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    • .pet

    Generic top-level domainsIDNDNSSEC

    Overview

    • .pet is a delegated generic top-level domain (gTLD) created under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
    • The registry operator for .pet is Afilias.
    • The .pet string was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 26 July 2015.

    History

    • Applicant(s):
      • Afilias was an applicant and is the registry operator.
      • Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.) was a previous applicant for .pet.
    • Delegation: The proposed application succeeded and .pet was delegated to the Root Zone on 26 July 2015.

    Notable Cases or Examples

    • String Confusion Objection:

      • Google filed a String Confusion Objection asserting that .pet and .pets were confusingly similar.
      • Donuts was the applicant for .pets; proceedings at the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) addressed the objection.
      • Panel decisions agreed with Google's objection, potentially affecting contention sets involving .pet and .pets; a second panelist filed a report on 19 September 2013 agreeing with the objection.

    • Private auction (contention resolution):

      • On 8 December 2014 it was reported that Afilias won the right to run .pet after Google withdrew its .pet application and Donuts withdrew its bid for .pets.
      • That event was noted as the first time a private auction was used to settle a new gTLD contention set containing two different strings.

    Operator

    Identity Digital Limited

    Whois

    % IANA WHOIS server
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domain:       PET

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.PET 2a01:8840:12:0:0:0:0:17 65.22.16.17
nserver:      A2.NIC.PET 2a01:8840:15:0:0:0:0:17 65.22.19.17
nserver:      B0.NIC.PET 2a01:8840:13:0:0:0:0:17 65.22.17.17
nserver:      C0.NIC.PET 2a01:8840:14:0:0:0:0:17 65.22.18.17
ds-rdata:     42856 8 2 ee6c6c84eff7b00eb70d9bd8a29cee8a04d29d4d006cc1f61a95fff873fde974

whois:        

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

created:      2015-07-16
changed:      2025-09-04
source:       IANA

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