GoDaddy applies for 77 new top-level domains
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GoDaddy The largest registrar, which also runs a registry business and an aftermarket platform. Full definition of GoDaddy is a big domain name A readable internet name made of labels separated by dots. Full definition of domain name company. It wants to create 77 new website endings, like .labs or .airo. This is part of a process run by ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN, the organization that manages internet addresses. GoDaddy mostly skipped the last big round of new endings years ago, but this time it is applying for a lot.
GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar, has applied for 77 new top level domains through its registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry subsidiary in ICANN’s 2026 expansion round. The company largely stayed out of the 2012 round The first round of ICANN's New gTLD Program, which opened for applications in 2012. Full definition of 2012 round of new gTLD A generic top-level domain added to the internet through ICANN's New gTLD Program. Full definition of new gTLD applications, but built up its registry portfolio A collection of domains held by one owner. Full definition of portfolio afterward, including through its 2020 acquisition of Neustar’s registry business and subsequent acquisitions of other companies’ TLD top-level domain The last part of a domain name, after the final dot. Full definition of TLD, such as .club, .design and .xxx.
Sixty-six of GoDaddy’s 77 applications overlap with strings applied for by other companies, meaning GoDaddy will likely need to spend heavily in contention resolution to ultimately operate many of the domains. Some matches could also be affected by ICANN’s new rule barring singular and plural versions of the same string.
Among the notable applications is .Airo, GoDaddy’s only dot-brand bid, named after its AI platform; the company already runs .godaddy from the previous round. It also applied for .ANS and .agentID, tied to its work using DNS Domain Name System The internet's directory that links domain names to computer addresses. Full definition of DNS for identifying AI agents, with .ansid as a backup string. The most contested application is .Labs, tied with .agent as the most-sought string in the round, with thirteen companies seeking .lab or .labs.
GoDaddy’s full list of primary applications spans a wide range of everyday and tech-related terms, including .api, .brand A top-level domain that a company runs for its own trademark. Full definition of .brand, .crm, .drone, .hub, .robot, .wallet and .zen, among others.