Reglikedomain industry desk

Ending in .Charity available starting today — Domain names

Donuts released .charity domain names today.

Domain names ending in the .Charity top level domain name are now available in general availability.

A quick survey of domain name registrars shows that prices are generally in the $25-$35/year range.

Top level domain name firm Donuts faced a multi-year battle for rights to operate the domain name.  The Independent Objector filed a community objection against Donuts’ and Famous Four Media’s applications for the TLD. A panelist agreed with the Independent Objector when it came to Donuts’ application, but allowed Famous Four Media’s application to go forward since of a Public Interest Commitment it submitted.

Needless to say, Donuts was rather upset. It challenged the decision with an Independent Review Panel and won. That kicked it back to a panel to rehear the original objection and it took another year for the panel to find in Donuts’ favor. All told it was a 4-5 year delay.

Donuts paid off Famous Four Media earlier this year to win the contention set.

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