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This is the first use of an expensive (~$500?) .new domain I’ve seen in the wild not associated with a global brand.

For those who don’t know, this domain is constrained to applications where a new file or process is created by visiting the domain, e.g., Google’s http://doc.new creating a new Google Doc file.

https://icannwiki.org/.new

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Is there a place where those constraints are laid out? The linked page only provides the following:

>Charleston Road Registry believes that given its wide variety of uses, the .new gTLD will best add value to the gTLD space by remaining purely open and unencumbered by registrant restrictions. There will, therefore, be no restrictions on second-level domain name registrations in the proposed gTLD, .new.

Yes, the registry page outlines the constraints. Charleston Road is actually Google.

https://www.registry.google/policies/registration/new/#!/

Good to know, thanks!

ZSA, the mechanical keyboard company, has layout.new —- that’s the smallest institution owning one of the .new domains I’d seen prior to this. Not exactly a global brand

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