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Maserati.gone: car firm cancels five top level domains

Maserati.gone: car firm cancels five top level domains

Car firm states goodbye to .fiat, .maserati and other dot-brand domain names.

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Car firm Stellantis has informed ICANN that it’s terminating contracts to run five top level domains.

The automaker notified ICANN last month that it wishes to cancel .abarth, .alfaromeo, .fiat, .maserati, and .lancia. ICANN opened the comment period on January 25 following determining that it ought to not re-delegate these dot-brand domain names.

The firm is not canceling its .chrysler and .ferrari top level domains.

When it originally applied for the domains, it was part of Fiat Chrysler group.

Google hasn’t indexed any second level domains or websites for the firm’s other top level domains, so it doesn’t appear to be an active user of dot-brand extensions.

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