.tennis

Overview

• .tennis is an active generic top-level domain (gTLD) created under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
• The registry is operated by Donuts (Cotton Bloom, LLC).

History

• The .tennis application was delegated to the DNS root zone on 4 February 2015.
• The TLD became generally available on May 20, 2015.
• Donuts won the rights to the string following a private auction that resolved the contention set in November 2014.

Usage and Audience

• Application materials and applicants for .tennis focused on tennis organizations and communities.
• One applicant, .TENNIS AUSTRALIA LTD, proposed limiting registrations to members of Tennis Australia (noting benefits to affiliated clubs and over 180,000 player members).
• Other applicants included Famous Four Media (dot Tennis Limited) and Washington Team Tennis, LLC.

Registration Rules

• Donuts (Cotton Bloom, LLC) is the current registry operator and submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC) as part of its application.
• A community application by .TENNIS AUSTRALIA LTD sought strict eligibility tied to the Tennis Australia community, but the Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) panel scored that application 11 out of 16 points (14 required to pass), so it did not prevail as a community applicant.
• Following the failed CPE, the contention set was resolved via auction and delegation to Donuts; the TLD entered general availability on May 20, 2015.

Notable Cases or Examples

• Private auction (November 2014): Donuts won the contention set for .tennis.
• .TENNIS AUSTRALIA LTD received a GAC Early Warning during the application process expressing concerns about seeking exclusive access to a generic string and potential negative impact on competition.
• The CPE outcome (11/16) prevented Tennis Australia from obtaining community-priority status, ultimately requiring resolution of contention through auction.

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domain:       TENNIS

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

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nserver:      V0N3.NIC.TENNIS 161.232.14.32 2a01:8840:f8:0:0:0:0:32
nserver:      V2N0.NIC.TENNIS 2a01:8840:21:0:0:0:0:32 65.22.31.32
nserver:      V2N1.NIC.TENNIS 161.232.15.32 2a01:8840:f9:0:0:0:0:32
ds-rdata:     41695 8 2 30e59d10fa2e38db83b8dbac7ced28b8a1d6a6697b19b0b8eae5f7cbbaf5d0d8

whois:        whois.nic.tennis

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/

created:      2015-01-29
changed:      2023-09-12
source:       IANA