.rugby domains

Status: Delegated

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.rugby domains are first level generic domains that are under revision and approval process by the ICANN. According to the ICANN and other companies of this sector, the new .rugby extension can generate new opportunities and new business models, aside from traditional domains.

Goals of .rugby domains

Below you'll find the goals of the new .rugby domains:

Offer a space where to interact with other sport fans thanks to the sites working under the new .rugby domains.
Provide new ways to be able to reach new customers, potentially interested in sport related shops.

Requirements of .rugby domains

At this moment no requirements have been published yet for the registration of .rugby domains, this information will be available soon.

Preregistration in MrDomain

Request / Approval

Sunrise
15/11/2017 - 16/01/2018

Landrush
Date not available

Open registration
Date not available

New domain extensions are requested by entities interested in their management, this requests are processed by ICANN in an individual manner and can be accepted or withdrawn by multiple reasons.
One extension can have more than one applicant, in this case there would be an auction between the interested parties, this process doesn't affect the final registrant, who will make the domain registration directly with an accredited domain registrar like MrDomain once the extension has been launched.

List of applicants for this extension

Applicants	Country	Community	Geographic	Status	Request
Atomic Cross, LLC	US	No	No	Withdrawn	Info
dot Rugby Limited	GI	No	No	Withdrawn	Info
IRB Strategic Developments LImited	IE	No	No	Delegated	Info

Preregistration in MrDomain

Request / Approval

Sunrise
15/11/2017 - 16/01/2018

Landrush
Date not available

Open registration
Date not available

There are multiple procedures before and during the launch phase of new gTLDs, during every one of them the domains can be registered or reserved by the different interested parties, depending on their relation with the extension, because of registered trademarks or at the moment of the final launch of the domain extension. Below you'll find the different phases the extension will pass before the open registration.

Pioneer Name

The Pioneer Name program permits the assignation of some domains to the applicant that finally manages the extension, thanks to this it will be possible to reserve or block certain domains before the registrants can opt for them.

Sunrise

The Sunrise phase permits trademark holders to obtain their domain before the domain launch, if more than one interested party requests the domain an auction will be held between them.
It's important to know that the domain must be an exact match of the registered trademark, only requests that have passed the Trademark Clearinghouse can opt for this (more information).

Landrush

During the Landrush phase the interested parties that didn't opt for the previous phase will be able access the domain registration before the domain extension launch.

Pre-registration

The pre-registration process of a domain permits you to reserve a slot between the first registration requests we will make at the moment of the extension opening. Thanks to this the probability to obtain your domain is higher than doing it manually, you must note that we'll send hundreds of requests per second.

Open Registration

From this moment on the domain registration under this extension will be open, being able to be registered by any interested parties.

The published information is not binding, it can be wrong in case of changes at Registry level or at the ICANN request, we recommend to check the official information published at the icann.org site.