A niche TLD for family and community sites, fan groups, creators and group chats wanting a short, informal "we're a crew" identity, plus genealogy and family-business pages.
family and community sites, fan groups, creators and group chats wanting a short, informal "we're a crew" identity, plus genealogy and family-business pages
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.
It is the identical bet in unabbreviated form — an unowned kinship-affinity generic that nobody can claim as a brand, sold to households, family businesses and family-focused orgs who must be persuaded to put personal identity on a non-.com word.
Same bet in a different register: a short, warm, everyday kinship noun whose value depends on individuals and small family-facing brands adopting it as personal identity rather than on any registry-side rights holder.
Another three-letter kinship word sold on informal personal affinity — the same 'people will name themselves after their family role' wager, with the same dependence on consumer registrants who mostly already have a .com.
- 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