.seal

Is .seal a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?

Other
applicants
  • Journey To The West CorporationAnnounced
on the record since Aug 17, 2026 · updated Aug 17, 2026
AI score
18/ 100
Vanity and narrow

A clever word for authenticity, but few serious projects would make .seal their main address; demand looks thin and novelty-driven.

assessed by claude-fable-5 · Aug 17, 2026
AI score 18 of 100. .com scores 96, .ai scores 84.
who it’s for

certification, notary, and attestation services wanting an authenticity-themed address, plus occasional wordplay brands and wildlife or marine-themed projects

OtherCommerceBrand
applicants
1 on file
Journey To The West CorporationAnnounced
Aug 17, 2026

In Journey To The West's published portfolio of 323 strings submitted in the ICANN 2026 round. Their catalog line: “The stamped mark of authenticity and identity.”

closest 2012 bets
3 of 1,408

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.

.truststrong parallel
delegated 2014 · live

Same bet as .seal: an abstract assurance noun sold not as a category address but as a portable badge, where the registry's value depends entirely on standing up a vetting regime credible enough that the string reads as a third-party credential rather than a word anyone can buy.

uncontested · scored 35* in 2012 · run by Deutsche Post AG

.securemoderate
delegated 2016 · live

Same shape of bet - a reassurance word whose buyer is an existing business bolting it onto a verification or checkout surface as a signal, not a company putting its primary identity on it, though it promises a technical property rather than an issued mark of approval.

2 applicants contested it · scored 55* in 2012 · run by Amazon EU S.à r.l.

.safemoderate
delegated 2015 · live

Another claim-word bet that a generic reassurance term can be converted into a certification mark, carrying the same core risk that a self-purchased string proves nothing unless the registry polices who may hold it.

uncontested · scored 38* in 2012 · run by Amazon EU S.à r.l.

* A separate 2012-only read, time-locked to what was public that year. Different scale from this page’s score — the two are not comparable.

history
  1. Journey To The West Corporation · first recordedAug 17, 2026
    Journey To The West Corporation
news & sources
Announcementxiyou.domains: published portfolio of 323 submitted gTLD applications
.seal · Craft & Art · “The stamped mark of authenticity and identity.”
Journey To The West Corporation
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