Overview
- .villas is an active generic top-level domain (gTLD) applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- The string is categorized as Real Estate and intended to provide greater expression on the Internet as an open gTLD.
- The registry/operator named in application materials is Donuts (New Sky, LLC).
History
- Proposed during ICANN's New gTLD Program (application revealed in 2012).
- Donuts received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN on December 5, 2013.
- .villas was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 11 February 2014, completing the successful application and delegation process.
Usage and Audience
- Category: Real Estate (as noted in registry/application metadata).
- Intended audience: entities and stakeholders related to real estate and property (the TLD was presented as a way to provide greater expression online for that market).
Registration Rules
- Donuts indicated the TLD would be an open gTLD without pre-registration policies.
- No pre-registration verification will be used; the application stated pre-registration verification could deny legitimate registrants.
- The operator committed to adhering to ICANN registration policies and to defining remediation and takedown policies.
- Abuse control measures were described as "extensive user and rights protections."
Operator
Binky Moon, LLC
Whois
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domain: VILLAS
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.VILLAS 2a01:8840:1e:0:0:0:0:62 65.22.28.62
nserver: V0N1.NIC.VILLAS 2a01:8840:1f:0:0:0:0:62 65.22.29.62
nserver: V0N2.NIC.VILLAS 2a01:8840:20:0:0:0:0:62 65.22.30.62
nserver: V0N3.NIC.VILLAS 161.232.14.62 2a01:8840:f8:0:0:0:0:62
nserver: V2N0.NIC.VILLAS 2a01:8840:21:0:0:0:0:62 65.22.31.62
nserver: V2N1.NIC.VILLAS 161.232.15.62 2a01:8840:f9:0:0:0:0:62
ds-rdata: 32191 8 2 ce7cf1b69581dc8a7d97b190d57a0d90de2f35f3f906e15984163f3bd62b6a7a
whois: whois.nic.villas
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/
created: 2014-02-06
changed: 2023-09-12
source: IANA
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