A niche TLD for independent inns, B&Bs, boutique hotels and pub-with-rooms operators wanting a short, descriptive web address, plus a small set of brand-hack buyers (names ending in or playing on "inn").
independent inns, B&Bs, boutique hotels and pub-with-rooms operators wanting a short, descriptive web address, plus a small set of brand-hack buyers (names ending in or playing on "inn")
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 its purest form: a singular generic English lodging noun that a property owner would hang their primary identity on, dependent on independent operators paying to re-anchor a name they already own elsewhere.
Same category-noun-for-lodging bet, just in the plural aggregator register that pulls in booking sites and multi-property groups alongside the individual accommodation.
The nearest analogue to .inn's narrowness — a lodging-type noun for a specific, smaller class of accommodation rather than the head term, betting that a sub-segment of independent operators wants its own word rather than the generic one.
- 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