---
id: "qualified-launch-program"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "QLP"
language: "en"
category: "Registration life cycle"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/qualified-launch-program/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/qlp/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/qlp/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/qlp/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/qlp/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/qlp/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/qlp/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/qlp/"
---

# QLP

Qualified Launch Program

An ICANN-approved way for a new gTLD registry to hand out up to 100 names before or during sunrise, in order to promote the TLD. A name that matches a trademark recorded in the Trademark Clearinghouse can only go to that trademark holder or to a public authority.

## related terms

- [launch phase](https://tldlog.com/glossary/launch-phase/)
- [sunrise](https://tldlog.com/glossary/sunrise/)
- [TMCH](https://tldlog.com/glossary/tmch/)
- [founders program](https://tldlog.com/glossary/founders-program/)
- [TLD Startup Information](https://tldlog.com/glossary/tld-startup-information/)