Overview
- .support is an active generic top-level domain (gTLD) applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- The registry and manager is Donuts (Grand Orchard, LLC).
- In its application the string was described as a means of providing greater expression on the Internet and intended to be an open TLD.
History
- Application revealed during ICANN's New gTLD Program; Donuts applied for the string and received priority number 873 (Donuts / Grand Orchard, LLC).
- Donuts' application passed initial evaluation and a Registry Agreement with ICANN was signed on 24 October 2013.
- .support was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 18 December 2013.
- A Sunrise period was announced to run from 14 January 2014 to 15 March 2014.
Registration Rules
- The Donuts application defined .support as an open TLD without pre-registration restrictions.
- The registry stated it would not use pre-registration verification, arguing that such verification "cause[s] more harm than benefit by denying domain access to legitimate registrants."
- Donuts committed to adhere to ICANN registration policies and to implement remediation and takedown procedures along with "extensive user and rights protections" to control abuse.
- Specifics such as allowed characters, registration periods, or additional eligibility requirements were not detailed in the provided source.
Operator
Binky Moon, LLC
Whois
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domain: SUPPORT
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.SUPPORT 2a01:8840:16:0:0:0:0:5 65.22.20.5
nserver: V0N1.NIC.SUPPORT 2a01:8840:17:0:0:0:0:5 65.22.21.5
nserver: V0N2.NIC.SUPPORT 2a01:8840:18:0:0:0:0:5 65.22.22.5
nserver: V0N3.NIC.SUPPORT 161.232.10.5 2a01:8840:f4:0:0:0:0:5
nserver: V2N0.NIC.SUPPORT 2a01:8840:19:0:0:0:0:5 65.22.23.5
nserver: V2N1.NIC.SUPPORT 161.232.11.5 2a01:8840:f5:0:0:0:0:5
ds-rdata: 59704 8 2 5c789108f88d370a56e1c616c42694a492fa0b3ed7cafb7f9565777e1b85ad96
whois: whois.nic.support
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/
created: 2013-12-12
changed: 2023-09-13
source: IANA
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