Overview
- .taxi is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) introduced through ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- Intended for the taxi industry and related commerce use.
- The registry operator is Donuts (Pine Falls, LLC). The string was delegated to the DNS root on 7 May 2015 and reached General Availability on 19 August 2015.
History
- Multiple applicants competed for the string, including Taxi Pay GmbH (community application), Famous Four Media (dot Taxi Limited), and Donuts (Pine Falls, LLC).
- ICANN delegated .taxi to the Root Zone on 7 May 2015; the TLD implemented general registration availability on 19 August 2015.
- In March 2014 a Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) panel determined the Taxi Pay GmbH community application did not meet the threshold (6 out of 16 points; 14 required), removing its community-priority claim.
- In the context of ICANN's Name Collision assessments (2013), .taxi was listed among strings not eligible for the alternative path to delegation and therefore required further mitigation steps before delegation could proceed.
Usage and Audience
- The TLD is aimed at the taxi sector and adjacent industries.
- Stakeholders and potential registrants noted in application materials include:
- Taxi drivers and taxi operator offices
- Hardware and software suppliers for taxi services
- Automotive repair shops and insurance companies serving the industry
- Governmental or supervisory bodies related to taxi policy
- Major institutions and venues that rely heavily on taxi services
Registration Rules
- As part of its community application, Taxi Pay GmbH proposed that registrants of .taxi second-level domains submit proof of affiliation with the taxi industry (for example, a taxi license or a certificate of registration aligning the registrant with the taxi community).
- Donuts (Pine Falls, LLC) and Taxi Pay GmbH submitted Public Interest Commitments (PICs) as part of their applications.
- No additional technical registration restrictions, allowed-character rules, or minimum/maximum registration periods are specified in the provided source material.
Notable Cases or Examples
- Community application and CPE: Taxi Pay GmbH's community-priority claim failed the CPE (March 2014), which left the string to be resolved among applicants by other means (e.g., private or ICANN auction).
- Delegation and launch: .taxi was delegated on 7 May 2015 and reached General Availability on 19 August 2015 under Donuts (Pine Falls, LLC).
Operator
Binky Moon, LLC
Whois
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domain: TAXI
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.TAXI 2a01:8840:16:0:0:0:0:21 65.22.20.21
nserver: V0N1.NIC.TAXI 2a01:8840:17:0:0:0:0:21 65.22.21.21
nserver: V0N2.NIC.TAXI 2a01:8840:18:0:0:0:0:21 65.22.22.21
nserver: V0N3.NIC.TAXI 161.232.10.21 2a01:8840:f4:0:0:0:0:21
nserver: V2N0.NIC.TAXI 2a01:8840:19:0:0:0:0:21 65.22.23.21
nserver: V2N1.NIC.TAXI 161.232.11.21 2a01:8840:f5:0:0:0:0:21
ds-rdata: 28756 8 2 75a029ee9c29f3cfb66255f04c724e4739ed871da812f13b9684e07382535369
whois: whois.nic.taxi
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/
created: 2015-04-30
changed: 2023-09-12
source: IANA
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