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Another contention battle confirmed as Starting Dot reveals five gTLD bids

Kevin Murphy, May 21, 2012, 21:52:04 (UTC), Domain Registries

Portfolio gTLD applicant Starting Dot is to apply to ICANN for five new generic top-level domains, catering mostly to vertical industries and professions.
The France-based company wants .archi, .bio, .design, .immo and .ski.
The first thing to note is that we now have another confirmed contention set – Starting Dot’s .immo application is not the same .immo announced by Nic.at a few weeks ago.
The word “immo” is apparently an abbreviation for “real estate” commonly used in Germany, France and Italy. The gTLD would be reserved for members of that sector.
The .archi gTLD would be reserved for certified architects. It’s backed by the International Architectural Union, a Paris-based umbrella trade group which represents over a million architects.
The .bio proposal, pitched at the food and agricultural industries, anticipates a semi-regulated namespace, while .design would be open to anyone with an interest in that topic.
For .ski, Starting Dot has partnered with Adrenaline TLD, which originally planned to file for five extreme sports gTLDs, on a joint-venture app.
As I blogged earlier today, Adrenaline founder Rob Rozicki now works for the new gTLD marketing firm DomainDiction, which seems to have signed Starting Dot as one of its first clients.


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Comments (4)

  1. Computer 101 says:

    No diff then .Aero, .Travel, .Museum, .Mobi and .Coop. Same chip, different dip.
    All five destined to .fail

  2. blehblehbleh says:

    In a word,
    .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion, .confusion,
    to the Nth power

  3. “Adrenaline founder Rob Rozicki now works for the new gTLD marketing firm DomainDiction, which seems to have signed Starting Dot as one of its first clients.”
    I wonder if they are by some chance related? Inquiring minds want to know…

    • Rob Rozicki says:

      Sorry Anthony no relation. I’m helping DomainDiction but you know action sports are my first love, as we’ve discussed before 🙂 Adrenaline TLD is really excited about working with StartingDot to bring .ski to life. They are intelligent, entrepreneurial and most of all they get it. See you soon.

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