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Proposed top-level internet domain March 2014 March 2014 May 2015 web .web registry|220px 2026 Registrations are directly at second level ICANN official auction schedule www.Verisign.com Logo of the .web registry site .web is a new generic top-level domain (TLD) that is operated by Verisign. Trademarked and Premium second level domains are expected to be available in late 2026 and General Availability (GA) is expected in Q1 2027 or earlier. .web pricing is not restricted like .com and .net Auction The right to operate the domain .web was won by Nu Dot Co LLC at an auction, which was primarily funded by Verisign, for a price of $135 million, equivalent to $US 135,000,000 2016 in US.UShttps://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/auctionresults ICANN New gTLD Auction results ICANN.org 2016-07-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20150629180022/https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/auctionresults 2015-06-29 dead The ICANN auction of last resort that started on July 27, 2016, and was completed on July 28, 2016. ICANN will retain all the proceeds from this auction. TLD .web was added to the official root July 23, 2026.https://www.verisign.com/news-insights/newsroom/news-releases/articles/ https://www.verisign.com/news-insights/newsroom/news-releases/articles/ 2026-08-07 www.verisign.com en-us Seven companies were bidding for the right to operate .web:http://icannwiki.org/.web .web ICANNWiki.org 2016-01-06 Nu Dot Co, LLC (Straat), funded by Verisign Charleston Road Registry, Inc. (Google) Web.com Group, Inc. DotWeb, Inc. Ruby Glen, LLC Schlund Technologies GmbH (United Internet) Afilias Domains No. 3 Limited Delays Although Nu Dot Co LLC won the rights to operate the .web domain in 2016, the release of the domain has been postponed by a series of events.http://www.domainmondo.com/2018/03/new-gtld-web-afilias-vs-icann-verisign.html .WEB Delay History DomainMondo.com 2018-08-14 The release of gTLD .web was initially postponed due to Ruby Glen, LCC. On August 8, 2016, they filed an amended complaint against ICANN, which began July 22, 2016.https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ruby-glen-v-icann-2016-07-23-en Ruby Glen, LLC v. ICANN ICANN.org 2018-08-14 The major complaint was that Verisign planned to use Nu Dot Co LLC to acquire the .web domain.https://domainnamewire.com/2016/08/08/donuts-demands-22-5-million-web-domain-name Andrew Allemann Donuts demands $22.5 million for .Web domain name Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News 9 August 2016 2018-08-14https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/litigation-ruby-glen-amended-complaint-08aug16-en.pdf Amended Complaint ICANN.org 2018-08-14 The complaint was dismissed on November 28, 2016.https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/litigation-ruby-glen-judgment-28nov16-en.pdf Judgment ICANN.org 2018-08-14 However, the dismissal was appealed on December 20, 2016.https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/litigation-ruby-glen-notice-appeal-regarding-dismissal-20dec16-en.pdf Plaintiff's Notice of Appeal Regarding Dismissal ICANN.org 2018-08-14 The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation concerning antitrust issues with ICANN on February 9, 2017.https://domainnamewire.com/2017/02/09/u-s-antitrust-division-investigating-verisign-running-web/ U.S. Antitrust Division investigating Verisign running .Web DomainNameWire.com 10 February 2017 2018-08-14 The investigation closed on January 10, 2018.https://www.bna.com/doj-closes-probe-n73014474045/ DOJ Closes Probe of VeriSign Over .Web Domain BNA.com 2018-08-14 On February 23, 2018, applicant Afilias, who was the second highest bidder, requested documents from ICANN.https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/ali-to-icann-board-marby-23feb18-en.pdf Request for Update on ICANN's Investigation of .WEB Contention Set and Request for Documents under ICANN's Documentary Information Disclosure Policy ICANN.org 2018-08-14 On May 19, 2022, ICANN's BAMC (Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee) decided to ask the involved parties to rehash what had happened by sending an official letterMay 20, 2022 ICANN Board asks .web parties to rehash arguments https://domainnamewire.com/2022/05/20/icann-board-asks-web-parties-to-rehash-arguments/ in the form of an emailhttps://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/burr-to-ali-et-al-19may22-en.pdf ICANN official website to all the entities involved in the .web bidding. On July 23, 2026 Verisign announced that they had resolved all previous disputes successfully and are now the Registry Operator for .web Registry Verisign is the registry for the .web TLD. .web was previously a prospective registry, but never worked in the official root, by Image Online Design 1995. It originated when Jon Postel, then running the top level of the Domain Name System by himself, proposed the addition of new top-level domains to be run by different registries. Since internet tradition at the time emphasized "rough consensus and running code", Christopher Ambler, who ran Image Online Design, saw this as meaning that his company could get a new TLD into the root by starting up a functional registry for it. After asking and receiving permission from IANA to do so, IOD promoted web, but the TLD did not work on the internet and IOD never received the ICANN approval needed to do so. On February 7, 2013, the United States District Court for the Central District of California approved a motion to dismiss the complaint from ICANN.https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/iod-v-icann-2012-11-02-en Image Online Design, Inc. v ICANN ICANN.org 2013-02-07 Some movies used .web domains for fictional companies. For example, the film Next Day Air has advertised on one of their trucks the link www.nda.web.Hosting Checker - Who is Hosting This Website? https://amazingalgorithms.com/hosting-checker?dmn=nda.web 2024-04-23 amazingalgorithms.com Skyfall advertises www.868000.web on the side of a taxi during a pursuit scene.http://imcdb.org/vehicle_550807.html 2000 Shanghai-Volkswagen Passat [Typ 3B] in "Skyfall, 2012" IMCDb.org 2014-09-17 However, these domains were not yet operational. References External links .web Domain Delegation Data Court ruling dismissing IOD .web case IRP Panel Dismisses Afilias' Claims to Reverse .WEB Auction and Award .WEB to Afilias Proposed Category:Proposed top-level domains sv:Toppdomän#Generiska toppdomäner