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Status: Delegated
Type: Generic
Category: Technology
Priority #: 186 - Donuts (Pioneer Gardens, LLC)
223 - Dot Tech LLC

1642 - Uniregistry, Corp.

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.help is a gTLD that was proposed in ICANN's New gTLD Program. After a Private auction in May 2014, Uniregistry became the only applicant for the string. It was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on the 16th August 2014.[1]


Background

Current Applicant

  1. Uniregistry, Corp.[2]

Previous Applicants

  1. Donuts (Pioneer Gardens, LLC) - This applicant submitted a Public Interest Commitment, which can be downloaded here.
  2. Dot Tech LLC


Private Auction

In a private auction conducted by Applicant Auction in May 2014, Uniregistry won the rights to .help over the other two applicants for an undisclosed amount.[3]


Contract Signed

On 26th June 2014, Uniregistry received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN for .help after passing the Initial Evaluation.[4]

Delegation and Availability

.help was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on the 16th August, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.[5]


Sunrise

The Registry announced that the Sunrise Period for the string would begin on the 3rd September 2014, and end on the 3rd November 2014.[6]

References

  1. ICANN delegated strings Retrieved 5th December 2014.
  2. Help Status, ICANN.org
  3. Ten more New gTLD Contests Settled in Auction, DomainIncite Retrieved 3 June 2014
  4. Registry Agreements, ICANN.org Retrieved 05 December 2014
  5. ICANN delegated strings Retrieved 5th December 2014.
  6. TLD Startup Information, ICANN.org Retrieved 5th December 2014