Overview
- .money is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) introduced through ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- The string "money" indicates a focus on commerce/financial topics.
- Key facts:
- TLD status: Delegated
- Category: Commerce (New gTLDs)
- Registry / successful applicant: Donuts (Outer McCook, LLC)
- Delegation date: 26 November 2014
History
- The .money string was applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program and successfully delegated to the DNS root on 26 November 2014.
- Successful applicant: Donuts (Outer McCook, LLC). Donuts had applied for a large portfolio of gTLDs (307 strings) and submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC) for .money.
- Previous applicant: Famous Four Media (dot Money Limited) also submitted a PIC but later withdrew.
- A private auction in September 2014 resulted in Donuts remaining as the only applicant for the string; the winning bid was not publicly revealed.
- Donuts (Outer McCook, LLC) and ICANN executed a Registry Agreement for .money on 16 November 2014 after passing Initial Evaluation.
Usage and Audience
- The TLD is listed under the Commerce category for new gTLDs, indicating its association with commerce and finance-related uses.
- Organizations and services concerned with commercial or financial topics are the primary intended audience based on that categorization.
Operator
Binky Moon, LLC
Whois
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domain: MONEY
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.MONEY 2a01:8840:1e:0:0:0:0:13 65.22.28.13
nserver: V0N1.NIC.MONEY 2a01:8840:1f:0:0:0:0:13 65.22.29.13
nserver: V0N2.NIC.MONEY 2a01:8840:20:0:0:0:0:13 65.22.30.13
nserver: V0N3.NIC.MONEY 161.232.14.13 2a01:8840:f8:0:0:0:0:13
nserver: V2N0.NIC.MONEY 2a01:8840:21:0:0:0:0:13 65.22.31.13
nserver: V2N1.NIC.MONEY 161.232.15.13 2a01:8840:f9:0:0:0:0:13
ds-rdata: 4450 8 2 ccb7eba3b169edefbf21f0dd89667afa4920d4065d96c26f9a191b874ba25719
whois: whois.nic.money
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/
created: 2014-11-20
changed: 2023-09-12
source: IANA
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