise period for the string was announced to run from 07 January 2014 to 08 March 2014.
Usage and Audience
- Target audience: businesses, organizations and professionals involved in management services and related industries.
- Positioned as a professional gTLD to help entities signal management-related content, services or expertise.
Registration Rules
- Designed as an open TLD without pre-registration verification; pre-registration verification was considered by the applicant to be potentially harmful by denying legitimate registrants.
- The registry stated intent to comply with ICANN registration policies and to implement remediation, takedown and abuse-control measures, along with user and rights protections.
- Specifics such as eligibility restrictions, allowed characters, and minimum/maximum registration periods were not detailed in the provided material.
SEO and Brand Impact
- The application framed .management as a means to increase expressive and descriptive options on the Internet for management-focused entities.
- As a targeted professional gTLD, it can be used to clarify brand focus (management services, consulting, leadership content) though no technical SEO or search-engine-ranking claims are provided in the source material.
Operator
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: MANAGEMENT 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.MANAGEMENT 2a01:8840:16:0:0:0:0:14 65.22.20.14 nserver: V0N1.NIC.MANAGEMENT 2a01:8840:17:0:0:0:0:14 65.22.21.14 nserver: V0N2.NIC.MANAGEMENT 2a01:8840:18:0:0:0:0:14 65.22.22.14 nserver: V0N3.NIC.MANAGEMENT 161.232.10.14 2a01:8840:f4:0:0:0:0:14 nserver: V2N0.NIC.MANAGEMENT 2a01:8840:19:0:0:0:0:14 65.22.23.14 nserver: V2N1.NIC.MANAGEMENT 161.232.11.14 2a01:8840:f5:0:0:0:0:14 ds-rdata: 2944 8 2 3212da6705ed0149ee2e13781d2708a6add9073dd6e680edb3d76d9e45427590 whois: whois.nic.management status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/ created: 2013-12-12 changed: 2023-09-12 source: IANA