Overview
- .vacations is an active generic top-level domain (gTLD) applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- It is presented as an open gTLD intended to provide greater expression on the Internet and is categorized under Commerce.
- Management is attributed to Donuts (Atomic Tigers, LLC); the registry field is listed as Demand Media in the source data.
History
- The .vacations string was applied for as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- Donuts (Atomic Tigers, LLC) is named as the manager; the template metadata lists the registry as Demand Media.
- A Registry Agreement with ICANN was signed on December 5, 2013.
- .vacations was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 21 February 2014, completing its delegation.
- Administrative metadata in the application lists a priority number of 1655 for Donuts (Atomic Tigers, LLC).
Usage and Audience
- The application and registry information describe .vacations as an open gTLD intended to enable greater expression online.
- It is categorized as a Commerce new gTLD, indicating orientation toward commercial or business-related uses tied to the "vacations" string.
Registration Rules
- The application specified that .vacations would be an open TLD without pre-registration verification.
- The operator indicated intent to adhere to all ICANN registration policies and to define remediation and takedown policies to fit those requirements.
- The application stated a decision not to employ pre-registration verification, arguing it could deny domain access to legitimate registrants and cause more harm than benefit.
- The registry indicated plans to control abuse through user and rights protections.
Operator
Binky Moon, LLC
Whois
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domain: VACATIONS
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.VACATIONS 2a01:8840:16:0:0:0:0:58 65.22.20.58
nserver: V0N1.NIC.VACATIONS 2a01:8840:17:0:0:0:0:58 65.22.21.58
nserver: V0N2.NIC.VACATIONS 2a01:8840:18:0:0:0:0:58 65.22.22.58
nserver: V0N3.NIC.VACATIONS 161.232.10.58 2a01:8840:f4:0:0:0:0:58
nserver: V2N0.NIC.VACATIONS 2a01:8840:19:0:0:0:0:58 65.22.23.58
nserver: V2N1.NIC.VACATIONS 161.232.11.58 2a01:8840:f5:0:0:0:0:58
ds-rdata: 53014 8 2 63af40a94f8066d7f6ad7fcf89dc7111407c1da7a217ffc6c7f2f84a87cc9fc0
whois: whois.nic.vacations
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/
created: 2014-02-13
changed: 2023-09-13
source: IANA
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