How to Comment on our .ECO Application
ICANN has posted Big Room’s .ECO application for public comment until September 26. ICANN and its many evaluators will be following these comments closely. Big Room’s is the only community-backed...
View ArticleEnvironment-related TLD Applications
Overview In a widely covered June 13 announcement ICANN revealed a total of 1,930 applications for new top-level domains (TLDs). The full list of applied for TLDs can be found here. There were six...
View ArticleICANN: No Objections to Community .Eco App
ICANN objections have now been made public, and ICANN has confirmed that there were no formal objections filed to Big Room’s community based .eco application. The new gTLD programme allowed for three...
View ArticleCommunity .ECO App Passes Key ICANN Test
ICANN has announced that Big Room’s community-based .eco application has all background checks, technical and financial evaluation thresholds. The .eco application is over 300 pages long. ICANN...
View ArticleWe Passed Initial Evaluation! What’s Next?
The big news this month is our successful initial evaluation result. ICANN’s evaluation process was extremely rigorous. With over 200 specific questions to answer, our final application is over 200...
View Article.ECO Update — Hurry up and wait
In May 2013, our .eco application passed ICANN’s initial evaluation process with flying colours. Since then, we’ve been on ‘hold’, waiting for another .eco applicant to complete evaluation and consumer...
View ArticleFirst new domains launching now
After years of work by the Internet community and applicants, the gates are finally opening and new top-level domains (TLDs) are beginning to launch. In most cases these first new TLDs – like .guru,...
View ArticleICANN’s Community Test Explained
The .ECO community evaluation is now underway. Results are expected in July. A community based domain extension is defined by ICANN as “a gTLD that is operated for the benefit of a clearly delineated...
View ArticleEnvironmental Community Wins .ECO Domain
This Climate2014 Campaign Poster Sums it up. We’ll now be putting .eco to work in service of a better world. The .eco domain will be run by the environmental community, for the greater good. ICANN...
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