.非遗
Is .非遗 a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
- Journey To The West Corporation
A well-known Chinese shorthand for cultural heritage, but few projects would make it their main web address; expect thin, symbolic use.
chinese cultural-heritage institutions, government heritage programs, museums, and craft artisans promoting intangible-heritage (非遗) projects, plus registrars selling to that state-adjacent cultural sector
In Journey To The West's published portfolio of 323 strings submitted in the ICANN 2026 round; a Chinese-script IDN (“intangible heritage”, A-label xn--dc4a91l). Their catalog line: “Culture and craft, passed down and protected.”
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: a Chinese-script generic category noun naming a state-sanctioned, non-commercial sector, sold to institutionally credentialed registrants who adopt it as a badge of legitimacy rather than as commercial real estate.
Same bet in that the string is lifted straight from official PRC policy vocabulary, so the namespace only works if a cultural/government authority blesses it and eligibility is gated to officially recognized bodies — value comes from endorsement, not open demand.
Similar shape — a Chinese-script mission-sector noun whose registrants are verified public-benefit organizations — but its buyer base is fundraising-driven charities rather than heritage bearers and custodial institutions, and its demand is broad-commercial where the target's is narrow and credential-bound.
- Journey To The West Corporation · first recordedJourney To The West Corporation
“.非遗 (intangible heritage) · Culture & Civic · “Culture and craft, passed down and protected.””Journey To The West Corporation