| gTLD | Full Legal Name | E-mail suffix | Detail | | .lol | Uniregistry, Corp. | internet.pro | View |
THE .LOL TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN
Comedy is the currency of the Internet. It is what we trade most often with friends, post to social media websites, and consume in words, pictures, audio and video.
While the abbreviation ʺLOLʺ originally stood for the literal meaning of ʺlaugh out loudʺ, it now applies as a general expression of laughter or amusement and has crept into modern English. In early 2011, the Oxford English Dictionary added LOL to the dictionary as a real word ʺassociated with the language of electronic communications.ʺ Thanks to its ease of use in digital correspondence, LOL has become an international word signifying comedy in languages everywhere.
New top-level domains represent the future of naming for Internet-based resources. For a significant number of registrants and users, .LOL is a meaningful and accurate description of the content of the works or services a registrant might provide, or a user might seek, online.
DNS-based addressing brings with it unique advantages for branding Internet-based resources with semantic meaning and easily communicable and remembered labels. Domain Names are mnemonic devices, designed to help users remember and invoke the ʺlocationʺ of web sites, email servers, and the like (as opposed to having to remember IP addresses). The addition of many new, semantically meaningful, TLDs will enhance this mnemonic function, helping users to discover pertinent resources, differentiate among stored links, and remember how to reach sites they have visited before.
Top-level domains with specific semantic meaning, like .LOL, will thrive when operated by a neutral registry-services provider like Uniregistry. A neutral registry does not provide preferential registration opportunities to any particular market participant, create anti-competitive rules that prevent domain name registration by competitors, or become so deeply involved in the target market that its presence as the registry services provider creates the appearance of impropriety or bias. Uniregistry always will act as a neutral services provider for .LOL.
A specialized top-level domain string, like .LOL, immediately conveys the purpose for which the user is seeking to access a site. Registrants who might get lost in a larger, undifferentiated TLD, and who seek to convey the specific purpose of the site or services, or who are unable to find a satisfactory SLD within existing TLDs, will find it easier to reach potential users.
.LOL will be a specialty gTLD, with a flat pricing structure and fixed renewal costs, with no material price increases for the first five years. This moderately priced namespace is designed to offer registrants an attractive, competitive registration alternative or complement to existing registrations for the purpose of specialized content.
The registry will strive to bring value to both the users seeking to publish information and content related to comedy and the registrants who are offering that information by providing directory services, traffic-generation toolkits, and search-related functionality from central registry-operated resources designed to promote the .LOL top-level domain and the companies, organizations, and individuals choosing to register .LOL names.
The registry will implement safeguards to intellectual property interests, while fostering socially and commercially productive growth of its name-space for registrants, stakeholders, and Internet users.
ABOUT UNIREGISTRY
Uniregistry Corp. is a new venture formed by established domain name industry veterans to serve as the delegated registry services provider for the .LOL top-level domain.
The mission and purpose of Uniregistryʹs .LOL gTLD is to be the pre-eminent general and generic Top Level Domain (GTLD) choice for registrants seeking to publish comedy content through the use of a Second Level Domain (SLD) name.
We want registrants in .LOL to build their Internet services on a platform designed for long-term security, stability, and predictability in Internet naming. We will provide a sound foundation for registrants and their registrars by offering world-class technical infrastructure, excellence in organizational management, and low-cost, predictable pricing.
Consistent with the policies defined by ICANNʹs original Consensus Policy, ICP-1, that GTLD registries ʺare trustees for the delegated domain, and have a duty to serve the community,ʺ we believe that the registry should be managed both for the benefit of the individuals and companies that will choose to register domain names as well as Internet users worldwide. The honor of serving these constituents carries with it the obligation to work closely with ICANN, its component bodies and supporters, governments, and the registrants that will choose a .LOL domain name for their Internet identity.
Uniregistry founders have a rich history of service to domain name registrants and have channeled their efforts and long-standing culture of service into this application. Their vision for serving Uniregistryʹs registrants and users and the broader Internet Community is to:
- Establish and execute against high technical standards for registry reliability, security, and stability;
- Bring transparency and neutrality to all registry policies, rules, pricing, and processes;
- Provide increased registration choices and functionality to registrants;
- Research and enable technical achievements in the domain name system (ʺDNSʺ) to foster the development of new services and enhanced security; and
- Put the domain name registrantʹs and end-usersʹ interests in a secure, stable, and predictable service at the heart of all its efforts.
Uniregistry plans to succeed by offering the benefit of domain name selection, at low fixed costs, to a wide spectrum of specialized interests among the potential registrant population worldwide. We believe that a variety of niche market gTLDs, each serving its focused group of registrants will create a stable foundation for a new registry and create material pricing competition for the benefit of all registrants.
Registry operations will be performed by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. (ʺISCʺ). ISC is the worldʹs preeminent expert in implementation and operation of the Domain Name System and related technologies. ISCʹs domain name software is the reference standard against which all other domain name systems are measured. ISC has been a vanguard in the expansion of the Internet.
ISC has been, and continues to be, one of the worldʹs most important organizations entrusted to provide the Internetʹs essential infrastructures, deeply involved in the development of DNS, DNSSEC, IPv6, DHCP, and BIND. ISC operates the F-root server, one of the 13 root server complexes on the Internet. Since shortly after its founding in 1994, ISC has maintained 100% up-time for F-root and today the servers that implement F-root process approximately 25% of the Internetʹs root traffic. ISC has one of the worldʹs largest operational deployments of DNSSEC. Members of ISCʹs team are among the small group of trusted holders of global master DNSSEC key components.
| gTLD | Full Legal Name | E-mail suffix | Detail | | .tattoo | Uniregistry, Corp. | uniregistry.com | View |
THE .TATTOO TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN
Tattoos are a form of art. They are physical representations of our individuality and our life experiences. They often represent a story, a cherished memory, or simply an outward expression of style and personality.
As the popularity of tattoos has exploded, tattooists have become recognized as artists. Their works are on display everywhere, on bodies, clothing, and online.
The social acceptance of tattoos has transformed in recent generations. According to one study, forty percent of individuals in the United States between the ages of 26 and 40 have a tattoo. This is the Tattoo Generation.
The Internet has given tattoo artists and tattooed individuals a digital medium with which to share and appreciate tattoo artwork. It has also created new ways for patrons and consumers to seek, review, and support various tattoo artists and tattoo parlors. We believe that these wonderful uses of the Internet in supporting and connecting the tattoo industry will be further enhanced by the .TATTOO domain space.
.TATTOO will serve Internet users as a clear, specialized, and semantically meaningful name for a wide variety of individuals and businesses. .TATTOO will convey a strong sense of a web publisherʹs values and content.
New top-level domains represent the future of naming for Internet-based resources. For a significant number of registrants and users, .TATTOO is the most meaningful and accurate description of the content of the works or services a registrant might provide, or a user might seek, online.
DNS-based addressing brings with it unique advantages for branding Internet-based resources with semantic meaning and easily communicable and remembered labels. Domain Names are mnemonic devices, designed to help users remember and invoke the ʺlocationʺ of web sites, email servers, and the like (as opposed to having to remember IP addresses). The addition of many new, semantically meaningful, TLDs will enhance this mnemonic function, helping users to discover pertinent resources, differentiate among stored links, and remember how to reach sites they have visited before.
Top-level domains with specific semantic meaning, like .TATTOO, will thrive when operated by a neutral registry-services provider like Uniregistry. A neutral registry does not provide preferential registration opportunities to any particular market participant, create anti-competitive rules that prevent domain name registration by competitors, or become so deeply involved in the target market that its presence as the registry services provider creates the appearance of impropriety or bias. Uniregistry always will act as a neutral services provider for .TATTOO.
A specialized top-level domain string, like .TATTOO, immediately conveys the purpose for which the user is seeking to access a site. Registrants who might get lost in a larger, undifferentiated TLD, and who seek to convey the specific purpose of the site or services, or who are unable to find a satisfactory SLD within existing TLDs, will find it easier to reach potential users.
.TATTOO will be a specialty gTLD, with a flat pricing structure and fixed renewal costs, with no material price increases for the first five years. This moderately priced namespace is designed to offer registrants an attractive, competitive registration alternative or complement to existing registratiaons for the purpose of specialized content.
The registry will strive to bring value to both the users seeking to display tattoos and the registrants who are offering that information by providing directory services, traffic-generation toolkits, and search-related functionality from central registry-operated resources designed to promote the .TATTOO top-level domain and the companies, organizations, and individuals choosing to register .TATTOO names.
The registry will implement safeguards to intellectual property interests, while fostering socially and commercially productive growth of its name-space for registrants, stakeholders, and Internet users.
ABOUT UNIREGISTRY
Uniregistry Corp. is a new venture formed by established domain name industry veterans to serve as the delegated registry services provider for the .TATTOO top-level domain.
The mission and purpose of Uniregistryʹs .TATTOO gTLD is to be the pre-eminent general and generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) choice for registrants seeking to display and discuss tattoos and tattoo artists through the use of a Second Level Domain (SLD) name.
We want registrants in .TATTOO to build their Internet services on a platform designed for long-term security, stability, and predictability in Internet naming. We will provide a sound foundation for registrants and their registrars by offering world-class technical infrastructure, excellence in organizational management, and low-cost, predictable pricing.
Consistent with the policies defined by ICANNʹs original Consensus Policy, ICP-1, that gTLD registries ʺare trustees for the delegated domain, and have a duty to serve the community,ʺ we believe that the registry should be managed both for the benefit of the individuals and companies that will choose to register domain names as well as Internet users worldwide. The honor of serving these constituents carries with it the obligation to work closely with ICANN, its component bodies and supporters, governments, and the registrants that will choose a .TATTOO domain name for their Internet identity.
Uniregistry founders have a rich history of service to domain name registrants and have channeled their efforts and long-standing culture of service into this application. Their vision for serving Uniregistryʹs registrants and users and the broader Internet Community is to:
- Establish and execute against high technical standards for registry reliability, security, and stability; - Bring transparency and neutrality to all registry policies, rules, pricing, and processes; - Provide increased registration choices and functionality to registrants; - Research and enable technical achievements in the domain name system (ʺDNSʺ) to foster the development of new services and enhanced security; and - Put the domain name registrantʹs and end-usersʹ interests in a secure, stable, and predictable service at the heart of all its efforts.
Uniregistry plans to succeed by offering the benefit of domain name selection, at low fixed costs, to a wide spectrum of specialized interests among the potential registrant population worldwide. We believe that a variety of niche market gTLDs, each serving its focused group of registrants will create a stable foundation for a new registry and create material pricing competition for the benefit of all registrants.
Registry operations will be performed by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. (ʺISCʺ). ISC is the worldʹs preeminent expert in implementation and operation of the Domain Name System and related technologies. ISCʹs domain name software is the reference standard against which all other domain name systems are measured. ISC has been a vanguard in the expansion of the Internet.
ISC has been, and continues to be, one of the worldʹs most important organizations entrusted to provide the Internetʹs essential infrastructures, deeply involved in the development of DNS, DNSSEC, IPv6, DHCP, and BIND. ISC operates the F-root server, one of the 13 root server complexes on the Internet. Since shortly after its founding in 1994, ISC has maintained 100% up-time for F-root and today the servers that implement F-root process approximately 25% of the Internetʹs root traffic. ISC has one of the worldʹs largest operational deployments of DNSSEC. Members of ISCʹs team are among the small group of trusted holders of global master DNSSEC key components.