.market

Overview

.market is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) proposed through ICANN's New gTLD Program and categorized under commerce. The string is intended to serve as an open namespace for market- and commerce-related uses, providing greater expression on the Internet for marketplace, seller and commerce-oriented sites.

History

Applicants and operators

• Original applicant: Donuts (applied via Victor Way, LLC / Covered TLD, LLC).
• Ownership/registry operator later transferred/assigned to Rightside (United TLD Holdco, Ltd.).

Key milestones

• Registry Agreement issued/signed (Donuts received a Registry Agreement) on 6 March 2014.
• .market was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 31 May 2014, completing delegation and making Rightside the Registry Operator for the string.
• A similar string, .markets, was applied for by another applicant during the New gTLD Program.

Application characteristics

• The application described .market as an open TLD without pre-registration policies.
• The applicant planned to adhere to all ICANN registration policies and implement remediation and takedown policies to address abuse and rights issues.
• Pre-registration verification was not planned; the application asserted that pre-verification could deny legitimate registrants and cause more harm than benefit.
• Abuse control was to be handled through user and rights protections rather than pre-registration controls.

Usage and Audience

• Intended audience: marketplace operators, online sellers, commerce-focused businesses and communities seeking a commerce- or market-branded domain.
• Positioning: an open, general-use commerce namespace suitable for expressive, market-related sites given the stated lack of pre-registration restrictions.

Registration Rules

• Intended as an open gTLD (no pre-registration verification planned).
• The registry intended to follow ICANN's required registration policies and implement remediation and takedown procedures.
• No additional eligibility restrictions or character/period limits are detailed in the provided source material.

Notable Cases or Examples

• The registry agreement for .market was assigned from Donuts to Rightside (United TLD Holdco, Ltd.).
• Another applicant filed for the similar string .markets during the New gTLD application process.

% IANA WHOIS server
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domain:       MARKET

organisation: Dog Beach, 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.MARKET 2a01:8840:16:0:0:0:0:8 65.22.20.8
nserver:      V0N1.NIC.MARKET 2a01:8840:17:0:0:0:0:8 65.22.21.8
nserver:      V0N2.NIC.MARKET 2a01:8840:18:0:0:0:0:8 65.22.22.8
nserver:      V0N3.NIC.MARKET 161.232.10.8 2a01:8840:f4:0:0:0:0:8
nserver:      V2N0.NIC.MARKET 2a01:8840:19:0:0:0:0:8 65.22.23.8
nserver:      V2N1.NIC.MARKET 161.232.11.8 2a01:8840:f5:0:0:0:0:8
ds-rdata:     40531 8 2 a42ed3b928b90e5b821578d204ba0d108138be438eea0f9ceb91436085264c80

whois:        whois.nic.market

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

created:      2014-05-22
changed:      2023-09-13
source:       IANA