gTLD	Full Legal Name	E-mail suffix	Detail
.luxury	Luxury Partners, LLC	mjconcepts.com	View

The .luxury gTLD will benefit registrants, internet users, and others by creating a virtual community dedicated to all types of luxury, serving luxury providers and consumers of their products and services. Registrants will gain higher visibility and easier searchability as well as access to relevant and brand-centric domains in a way that is currently unavailable on other gTLDs. Internet users will experience improved search functionality in a streamlined, geographic and field-specific manner. Moreover, others will benefit from the economic development and innovation fostered by this niche community space.

(i) The goal of the proposed gTLD in terms of areas of specialty, service levels, or reputation:
Specialty: The Registry will focus on luxury goods and services, as well as their consumers, in order to support all parties interested in luxury. Both providers and consumers will have a dedicated online environment they can utilize to promote their respective luxury-related interests. Websites within this TLD will be able to specify their focus based on category, geography and target audience, expanding visibility through improved accessibility. Conversely, customers will have an enhanced user experience in locating the products, services and information for their specific luxury-related interests, through direct and relevant search results. Additionally, the introduction of a .luxury gTLD provides the potential benefit of allowing shortened strings for existing domains and also the opportunity to obtain more appropriate domains presently unavailable in other more-crowded TLDs.

Service Levels: Service levels provided by the .luxury gTLD comply with required service levels defined in Specification 10 of the gTLD Registry Agreement detailed in the ICANN gTLD Applicant Guidebook.

Reputation: The Registry’s priority is to establish a reputation as an innovative, stable, secure and accountable community; serving those involved in the numerous vertical categories traditionally associated with luxury, including providers, consumers and aficionados of luxury goods and services. Further, the managers of the Registry have established their reputation through a variety of extremely successful business endeavors and years of professional experience at the highest levels. ARI Registry Services (“ARI”), the Registry’s selected provider of registry services, has an established reputation for providing and operating a robust and reliable back-end registry service that enables multiple registrars to provide domain name registration services in the top-level domain. ARI’s proven, reliable system supports multiple registries and many registrars. ARI has a long history of meeting its service level agreements as evidenced in the Registry Operator’s Monthly Reports that ARI files with ICANN. The reports detail ARI’s operational status and its compliance with applicable service level agreements. These monthly reports are accessible from the ICANN website at the following URL: http:⁄⁄www.icann.org⁄en⁄tlds⁄monthly-reports⁄.

Moreover, the Registry has established a strategic relationship with industry-leading registrar Melbourne IT, thereby ensuring a first-rate consumer experience and compliance with all applicable industry policies and standards.

(ii) What the proposed gTLD anticipates adding to the current space, in terms of competition, differentiation, or innovation:
Competition: The proposed gTLD will promote competition by creating a digital environment dedicated to all social, informational and commercial aspects of the massive vertical luxury market and its interested parties. As such, .luxury will have a competitive advantage over other gTLDs with respect to all categories of luxury goods and services. Further, the website www.domaintools.com indicates there are currently over 103,000 domain names that include the word “luxury” in their string. Beyond domain names embodying the term luxury, there are thousands of businesses and brands around the world that promote luxury without actually using the term. As such, the .luxury gTLD presents an opportunity to shorten string length for these existing domains and provide an appealing and intuitive opportunity for registrants. Beyond just allowing for string shortening, the gTLD will enable new registrants to create domains for sharing their luxury interests and connecting with similarly interested parties. With a dedicated platform for the luxury sector, new, improved and⁄or shorter domain names will be sought by participants; thereby contributing to competition in the current space by offering consumers more choice and registrants more marketable domains.

As the public increasingly accepts new gTLDs, the Registry envisions registrants will seek out TLDs that describe their nature or activities. Accordingly, purveyors and consumers of luxury goods and services will look to the .luxury gTLD first when establishing their web presence, and will register domain names as tools to interact with consumers, liaise with colleagues, share new products and services, link to various social networks, sell merchandise, etcetera.

Differentiation: The fundamental difference between .luxury and all other gTLDs is its dedication to the luxury experience. The proposed gTLD will create a space associated exclusively with the luxury lifestyle and all of its component parts. To achieve this differentiation, beyond simply providing domain names, the Registry will, in accordance with Specification 9 of the Registry Agreement, proactively develop and maintain multiple innovative and branded websites to create and enhance industry-specific communities dedicated to this major global market and its massive, global constituent base.

Innovation: The proposed gTLD will catalyze innovation by creating an online community devoted to luxury retailers and consumers. Registrants and users may in turn take advantage of the opportunities for increased communication, access to information, visibility and commerce to develop new methods of advancing their interests. The luxury customer today is a better-educated customer; and therefore the luxury industry continues to become more complex than branded names. Within this evolving luxury marketplace, all will benefit from this vibrant and dynamic collaborative environment our Registry will offer. For example, understanding consumer priorities and trends will be evermore important in adapting luxury to a wide variety of circumstances. The searchability and aggregation of such trends will connect consumers with organizations, and help brands continue to innovate and reinvent themselves as the luxury definition evolves. In addition, as the world becomes evermore digital and connected, the social networking component of the Registry will afford brands the ability to offer its customers more exclusive levels of service. The additional data provided by .luxury registrants will allow for the following innovations:

• Optimized and customized search capability
• Community-specific premium domains that will be utilized for the benefit of all interested parties
• Targeted and more cost-effective advertising
• The ability to create and analyze community metrics
• Lay the foundation for a community-specific e-commerce platform
• Development and sale of interactive applications

These innovations will add new experiences and opportunities to the space, directly benefiting registrants and indirectly benefiting users and others.

(iii) Goals the proposed gTLD has in terms of user experience:
The Registry envisions a greatly enhanced user experience by providing resources to its constituents, including interest-specific information, communication channels, social networking, easy market specific organization, and collaborative business opportunities designed to appeal to those with luxury-based interests. The quality of the user experience will improve over time as the Registry provides these resources and participation in the .luxury TLD expands. Registrants will have the opportunity to contribute their own content to the space, thereby enhancing the scope and community nature of the gTLD. The goal of the .luxury TLD is to be the destination and home for all luxury-related online activity.
While this is not a community application, the Registry intends to create virtual communities around the various markets, experiences and products traditionally associated with luxury. Certain premium domains may be branded for consistency of user experience and quality of content in a unique portal.

Moreover, ARI, the gTLD’s registry service provider, will ensure that all pertinent services consistently meet the prescribed defined in Specification 10 of the Registry Agreement, helping to ensure the user experience is satisfactory. In addition, ARI will comply with any other applicable ICANN policy or procedure, thereby helping to ensure the user experience provided is both secure and stable. Strategic partner Melbourne IT will ensure a top quality consumer interface and policy compliance.

(iv) Description of the intended registration policies in support of the goals listed above:
The Registry may reach out to vendors of luxury products and services around the globe, as well as use community-building platforms to generate publicity for the proposed gTLD, and will welcome all registrants seeking a “.luxury” domain. Following a Sunrise and Landrush period, the Registry intends to make domains available to anyone willing to complete the Registry’s application process and comply with Registry policies and ICANN requirements. The Registry will collect limited demographic information from registrants, which will be used to streamline searches and target communications. Registration requests for available names will be allocated by the Registry through accredited registrars on a first come, first-served basis, subject to the Registry policies and ICANN requirements. The Registry will establish dispute resolution procedures concerning compliance with TLD registration policies and shall enforce such registration policies.
The Registry will seek out strategic partners to utilize premium names of significance to the community. It also plans to reserve the right to retain additional names on a reserve name list at any time at its sole discretion, in accordance with Specification 5 of the Registry Agreement, and to allocate such names in accordance with ICANN requirements and Registry polices.

(v) The proposed gTLD will impose measures for protecting the privacy or confidential information of registrants or users:
The Registry will protect the privacy and confidential information of registrants and users through industry standard security technology, provided by ARI and through a contractual privacy policy statement. ARI provides a comprehensive security solution – independently audited – to ensure that registrants’ privacy and confidential information is protected. These measures include registry databases that are access controlled, encrypted data escrow procedures, and a broad-ranging security policy addressing physical, cyber, and personnel security threats. Further details of these security policies are provided in response to Question 30, Security Policy. In compliance with the Registry Agreement’s Specification 4, data fields defined in the specification are made publicly available through the Registry’s Whois service offering.

User security is enhanced by the use of Domain Name System Security Extensions (“DNSSEC”) providing an important layer of overall Internet security. ARI’s DNSSEC implementations adhere to key security standards and guidelines as required by Federal Information Processing Standards (“FIPS”) 140-2 Level 3. Through ARI’s proven DNSSEC implementation, the .luxury gTLD will help to protect the privacy and confidential information of its users.

(vi) Description of whether and in what ways outreach and communications will help to achieve projected benefits:
The Registry will engage in outreach by working with purveyors of luxury products and services, high-end brands and other interested stakeholders. Reaching out to such resources will achieve projected benefits by helping to establish the Registry’s premium reputation and increase awareness around our gTLD. This outreach and education will develop the Registry’s base of registrants and direct and increase web traffic.

Beyond this, the Registry will engage in targeted advertising and outreach by working with a wide range of strategic partners to promote the Registry to all legitimately interested in any category of luxury. The enhanced visibility of geographic and category-specific domains developed by the Registry and optimized for searches will further help communicate the Registry’s commitment to its mission. Targeted advertising will benefit both registrants and advertisers by promoting awareness, competition and facilitating efficient communication. Community-building platforms may be employed to enhance the development of communities oriented towards luxury. Moreover, the opportunities for better and greater communication amongst registrants themselves will help to establish the Registry’s community reputation and develop its base.

gTLD	Full Legal Name	E-mail suffix	Detail
.discount	Dot Discount, LLC	whatbox.co	View

The .discount gTLD will benefit proposed registrants, internet users, and others by offering an internet space dedicated to discount shopping and its related participants. Registrants will gain higher visibility to target markets, through more effective searchability, as well as access to shorter, more-relevant domain names, currently unavailable on other crowded gTLDs. Internet users will experience improved search functionality in a streamlined, geographic and category-specific manner. Others will benefit from more effective communication, the ability to connect buyers and sellers more efficiently, increased competition, expanded commerce and the innovation fostered by this dedicated online space.

(i) The goal of the proposed gTLD in terms of areas of specialty, service levels, or reputation:
Specialty: The Registry will create a virtual community specializing in discounted transactions. It will bring together interested parties and facilitate the dissemination of discount-related information. Consumers can turn to .discount domains when searching for bargain prices and deals on an vast variety of goods and services. Retailers and wholesalers alike will choose .discount domains as their portal for promoting discounted wares and broadening their customer base. This “discount” specialty will result in increased traffic, interaction and transactions between shoppers, retailers, and others.
Service Levels: Service levels provided by the .discount gTLD will comply with required service levels defined in Specification 10 of the gTLD Registry Agreement detailed in the ICANN gTLD Applicant Guidebook.
Reputation: The Registry’s priority is to establish a reputation as an innovative, stable, secure and accountable community; serving all who have an interest in discounts. ARI Registry Services (“ARI”), the Registry’s selected provider of registry services, has an established reputation for providing and operating a robust and reliable back-end registry service that enables multiple registrars to provide domain name registration services in the top-level domain. ARI’s system supports multiple registries and many registrars consistently and securely. ARI has a long history of meeting its service level agreements as evidenced in the Registry Operator’s Monthly Reports that ARI files monthly with ICANN. These reports detail ARI’s operational status and its compliance with applicable service level agreements. These monthly reports are accessible from the ICANN website at the following URL: http:⁄⁄www.icann.org⁄en⁄tlds⁄monthly-reports⁄. Moreover, the Registry has established a strategic relationship with industry-leading registrar Melbourne IT, thereby ensuring a first-rate consumer experience and compliance with all applicable industry policies and standards.

(ii) What the proposed gTLD anticipates adding to the current space, in terms of competition, differentiation, or innovation:
Competition: The proposed gTLD will promote competition by creating a digital environment dedicated to all commercial, informational and social aspects of discount commerce. There are currently 66,000 active domain names that include “discount” in their string. Of these, “discount.” currently resides in roughly 22,000 domains immediately preceding various TLDs (e.g. www.bobsdiscount.com). The “.discount” TLD will shorten the string length for these existing domains (e.g. www.bobs.discount) and provide an appealing and intuitive opportunity for registrants. In the virgin .discount TLD, registrants may obtain new, improved, and⁄or shorter domain names. In addition, creating a dedicated discount environment will stimulate commercial competition beyond simple domain sales. The fact that .discount domain names and their respective websites relate to discounted commerce will generate competition in the truest sense: concentrating manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and service providers into a dedicated space, and driving customers to them.
As the public increasingly accepts new gTLDs, the Registry envisions registrants will seek out TLDs that describe their nature or activities. Accordingly, entities interested in offering discounts will look to the .discount TLD first, when establishing their web presence, and will register domain names as tools to interact with consumers, liaise with colleagues, share discounted products and services, link to various social networks, sell merchandise, etcetera.
Differentiation: The fundamental difference between .discount and all other gTLDs is its dedication to discount commerce. The proposed gTLD will create a space exclusively associated with this activity. To achieve this differentiation, beyond simply providing domain names, the Registry will, in accordance with Specification 9 of the Registry Agreement, proactively develop and maintain innovative websites to further development of an online discount community.
Innovation: The proposed gTLD will catalyze innovation by creating an online community devoted to discount commerce and its stakeholders. The Registry will consolidate discount resources into a single space, facilitating collaboration and awareness. Registrants and users will in turn take advantage of the opportunities for increased communication, access to information, visibility, and commerce to develop new methods of advancing their interests. All will benefit from this vibrant and dynamic collaborative process. For example, category and geography-based search functionality will connect more consumers and organizations, allowing for a more robust and efficient exchange of information. In addition, .discount will allow for the following innovations:
• Retention and utilization of key category domain names for community-building purposes to benefit registrants, users and others
• Original content and information resources
• Live channel streaming, e.g. QVC and Home Shopping Network
• Classified advertisements
• Product, service and merchant reviews
• Optimized and customized search capability
• The ability to create and analyze community metrics
• Lay the foundation for a community-specific e-commerce platform
• Auction services
• Directories
• News
• On-demand infomercials
• Digital coupons
These innovations will add new experiences and opportunities to the space, directly benefiting registrants and indirectly benefiting users and others.

(iii) Goals the proposed gTLD has in terms of user experience:
The Registry envisions a greatly enhanced user experience by facilitating streamlined searches for goods and services. The Registry will provide resources to its constituents, including interest-specific information, novel communication channels, online markets, together with collaborative and business opportunities. The quality of the user experience will improve as the Registry provides resources to its constituents, including interest-specific information, communication channels, markets, collaborative, philanthropic and business opportunities. Registrants will have the opportunity to contribute their own content to the space, thereby enhancing the community-nature of the gTLD. The goal of .discount is to be both the destination and home for all discount-oriented online activity.
Moreover, ARI, the gTLD’s registry service provider, will ensure that all pertinent services consistently meet the levels prescribed in Specification 10 of the Registry Agreement, helping to ensure a top quality user experience. In addition, ARI will comply with any other applicable ICANN policy or procedure, thereby ensuring the user experience provided is both secure and stable. Strategic partner Melbourne IT will ensure top quality consumer interface and policy compliance.

(iv) Description of the intended registration policies in support of the goals listed above:
The Registry will reach out to retailers, consumers and others interested in discounts, as well as use community-building platforms to generate publicity for the proposed gTLD, and will welcome registrants seeking a .discount gTLD. Following a Sunrise and Landrush period, the Registry will make domains available to any entity willing to complete the registry’s application process and comply with Registry policies and ICANN requirements. The Registry will collect limited demographic information from registrants, which will be used to streamline searches and target communications. Registration requests for available names will be allocated by the registry through accredited registrars on a first come, first-served basis, subject to Registry policies and ICANN requirements. The Registry will establish and enforce dispute resolution procedures concerning compliance with TLD registration policies.
The Registry will seek out strategic partners to utilize certain premium names of significance to the community, while other premium names may be reserved for development by the Registry in furtherance of community goals. The Registry also plans to reserve the right to retain additional names on a reserve name list at any time at its sole discretion, in accordance with Specification 5 of the Registry Agreement, and to allocate such names in accordance with ICANN requirements and Registry polices.

(v) The proposed gTLD will impose measures for protecting the privacy or confidential information of registrants or users:
The Registry will protect the privacy and confidential information of registrants and users through industry standard security technology, provided by ARI and through a contractual privacy policy statement. ARI, the Registry’s selected provider of registry services, provides a comprehensive security solution – independently audited – to ensure that registrants’ privacy and confidential information is protected. These measures include registry databases that are access controlled, encrypted data escrow procedures, and a broad ranging security policy addressing physical, cyber, and personnel security threats. Further details of these security policies are provided in response to Question 30, Security Policy. In compliance with the Registry Agreement’s Specification 4, data fields defined in the specification are made publically available through the registry’s Whois service offering.
User security is enhanced by the use of Domain Name System Security Extensions (“DNSSEC”) providing an important layer of overall Internet security. ARI’s DNSSEC implementations adhere to key security standards and guidelines as required by Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Level 3. Through ARI’s proven DNSSEC implementation, the .discount gTLD helps to protect the privacy and confidential information of its users.

(vi) Description of whether and in what ways outreach and communications will help to achieve projected benefits:
The Registry will engage in outreach by working with brands, retailers, advertisers and consumer, to promote the Registry. The enhanced visibility of category-specific domains developed by the Registry and optimized for SEO will further help communicate the Registry’s commitment to its objectives. Directed advertising will benefit both registrants and advertisers by promoting competition and facilitating efficient communication. The establishment of an e-commerce platform, as a mechanism for facilitating transactions, will similarly benefit target demographics. Community-building platforms may be employed to enhance the development of communities oriented toward discounts. Moreover, the opportunities for enhanced communication between registrants will further the Registry’s community reputation, developing and expanding its base.