The Applicant Guidebook: questions for the AI

Some questions asked to multiple AIs sometimes return answers from the first Applicant Guidebook dated 2012. Some answers also return with lots of precision.

• New gTLD Program: Replacement Strings?
• Applications Not Included in the Prioritization Draw in the next Round of new gTLDs
• What are the Fundamental Obligations of Registry Operators in relation to Registrars?
• ICANN new gTLDs: What are the Clarifying Questions?
• ICANN new gTLDs: What is the Prioritization Draw?
• How do I learn if someone plans to submit the same new gTLD application as me in April 2026?
• Should I own a registered trademark to submit a dotBrand new gTLD application to the ICANN in 2026?
• Which strings cannot be submitted as new gTLD applications in the 2026 ICANN round?
• How many new gTLD applications will be submitted to the ICANN in April 2026?
• Brand and Trademark Protections in the new gTLD program: what should an applicant know?
• What are the Different gTLD Application Types in the next ICANN new gTLD Round?
• Round 2 of new gTLDs: what are Replacement String and the Replacement Period?
• What are GAC Member Early Warnings and GAC Consensus Advice in the next ICANN new gTLD Round?

Answer here.

The gTLD Report for "Round 2" in 2026

The gTLD Report offers monthly snapshots of new gTLD registration volumes and we just updated the report for January 2026.

For the next round of the ICANN new gTLD program to start in April 2026, we have added another column entitled "Round".

According to each new gTLD launching starting 2026, we will add corresponding strings to the right report and indicate if the string counts for the first round of the ICANN new gTLD program from 2012 or the new one from 2026.

We will announce each new Registry on LinkedIn and Bluesky.

Jovenet Consulting: a new chapter

Jovenet Consulting is a company which operated between the first and the second round of the ICANN new gTLD program.

Highly focused on new gTLD innovation, its owner Jean Guillon, was offered to continue developing more innovative projects with new partners.

Check my LinkedIn profile for more and don't forget to join the new gTLD group on LinkedIn.

I am happy to connect soon ;-)

2 more new gTLDs identified for Round 2?

 More new gTLD projects are announced. Two more were identified:

1. The .MEOW new gTLD: "A domain for the Queer Community, by the Queer Community".
2. The .AGENT new gTLD: "Its purpose is to explore how AI agents can be given recognizable, accountable, and globally interoperable identities on the open Internet, aligned with existing Internet governance principles and the global public interest".

We announce all upcoming new gTLD projects on the LinkedIn new gTLD group.