Overview
- .recipes is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) intended for recipes, cooking and food-related content.
- It was applied for as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program and is categorized under Food & Drink gTLDs.
- The registry operator is Donuts (Grand Island, LLC), which was the sole applicant for the string.
History
- .recipes was submitted during ICANN's New gTLD Program as a Donuts application.
- A Registry Agreement with ICANN was signed on 17 October 2013.
- The .recipes string was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 17 December 2013.
- The registry announced a Sunrise period running from 24 December 2013 to 22 February 2014.
- Many of Donuts' gTLD applications, including .recipes, were filed using a similar boilerplate application describing an open TLD model.
Usage and Audience
- Target audience:
- Food bloggers and recipe creators
- Professional chefs and culinary businesses
- Food media, publishers, and community recipe sites
- Common use cases include hosting and branding recipe collections, cooking blogs, restaurant recipe pages, and other culinary resources.
Registration Rules
- The registry positioned .recipes as an open TLD without pre-registration restrictions.
- The application stated there would be no pre-registration verification, citing that such verification could deny legitimate registrants access.
- Donuts indicated intent to adhere to ICANN registration policies and to maintain remediation and takedown processes to control abuse.
- Sunrise period dates were published for trademark holders prior to general availability (24 Dec 2013 – 22 Feb 2014).
Operator
Binky Moon, LLC
Whois
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domain: RECIPES
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.RECIPES 2a01:8840:1a:0:0:0:0:54 65.22.24.54
nserver: V0N1.NIC.RECIPES 2a01:8840:1b:0:0:0:0:54 65.22.25.54
nserver: V0N2.NIC.RECIPES 2a01:8840:1c:0:0:0:0:54 65.22.26.54
nserver: V0N3.NIC.RECIPES 161.232.12.54 2a01:8840:f6:0:0:0:0:54
nserver: V2N0.NIC.RECIPES 2a01:8840:1d:0:0:0:0:54 65.22.27.54
nserver: V2N1.NIC.RECIPES 161.232.13.54 2a01:8840:f7:0:0:0:0:54
ds-rdata: 50824 8 2 4740fa6aefac02132e2edea2f54dcd7fa2140f06de024524215b7eac2968a225
whois: whois.nic.recipes
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/
created: 2013-12-12
changed: 2023-09-12
source: IANA
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