A niche TLD for audio-gear and music-creator projects, electrical/EV-charging and energy startups, and 'amplify'-themed marketing brands looking for a short suffix, plus domain-hack collectors (c.amp, st.amp, ch.amp).
audio-gear and music-creator projects, electrical/EV-charging and energy startups, and 'amplify'-themed marketing brands looking for a short suffix, plus domain-hack collectors (c.amp, st.amp, ch.amp)
One of the 80 strings ShortDot published for the ICANN 2026 round. ShortDot states it has submitted 40 applications, but publishes the 80 strings without revealing which 40 are applications and which 40 are designated replacements. The submission claim is therefore applicant-level, not string-level: nothing in the source says ShortDot applied for THIS string. Catalogued, not announced.
The 2012 applications making the most similar bet. Chosen by AI from every string in that round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Same bet in a wider register: a plain trade word for the sound-equipment world offered so any maker, retailer or studio can hang its primary identity on the category itself rather than on a brand.
Structurally the same wager on a short, high-energy everyday word carrying a second technical meaning — value comes from the punch and brevity of the string, not from any one industry that would organize itself under it.
- ShortDot · first recordedShortDot (Ireland) Limited
“ShortDot (Ireland) Limited has submitted 40 applications to ICANN's 2026 New gTLD Program. The 80 strings shown include applied-for and designated replacement strings across ShortDot's 40 ICANN applications, presented without revealing their status or pairing.”ShortDot (Ireland) Limited
“The company just disclosed its 40 applications and 40 replacement strings.”Domain Name Wire