.sanofi

Overview

.sanofi is a brand generic top-level domain (gTLD) created under ICANN's New gTLD Program to serve as an authoritative Internet space for Sanofi. The domain is intended for use in promoting and communicating the Sanofi brand, its information, services and resources. Management of the gTLD is attributed to Sanofi; registry services are listed as Verisign in registry records.

History

• Applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program (reveal day cited as 13 June 2012).
• The application was successful and the string was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 24 July 2015.
• Classified as a brand gTLD and associated with Sanofi.

Usage and Audience

• Primary audience: Sanofi and its global business units for brand promotion, communication and customer-facing services.
• Intended uses (per the applicant):
  • An authoritative space where Sanofi controls information, services and resources related to the brand.
  • Majority of registrations expected to support promotion and communication of the Sanofi brand.
  • A subset of names intended for marketing and communication with assurances of brand authenticity.
• The applicant indicated potential future use by Sanofi's distribution network and other parties associated with Sanofi, subject to later consideration.

Registration Rules

• The applicant emphasized close control of the .sanofi namespace by Sanofi.
• Future registration openness: Sanofi stated it may consider permitting registrations by its distribution network or other parties associated with the Sanofi brand at a later date.

SEO and Brand Impact

• The .sanofi gTLD was proposed to provide an "authoritative Internet space" and to assure Internet users of brand authenticity.
• As a brand-managed gTLD, its primary positioning is to reinforce Sanofi's brand identity and trustworthiness in online communications and marketing.

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domain:       SANOFI

organisation: Sanofi
address:      54, rue La Boétie
address:      Paris 75008
address:      France

contact:      administrative
name:         Hosting and Domain name manager
organisation: Sanofi
address:      54, rue La Boétie
address:      Paris 75008
address:      France
phone:        +33 1 41 24 52 16
fax-no:       +33 1 41 24 54 08
e-mail:       ngtld-sanofi@cscinfo.com

contact:      technical
name:         Howard Eland, Senior Director, DNS Infrastructure Group
organisation: 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.SANOFI 2a01:8840:6e:0:0:0:0:67 65.22.112.67
nserver:      A2.NIC.SANOFI 2a01:8840:71:0:0:0:0:67 65.22.115.67
nserver:      B0.NIC.SANOFI 2a01:8840:6f:0:0:0:0:67 65.22.113.67
nserver:      C0.NIC.SANOFI 2a01:8840:70:0:0:0:0:67 65.22.114.67
ds-rdata:     41599 8 2 02843ff5975a697552b6331207523eed81a6fbe7a7f6aa90f9a2513bb3648092

whois:        whois.nic.sanofi

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: 

created:      2015-07-16
changed:      2023-08-11
source:       IANA