Overview
- .ком is an internationalized gTLD (IDN gTLD) that is a Cyrillic transliteration of the ASCII string ".com".
- It was applied for and delegated as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program and is intended for Cyrillic-script audiences.
- The registry operator and manager for .ком is Verisign.
History
- Verisign included .ком among a set of IDN transliterations of .com that it planned to apply for during the New gTLD Program.
- Verisign confirmed plans to apply for 14 new gTLDs (12 of which were IDN transliterations of .com/.net) during early 2012.
- Languages selected for Verisign's IDN transliterations included Russian (Cyrillic) among others (Thai, Devanagari, Korean, Chinese traditional/simplified, Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese).
- The .ком application was revealed during the program's application period and the string was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 28 July 2015.
- Registry priority value listed as 61.
Usage and Audience
- The initial target audience included registrants of existing internationalized second-level domain names under .com.
- As noted in the application, there were more than 800,000 IDN second-level domain names in .com overall, including more than 30,000 in Cyrillic; these registrants were an early audience for .ком.
- .ком is aimed at Cyrillic-language users and organizations seeking domain names in a native script equivalent to ".com".
Registration Rules
- Verisign documented a plan to allow existing registrants of second-level IDN domain names in .com to register matching names under the corresponding IDN gTLD (e.g., to create IDN.IDN combinations using the same script for both levels).
- The application emphasised that this approach gives registrants the opportunity to register their IDN.com addresses as IDN.IDN under the new gTLD, improving usability for non-Latin scripts.
- No detailed eligibility criteria, registration periods, or character/technical restrictions are provided in the available source material.
SEO and Brand Impact
- The application and Verisign commentary emphasize improved functionality and accessibility by enabling the use of native scripts in both the second-level label and the gTLD (IDN.IDN), which can strengthen local-language branding and user recognition.
- The .ком gTLD provides a native-script alternative to ".com," intended to make domains more accessible to Cyrillic-speaking audiences.
Notable Cases or Examples
- A Legal Rights Objection (LRO) was filed against the .ком applicant by Regtime Ltd.; Legato Ltd. under the WIPO dispute process for new gTLDs. The objection procedure addresses potential conflicts with existing trademark or rights holders.
Operator
VeriSign Sarl
Whois
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domain: ком
domain-ace: XN--J1AEF
organisation: VeriSign Sarl
address: 3 rue des Pilettes
address: Fribourg CH-1700
address: Switzerland
contact: administrative
name: Registry Customer Service
organisation: Verisign, Inc.
address: 12061 Bluemont Way
address: Reston VA 20190
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1-703-925-6999
fax-no: +1-703-948-3978
e-mail: info@verisign-grs.com
contact: technical
name: Registry Customer Service
organisation: Verisign, Inc.
address: 12061 Bluemont Way
address: Reston VA 20190
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1-703-925-6999
fax-no: +1-703-948-3978
e-mail: info@verisign-grs.com
nserver: AC1.NSTLD.COM 192.42.173.30 2001:500:120:0:0:0:0:30
nserver: AC2.NSTLD.COM 192.42.174.30 2001:500:121:0:0:0:0:30
nserver: AC3.NSTLD.COM 192.42.175.30 2001:500:122:0:0:0:0:30
nserver: AC4.NSTLD.COM 192.42.176.30 2001:500:123:0:0:0:0:30
ds-rdata: 32220 8 2 8cbaa94cf4c8387c6e98dcc53a90c9c7ce339029cf54d43e59e89b7d9c6f086c
whois: whois.nic.xn--j1aef
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: http://www.verisigninc.com
created: 2015-07-02
changed: 2020-10-01
source: IANA
