A niche TLD for creative agencies, fashion and lifestyle brands, personal-brand and campaign sites that want a "be bold" tagline as their address, plus registrants attracted by promotional pricing.
creative agencies, fashion and lifestyle brands, personal-brand and campaign sites that want a "be bold" tagline as their address, plus registrants attracted by promotional pricing
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 exactly: a contentless attitude adjective with no category to anchor it, sold purely on the connotation a registrant wants stamped on their identity, so it works only if the word's vibe is worth more than a .com.
Also an evaluative English adjective open to anyone, monetized as a self-flattering claim rather than a category membership — the buyer is whoever wants the adjective applied to themselves, not an industry.
Another short punchy attitude adjective betting that a mood word can carry a primary brand identity, though it skews toward hype/trending usage and adult-adjacent connotation rather than .bold's brand-character positioning.
- 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