.pizza

Overview

• .pizza is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) introduced through ICANN's New gTLD Program.
• The string is categorized under Food & Drink and is intended for pizza-related entities and communities.

History

• Applicants and Contention:
  • Multiple applicants vied for the .pizza string, including Donuts (Foggy Moon, LLC), Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., Uniregistry, Corp., and Asiamix Digital Limited.
  • Donuts submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC) as part of its application.
• Private Auction:
  • In May 2014 a private auction (conducted by Applicant Auction) resolved the contention; Donuts won the rights to .pizza over the other applicants.
• Contract and Delegation:
  • A Registry Agreement between Donuts and ICANN was signed on 26 June 2014 following successful initial evaluation.
  • .pizza was delegated to the DNS root zone on 27 August 2014, completing the delegation process.

Usage and Audience

• Primary audience:
  • Businesses and organizations in the pizza and broader food & drink industry.
  • Brands, restaurants, delivery services, and communities focused on pizza.
• Category:
  • Listed as a Food & Drink new gTLD.

Registration Rules

• Sunrise period:
  • The registry announced a Sunrise period running from 30 September 2014 to 29 November 2014 to allow trademark holders priority registration prior to general availability.
• Registry and commitments:
  • Donuts operates the registry for .pizza and submitted a Public Interest Commitment as part of its application.

Notable Implementation Details

• Operator: Donuts (Foggy Moon, LLC) became the delegated registry operator after winning the auction and finalizing the registry agreement with ICANN.
• Key dates:
  • Private auction: May 2014
  • Registry Agreement signed: 26 June 2014
  • Delegation to root zone: 27 August 2014
  • Sunrise: 30 September 2014 – 29 November 2014

% IANA WHOIS server
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domain:       PIZZA

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.PIZZA 2a01:8840:1e:0:0:0:0:50 65.22.28.50
nserver:      V0N1.NIC.PIZZA 2a01:8840:1f:0:0:0:0:50 65.22.29.50
nserver:      V0N2.NIC.PIZZA 2a01:8840:20:0:0:0:0:50 65.22.30.50
nserver:      V0N3.NIC.PIZZA 161.232.14.50 2a01:8840:f8:0:0:0:0:50
nserver:      V2N0.NIC.PIZZA 2a01:8840:21:0:0:0:0:50 65.22.31.50
nserver:      V2N1.NIC.PIZZA 161.232.15.50 2a01:8840:f9:0:0:0:0:50
ds-rdata:     55750 8 2 9271cd9fb2ca456900ef1e26877eb45d968d8ddf80281b6c6e05621f4067207f

whois:        whois.nic.pizza

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

created:      2014-08-22
changed:      2023-09-12
source:       IANA