What is a gTLD?
Who can apply? What if you apply for the same gTLD as another company? Should I apply? How do I apply? How much will it cost? The reality for your business? Further Information What is a gTLD? A gTLD is the last part of the domain name that you see, for example .com. There are presently 21 gTLD s to choose from like .com, .co.uk or .org. However, once the new registration procedure opens, companies will be able to apply to use any string of letters as a gTLD. This means that companies can register their own brand names, trade marks or generic words, such as .shoes or .car. Who can apply? There will be two types of application open and community. The open application relates to names which can be applied for by anyone and the community application relates to applications that are made by pre-established communities with a finite number of members. For example, an open application is likely to be made by a brand owner whereas a community application could be made by a group of companies
gTLD stands for generic Top-Level Domain. The gTLDs form part of the Internet’s global addressing system or domain-name system (DNS). A gTLD is the technical term for the suffixes which appear at the end of Internet addresses and are used to route traffic through the Internet. There are different types of top-level domains, used to identify specific types of organizations, associations or activities (see RFC 1591 ). Examples of gTLDs include .COM, for commercial organizations; .EDU for education and academia; and .MOBI for mobile phone users. Some gTLDs, such as .COM or .INFO, are intended for general use. Others are intended for use by a specific community – such as .COOP for cooperative organizations. A complete list of existing gTLDs is available at http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/.
