donuts
| Donuts, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 2010 |
| Seat | Bellevue (Washington) , USA |
| Branch | Domain management; Internet service provider |
| Website | www.donuts.domains |
| As of July 15, 2017 | |
Donuts Inc is a US company that has submitted 307 applications for generic top-level domains (gTLD), making it the largest registry of new top-level domains .
The Bellevue- based company was founded in 2010 and currently manages around two million domains.
meaning
With 307 applications for generic top-level domains , Donuts is by far the largest registry for new top-level domains . Even the applications from Google and Amazon together do not add up to the sum of the applications from Donuts.
Well-known American media outlets such as The Washington Post , CNBC and TechCrunch have already reported on the company.
Acquisition of Rightside Group Ltd
In June 2017, the company acquired Rightside Group Ltd, which operates 40 TLD extensions and the Name.com website for registering domains.
In addition to acting as a registry, Donuts also sells domains to end customers.
Web links
- Kevin Murphy: Donuts applies for 307 gTLDs ( en ) June 5, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Donuts "almost doubles" $ 100m funding for new gTLD auctions | Domain Incite - Domain Name Industry News, Analysis & Opinion . In: DomainIncite - Domain Name Industry News, Analysis & Opinion . April 9, 2013 ( domainincite.com [accessed July 15, 2017]).
- ↑ a b domaintyper: Applicants for New General Top-level domains. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Donuts Inc. In: Donuts.Domains . ( donuts.domains [accessed July 15, 2017]).
- ↑ Donuts Fact Sheet. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 30, 2017 ; accessed on July 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Donuts Inc.'s major play for new Web domain names raises eyebrows. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Samantha Sabin: The Hunger Games franchise ditches dot-com domain. June 22, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Natasha Lomas: After Its $ 100M + Series A, Donuts, A Register For New gTLDs, Raises “Tens Of Millions” In Series B So It Can Bid For More .Names | TechCrunch. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
- ↑ RA Florian Hitzelberger: nTLDs - Donuts accepts Right Side for US $ 213 million In: domain-recht.de . June 20, 2017 ( domain-recht.de [accessed July 15, 2017]).