2 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .MAIL and .BLOOMINGDALES (total at 45)

This past week 2 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. These 2 withdrawn applications bring the total of withdrawn gTLD applications to 45.

1&1 Mail & Media GmbH from Germany withdrew it’s application for the .MAIL new gTLD string. The string received a Prioritization Number of 254 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has 1 more new gTLD application for .GMX. There are 6 more applicants for the .MAIL new gTLD string.

Macys, Inc. from the US withdrew it’s application for the .BLOOMINGDALES new gTLD string. The string received a Prioritization Number of 1150 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has 1 more new gTLD application for .MACYS. There are nomore applicants for the .BLOOMINGDALES new gTLD string.

The applicants that withdraw an application are eligible for a 70% refund of the application fees to ICANN. Each withdrawn application, is entitled to a refund of 70% of the $185,000 application fee that is or $130,000, since these fall “[a]fter posting of applications until posting of Initial Evaluation results,” as described in section 1.5.1 of the Applicant Guidebook.

The new gTLD application withdrawal and refund request process may take between 2-4 weeks to complete.

The other 43 applications that have withdrawn are:

  • GLEAN (Lifestyle Domain Holdings, Inc.)
  • GMBH (GMBH Registry, LLC)
  • EST (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
  • KSB (KSB Aktiengesellschaft)
  • HILTON (HLT Stakis IP Limited)
  • CIALIS (Eli Lilly and Company)
  • SWISS (Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.)
  • ANSONS (CBM Creative Brands Marken GmbH)
  • AND (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
  • CHATR (Rogers Communications Partnership)
  • CAREMORE (WellPoint, Inc.)
  • SKOLKOVO (Fund for Development of the Center for Elaboration and Commercialization of New Technologies)
  • ARE (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
  • THEHARTFORD (Hartford Fire Insurance Company)
  • GMC (General Motors LLC)
  • CADILLAC (General Motors LLC)
  • CHEVROLET (General Motors LLC)
  • TRANSFORMERS (Hasbro International, Inc.)
  • CHARTIS (American International Group, Inc.)
  • HEINZ (ProMark Brands Inc.)
  • KETCHUP (ProMark Brands Inc.)
  • OLYMPUS (Olympus Corporation)
  • HOME (Go Daddy East, LLC)
  • CASA (Go Daddy East, LLC)
  • GLOBALX (GlobalX Information Pty Limited)
  • MED (DocCheck AG)
  • INSURANCE (Progressive Casualty Insurance Company)
  • OVERHEIDNL (Ministery of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)
  • APP (Dot App LLC)
  • GUARDIANMEDIA (Guardian News and Media Limited)
  • GDN (Guardian News and Media Limited)
  • 盛貿飯店 (Shangri‐La International Hotel Management Limited)
  • SVR (SVR GROUP)
  • HEART (The American Heart Association, Inc.)
  • STROKE (The American Heart Association, Inc.)
  • 欧莱雅 (L’Oréal)
  • BUY (PVT Registry, LLC)
  • GUARDIAN (Guardian News and Media Limited)
  • 普利司通 (Bridgestone Corporation)
  • MII (MiTek USA, Inc.)
  • MITEK (MiTek USA, Inc.)
  • SAPPHIRE (MiTek USA, Inc.)
  • CONNECTORS (MiTek USA, Inc.)
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About Konstantinos Zournas

I studied Computer Engineering and Computer Science in London, UK and I am now living in Athens, Greece. I went online in 1995, started coding in 1996 and began buying domain names and creating websites in 2000. I started the OnlineDomain.com blog in 2012.

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