gTLD	Full Legal Name	E-mail suffix	Detail
.SHOP	GMO Registry, Inc.	gmoregistry.com	View

● Eligibility: who is eligible to register a second-level name in the gTLD, and how will eligibility be determined.

Registrants in the .SHOP gTLD will include the following:

- business entities or organizations that deploy commercial activities in an online or offline environment or provide information in relation thereto over the internet, including, but not limited to, merchants, retailers, business-to-business sales channels, marketplaces, etc.;

.SHOP domain name registrations will also be made available to business entities or organizations that currently do not deploy commercial activities, but that have expressed intention to engage in these activities within one year following the registration of a .SHOP domain name.

Therefore, the Applicant – when awarded the gTLD – will develop detailed guidelines and restrictions in regard to the use of a gTLD, and an Abusive Use Policy.

All .SHOP domain name registrants will be required to prove that they are legally established business entities or organizations by providing the following information at the time of domain name registration:
- Country name where the business entity or organization is established
- Business entity or organization identification number type (Business ID, Tax ID, VAT, etc.)
- Business entity or organization identification number

Furthermore, the registry operator, accredited registrars and registrants will be bound by applicable ICANN policies.

● Name selection: what types of second-level names may be registered in the gTLD

Registrants will be entitled to register domain names that are identical or similar to their current or future trademark, business name, trade name, business identifier, name of business entity or organization, names under which they are commonly known, slogans, acronyms, etc., including combinations thereof, in the .SHOP gTLD.

The Registry Operator will also make available certain premium domain names, which correspond to a generic word or product or service category. These premium domain names may be retained by the registry operator, leased or rented, or offered for registration to eligible members of the community.

Insofar and to the extent such premium domain names are registered in the name of the registry operator, these domain names will be used in order to generate additional platforms for community members. Such platforms may include but are not necessarily limited to directory services, social media platforms, and search engines, all intending to drive additional Internet traffic to the active websites resolving from a .SHOP domain name registration.


● Content and Use: what restrictions, if any, the registry operator will impose on how a registrant may use its registered name

The registry operator will impose the following restrictions for the use of domain names:

a. Registered .SHOP domain names must be used for commercial activities in an online or offline environment or to provide information in relation thereto over the internet; or

b. Registered .SHOP domain names must be intended to be used for commercial activities in an online or offline environment or to provide information in relation thereto over the internet.

Registering a .SHOP domain name solely for the purpose of selling, exchanging, trading, or leasing such domain name shall be deemed as inappropriate use or intent, and will be prohibited by the registry operator.


● Enforcement: what investigation practices and mechanisms exist to enforce the policies above, what resources are allocated for enforcement, and what appeal mechanisms are available to registrants

The registry operator will encourage domain name registrants to use digital certificates in conjunction with the websites deployed under their .SHOP domain name registrations.

In addition, the registry operator will conduct on a regular basis compliance checks to ascertain whether .SHOP registrants are acting in compliance with the registry operator’s policies.

Any such checks may be carried out by using sampling methodologies, thorough ex officio investigations, Whois accuracy requests, etc.

If the Registry Operator or a third party that it appoints for this purpose determines that a registered domain name or the content violates the policies mentioned hereunder, the Registry Operator or its appointee may do any of the following:

- depending on the nature of the domain name registrant’s noncompliance, the Registry Operator may provide the registrant, directly or through the registrar, with a grace period within which the registrant needs to demonstrate that registration and⁄or use of the domain name is compliant with the policies, and that the breach has been cured; and⁄or

- if it appears that the registrant’s breach may have significant consequences for the Internet, Registry Operator, the credibility or integrity of the .SHOP gTLD, the community, or the reputation of the Registry Operator and⁄or the extension, the Registry Operator may immediately suspend, block, revoke and⁄or delete the domain name(s) registered in the name of the registrant.

Please refer to Question 28 for a more detailed description of the takedown procedure.

In this respect, the Abuse Public Contact that will be established by the registry operator will play a pivotal role:

- first, the Abuse Public Contact will be the primary addressee of any complaints made in relation to a .SHOP domain name registration; of course, its intervention is without prejudice to procedures that can be initiated by a complainant under ICANN’s Consensus Policies as well as those developed in the context of the Applicant Guidebook;

- second, the Abuse Public Contact can play a moderating role in disputes between a .SHOP domain name registrant and an Internet user as regards the registrant’s compliance with the policies set by the registry operator;

- third, the Abuse Public Contact may carry out ex officio investigations in order to ensure registrant compliance with the policies that have been devised by the registry operator.

In addition to the above, the Applicant will also endeavor to facilitate resolution of conflict between consumers on the one hand
and .SHOP registrants on the other hand in relation to products or services purchased by such consumers with the registrant.
The Applicant may register certain names (for example geographic names) in the name of the government bodies or alternative dispute resolution agencies that are competent to decide upon disputes in relation to distance selling.
Therefore, for instance, a consumer residing in Australia and buying a product from a .SHOP registrant residing in the United States is able
to file a complaint with the competent authority in the US from within the .SHOP namespace.
Please refer to Question 22 for more details in this respect, in particular regarding the Applicant’s compliance with Specification 5 of the Registry Agreement.

gTLD	Full Legal Name	E-mail suffix	Detail
.barcelona	Municipi de Barcelona	josoc.cat	View

. (e) Provide a complete description of the applicant’s intended registration policies in support of the community-based purpose of the applied-for gTLD. Policies and enforcement mechanisms are expected to constitute a coherent set.
Descriptions should include proposed policies, if any, on the following:
i..Eligibility: who is eligible to register a second-level name in the gTLD, and how will eligibility be determined.
ii. Name selection: what types of second-level names may be registered in the gTLD.
iii. Content⁄Use: what restrictions, if any, the Registry operator will impose on how a registrant may use its registered name.
iv. Enforcement: what investigation practices and mechanisms exist to enforce the policies above, what resources are allocated for enforcement, and what appeal mechanisms are available to registrants.

e) i. Eligibility: who is eligible to register a second-level name in the gTLD, and how will eligibility be determined.

Eligibility requirement policies will be developed according to the definition of the .barcelona TLD community, and a diversity of proceedings will be implemented to ensure accommodation of all its bona fide legal members.

Registrations under the .barcelona TLD are restricted to those fulfilling these two requirements:
a) bona-fide membership of the .barcelona community on the Internet, as described above in 20 a).
b) subject to the further requirement that the domain name registrant’s presence in the Barcelona area and the registrant’s use of the domain name must be:

- of a kind that is generally accepted as legitimate and
- conducive to the welfare of the .barcelona community and
- of commensurate quality to the role and importance of the respective domain name where applicable as according to the name space mandate policies as developed by the Registry Operator of .barcelona TLD, and
- abide to the Catalan law regarding consumer protection, product and services labeling, advertising and fair communication, and
- based on good faith at the time of registration and thereafter.

These conditions must always be fulfilled. The strength of the validation is kept in line with the importance of the underlying domain name based on the assumption that a typical user would reasonably make.
To facilitate validation, registrants are required to state their intended use of the registered domain name. A false statement of intended use is an indication of bad faith and can be the basis for the suspension of the domain name.
The validation may be assisted through pre-identification of potential registrants using existing community channels, through membership of qualified Organizations or the distribution of Promotion Codes to members.
After the launch phase, the validation mode goes from pre-validation to post-validation, with statistically targeted random validation, backed up by an ongoing enforcement program.

e) iii. Name selection: what types of second-level names may be registered in the gTLD.

The fundamental rule on which name selection is based is part of the policy principles: the domain names may be registered considering the registrant‘s relationship to the .barcelona TLD community, and the use of the domain name must be commensurate to the role and relevance of the domain name.

The role and importance of the domain name registrations is based on the meaning an average user would reasonably make of a domain name in the context of the .barcelona TLD community.

e) iii. Content⁄Use: what restrictions, if any, the Registry operator will impose on how a registrant may use its registered name.

The City Council of Barcelona, as the Registry Operator, will adopt policies to ensure that the use of the domain names are:

a) generally accepted as legitimate according to the Laws
b) conducive to welfare of the .barcelona community.
c) based on good faith at registration and thereafter.

This will be verified according to:

1) the intended use statement supplied by the domain registrant at the time of registration and⁄or the explicit agreement to the terms and conditions including the .barcelona TLD use policies.

2) an ongoing enforcement program.

e) iv. Enforcement: what investigation practices and mechanisms exist to enforce the policies above, what resources are allocated for enforcement, and what appeal mechanisms are available to registrants.

The purpose of the enforcement program is to protect the credibility of the .barcelona TLD for its local and international public. In particular, upholds the community-based purpose of the .barcelona TLD and helps prevent misuse or malicious behaviour.

The enforcement program is based on statistically targeted random investigations and on a complaint follow-up process. The statistical targeting is strongly automated and involves the use of search engines and the analysis of Registry data related to behaviour of registrants.

Depending on the type of misuse to be investigated, web site content or content sent to victims of abuse will reviewed and analyzed by investigators.

Enhanced investigation takes place if the registrant has a bad track record in terms of compliance with the rules of the .barcelona TLD. Other violations of public record (such as UDRP or URS cases) will also be taken into account.

. If content or use of an existing .barcelona TLD domain demonstrate that the registrant has shown bad faith by stating a false intended use, the domain name is suspended.

If a registrar is complicit with systematic violations of the .barcelona TLD policies or causes an unacceptable burden for the validation and enforcement program by negligence, the Registry can restrict that registrar’s access to the new registrations, subject its inventory of .barcelona TLD domains to enhanced investigation and require it conduct its own post-validation program.

An appeals process will be available for all administrative measures taken in the framework of the enforcement program. The first instance of the appeals process is managed by the Registry service provider. The City Council of Barcelona will engage the relevant ADR providers in the City to establish a second instance appeal process.