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Overview
.plumbing is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) introduced through ICANN's New gTLD Program and intended for the plumbing industry. The registry is Donuts (Spring Tigers, LLC). The string is categorized as an Industry gTLD and was delegated into the DNS root in 2013.
History
- .plumbing was applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program; Donuts (Spring Tigers, LLC) was the sole applicant.
- A Registry Agreement with ICANN was signed on 10 September 2013.
- .plumbing was delegated to the DNS root zone on 14 November 2013.
- Donuts' application used a boilerplate approach describing the TLD as an open namespace intended to provide greater expression on the Internet and to comply with ICANN registration and abuse-mitigation policies.
Usage and Audience
- Target audience: plumbing businesses, tradespeople, suppliers and related industry communities (reflected by its Industry gTLD categorization).
- Intended as an open TLD to allow broad registration by industry participants rather than a restricted community namespace.
Registration Rules
- Donuts indicated .plumbing would be an open TLD without pre-registration verification.
- The registry stated its intent to adhere to ICANN registration policies and to define remediation, takedown and abuse-control procedures.
- Donuts announced a Sunrise period for its first seven gTLDs (including .plumbing) running 26 November 2013 to 24 January 2014.
- Donuts stated it would not hold a Landrush period for those first seven gTLDs and said it would proceed to general availability on 29 January 2013.
Operator
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: PLUMBING 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.PLUMBING 2a01:8840:1a:0:0:0:0:28 65.22.24.28 nserver: V0N1.NIC.PLUMBING 2a01:8840:1b:0:0:0:0:28 65.22.25.28 nserver: V0N2.NIC.PLUMBING 2a01:8840:1c:0:0:0:0:28 65.22.26.28 nserver: V0N3.NIC.PLUMBING 161.232.12.28 2a01:8840:f6:0:0:0:0:28 nserver: V2N0.NIC.PLUMBING 2a01:8840:1d:0:0:0:0:28 65.22.27.28 nserver: V2N1.NIC.PLUMBING 161.232.13.28 2a01:8840:f7:0:0:0:0:28 ds-rdata: 48722 8 2 d0024bf8bc37e85179a92e3b16f602aa566e63df0eb315324be040ff2d35bdb4 whois: whois.nic.plumbing status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/ created: 2013-11-08 changed: 2023-09-13 source: IANA