Overview
- .play is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) introduced during ICANN's 2012 new gTLD application round.
- The TLD is listed as active and is managed/registered by Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.).
- It is included among Google top-level domains and associated with the Google Registry.
History
- Applicant round: Applied for in ICANN's 2012 new-TLD round (subtype: 2012).
- Registry/Manager: Google is identified as the registry (Charleston Road Registry Inc.).
- Status: Listed as Active in ICANNWiki's entry.
- Applicants and contention:
- Current applicant/registry: Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
- Previous applicants included Famous Four Media (Star Registry Limited), Amazon, and Radix (Entertainment TLD Inc.).
Notable Cases or Examples
- Private deal / withdrawals (July 2014): By the end of July 2014, all applicants except Google withdrew their applications for the .play string following an assumed private deal or auction.
- The withdrawal left Google as the remaining applicant/registry for .play.
Operator
Charleston Road Registry Inc.
Whois
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domain: PLAY
organisation: Charleston Road Registry Inc.
address: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
address: Mountain View CA 94043
address: United States of America (the)
contact: administrative
name: TLD Admin
organisation: Google Inc
address: 111 8th Avenue
address: New York NY 10011
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1 404 978 8419
fax-no: +1 650 492 5631
e-mail: iana-contact@google.com
contact: technical
name: TLD Engineering
organisation: Google Inc
address: 76 Ninth Avenue, 4th Floor
address: New York NY 10011
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1 404 978 8419
fax-no: +1 650 492 5631
e-mail: crr-tech@google.com
nserver: NS-TLD1.CHARLESTONROADREGISTRY.COM 2001:4860:4802:32:0:0:0:69 216.239.32.105
nserver: NS-TLD2.CHARLESTONROADREGISTRY.COM 2001:4860:4802:34:0:0:0:69 216.239.34.105
nserver: NS-TLD3.CHARLESTONROADREGISTRY.COM 2001:4860:4802:36:0:0:0:69 216.239.36.105
nserver: NS-TLD4.CHARLESTONROADREGISTRY.COM 2001:4860:4802:38:0:0:0:69 216.239.38.105
nserver: NS-TLD5.CHARLESTONROADREGISTRY.COM 2001:4860:4805:0:0:0:0:69 216.239.60.105
ds-rdata: 25081 8 2 0e823d1aa376c001a94c9efa4197f6e86c8088aa294aa26306093c3cf0908efa
whois:
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.registry.google
created: 2015-06-04
changed: 2025-04-11
source: IANA
