gTLD	Full Legal Name	E-mail suffix	Detail
.SHOP	GMO Registry, Inc.	gmoregistry.com	View

● Eligibility: who is eligible to register a second-level name in the gTLD, and how will eligibility be determined.

Registrants in the .SHOP gTLD will include the following:

- business entities or organizations that deploy commercial activities in an online or offline environment or provide information in relation thereto over the internet, including, but not limited to, merchants, retailers, business-to-business sales channels, marketplaces, etc.;

.SHOP domain name registrations will also be made available to business entities or organizations that currently do not deploy commercial activities, but that have expressed intention to engage in these activities within one year following the registration of a .SHOP domain name.

Therefore, the Applicant – when awarded the gTLD – will develop detailed guidelines and restrictions in regard to the use of a gTLD, and an Abusive Use Policy.

All .SHOP domain name registrants will be required to prove that they are legally established business entities or organizations by providing the following information at the time of domain name registration:
- Country name where the business entity or organization is established
- Business entity or organization identification number type (Business ID, Tax ID, VAT, etc.)
- Business entity or organization identification number

Furthermore, the registry operator, accredited registrars and registrants will be bound by applicable ICANN policies.

● Name selection: what types of second-level names may be registered in the gTLD

Registrants will be entitled to register domain names that are identical or similar to their current or future trademark, business name, trade name, business identifier, name of business entity or organization, names under which they are commonly known, slogans, acronyms, etc., including combinations thereof, in the .SHOP gTLD.

The Registry Operator will also make available certain premium domain names, which correspond to a generic word or product or service category. These premium domain names may be retained by the registry operator, leased or rented, or offered for registration to eligible members of the community.

Insofar and to the extent such premium domain names are registered in the name of the registry operator, these domain names will be used in order to generate additional platforms for community members. Such platforms may include but are not necessarily limited to directory services, social media platforms, and search engines, all intending to drive additional Internet traffic to the active websites resolving from a .SHOP domain name registration.


● Content and Use: what restrictions, if any, the registry operator will impose on how a registrant may use its registered name

The registry operator will impose the following restrictions for the use of domain names:

a. Registered .SHOP domain names must be used for commercial activities in an online or offline environment or to provide information in relation thereto over the internet; or

b. Registered .SHOP domain names must be intended to be used for commercial activities in an online or offline environment or to provide information in relation thereto over the internet.

Registering a .SHOP domain name solely for the purpose of selling, exchanging, trading, or leasing such domain name shall be deemed as inappropriate use or intent, and will be prohibited by the registry operator.


● Enforcement: what investigation practices and mechanisms exist to enforce the policies above, what resources are allocated for enforcement, and what appeal mechanisms are available to registrants

The registry operator will encourage domain name registrants to use digital certificates in conjunction with the websites deployed under their .SHOP domain name registrations.

In addition, the registry operator will conduct on a regular basis compliance checks to ascertain whether .SHOP registrants are acting in compliance with the registry operator’s policies.

Any such checks may be carried out by using sampling methodologies, thorough ex officio investigations, Whois accuracy requests, etc.

If the Registry Operator or a third party that it appoints for this purpose determines that a registered domain name or the content violates the policies mentioned hereunder, the Registry Operator or its appointee may do any of the following:

- depending on the nature of the domain name registrant’s noncompliance, the Registry Operator may provide the registrant, directly or through the registrar, with a grace period within which the registrant needs to demonstrate that registration and⁄or use of the domain name is compliant with the policies, and that the breach has been cured; and⁄or

- if it appears that the registrant’s breach may have significant consequences for the Internet, Registry Operator, the credibility or integrity of the .SHOP gTLD, the community, or the reputation of the Registry Operator and⁄or the extension, the Registry Operator may immediately suspend, block, revoke and⁄or delete the domain name(s) registered in the name of the registrant.

Please refer to Question 28 for a more detailed description of the takedown procedure.

In this respect, the Abuse Public Contact that will be established by the registry operator will play a pivotal role:

- first, the Abuse Public Contact will be the primary addressee of any complaints made in relation to a .SHOP domain name registration; of course, its intervention is without prejudice to procedures that can be initiated by a complainant under ICANN’s Consensus Policies as well as those developed in the context of the Applicant Guidebook;

- second, the Abuse Public Contact can play a moderating role in disputes between a .SHOP domain name registrant and an Internet user as regards the registrant’s compliance with the policies set by the registry operator;

- third, the Abuse Public Contact may carry out ex officio investigations in order to ensure registrant compliance with the policies that have been devised by the registry operator.

In addition to the above, the Applicant will also endeavor to facilitate resolution of conflict between consumers on the one hand
and .SHOP registrants on the other hand in relation to products or services purchased by such consumers with the registrant.
The Applicant may register certain names (for example geographic names) in the name of the government bodies or alternative dispute resolution agencies that are competent to decide upon disputes in relation to distance selling.
Therefore, for instance, a consumer residing in Australia and buying a product from a .SHOP registrant residing in the United States is able
to file a complaint with the competent authority in the US from within the .SHOP namespace.
Please refer to Question 22 for more details in this respect, in particular regarding the Applicant’s compliance with Specification 5 of the Registry Agreement.

gTLD	Full Legal Name	E-mail suffix	Detail
.ADAC	Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club e.V. (ADAC)	zentrale.adac.de	View

1) At least during the initial months or even years following the delegation of the .ADAC gTLD to the Applicant, this extension is likely going to be a so-called “single registrant TLD” as contemplated by ICANN in Article 4.5 of the template Registry Operator Agreement (“Transition of Registry upon Termination of Agreement”). For the avoidance of doubt, a “single registrant TLD” is a TLD where “(i) all domain name registrations in the TLD are registered to, and maintained by, Registry Operator for its own exclusive use, and (ii) Registry Operator does not sell, distribute or transfer control or use of any registrations in the TLD to any third party that is not an Affiliate of Registry Operator.”
This will allow the Applicant to build awareness amongst its membership and the Internet community at large that the .ADAC gTLD exists, that the domain names registered under .ADAC and the content provided on the websites to which those domain names point are managed by ADAC.
At a later stage, in addition to ADAC, its Stakeholders will possibly be entitled to register domain names in .ADAC. That is to say, one of the main eligibility criteria will be that the interested party wishing to register a domain name in the .ADAC TLD is either a member of the Applicant or has a sufficiently close link to the ADAC community.
In any event, ADAC reserves the right to change or restrict any policies, procedures and practices at any point in time if it is of the opinion that there would be a risk that the reputation of the ADAC brand would be damaged.
2) The domain names to be registered by ADAC and, as the case may be at a later stage, its Stakeholders, will likely be limited to the following:
a) registered trademarks of ADAC;
b) names of the regional and local clubs of ADAC;
c) names of the individual members of ADAC;
d) names of departments within ADAC;
e) names of foundations and social initiatives supported by ADAC;
f) names of events (e.g. motorsports events) organized by ADAC;
g) names of directors and officers of the Applicant and its subsidiaries, including its employees;
h) names of subsidiaries;
i) names of foundations and sponsorships established or supported by the Applicant;
j) names of third parties who provide services on behalf of the Applicant to its members and third parties who offer products and services on favorable terms to the Applicant’s members.;
k) names of co-operation and business partners;
l) etc.
Furthermore, ADAC envisages registering a fair number of generic words that are directly or indirectly related to the services and products offered to and the activities organized by the various members of ADAC.
In addition to that, the Applicant will likely require that second-level names meet certain technical and syntax requirements such as that
a) the A-label will have to consist exclusively of the letters A-Z (case insensitive, however including special characters that are part of the German alphabet, such as e.g. “ä” and “ö”), the numbers 0-9 and the hyphen (“-“), subject to the restrictions set out below;
b) the domain name cannot begin or end with a hyphen (“-“);
c) underlined characters will not be allowed;
d) the domain name cannot exceed 63 characters (excluding the TLD);
e) the domain name will have to have a minimum length of 1 character.
The Applicant will reserve the right to itself to grant exemptions from some or even all of these requirements.
Moreover, the Applicant will possibly draw up a list of reserved names which will not be available for registration and also put possibly special provisions in place for geographic names (see reply to Question 22 below), The Applicant will however reserve the right to allocate to and register a domain name mentioned on the list of reserved names in the name of a party indicated by the Applicant.
3) The Applicant will likely require that the content and use made by a registrant of a second-level domain name in the .ADAC TLD clearly relates to the ADAC community, e.g. by way of
a) providing information on the activities of the Applicant, its regional or local clubs or a third party affiliated with the Applicant (e.g. vintage car clubs);
b) offering products and services to the members of the Applicant, some of which may be on favorable terms for its members;
c) etc.
The Applicant will in any case require that all content and use offered under the .ADAC TLD complies with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, trademark laws, criminal laws, data protection laws etc. To that end, ADAC will likely require applicants for a second-level domain name registration to warrant that
a) to their knowledge, the registration of the domain name will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any third party;
b) the applicant is not submitting the domain name registration request and, upon registration, will not use the domain name for an unlawful purpose, contrary to public policy or morality, for offensive purposes, to mislead the public and⁄or contrary to good and fair business practices; and
c) it will not knowingly use the domain name in violation of any applicable laws or regulations, including third party interests; and
d) it will keep the WHOIS information related to the domain name accurate and up-to-date at all times, both with its accredited registrar and ADAC.
ADAC reserves the right to change or restrict any policies, procedures and practices at any point in time if it is of the opinion that there would be a risk that the reputation of the ADAC brand would be damaged by the content or use made by a registrant of a second-level domain name in the .ADAC TLD.
4) Prior to the registration of a domain name in .ADAC, ADAC will require its legal and intellectual property department to review the list of these domain names on a regular basis in order to satisfy itself that they will not infringe the rights of third parties. In addition, ADAC might install a complaints point of contact who can be addressed if a third party deems its rights being violated by a second-level domain name in .ADAC. This complaints point of contact will be installed within the organization of the Applicant and will conduct an investigation of the complaint, if need be in cooperation with external legal advisers. Since the Applicant already offers diverse content under different domain names it has considerable experience in monitoring and ensuring compliance with the applicable laws. The Applicant will be able to leverage on this considerable experience but is committed to invest additional resources should the operation of .ADAC require so.
Furthermore, any party will likely be entitled to request the complaints point of contact for further clarification or information with respect to a second-level domain name registration prior to or following the procedures which will be published on .ADAC. The complaints point of contact may mediate between the complainant and the (prospective) registrant and will likely have the right and the powers to suspend, cancel or delete an application for or a registered second-level domain name. No fees will likely be charged by ADAC or the complaints point of contact in connection with any such mediation or remedy, which will likely be the only remedy offered by ADAC to the complainant.
The Applicant’s domain name registration policies will contain clear rules and procedures with respect to:
a) verifying, on a regular ⁄ spot-check basis, that the registrant of a particular domain name still meets the eligibility requirements for being a .ADAC domain name registrant;
b) verifying on a regular ⁄ spot-check basis, that the content provided under .ADAC domain names is in line with the acceptable use policies and marketing guidelines issued by ADAC from time to time in relation websites operating under the .ADAC gTLD.
In case of complaints from third parties arising after the registration of a domain name that likely infringes the trademark rights of a third party, the registrant will be contractually obliged to
a) conduct any such proceedings before an ICANN approved dispute resolution service provider in accordance with the UDRP, the URS, the Rules for UDRP and URS and any relevant supplemental rules, as made available on the relevant websites and⁄or the Rules for URS and any relevant supplemental rules, as made available on the relevant websites); and
b) to participate in good faith in any domain name dispute initiated by a third party complainant under the UDRP or URS against the registrant in compliance therewith and with the Rules for UDRP and⁄or URS.