6 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .ONLINE (Namecheap), .MAIL (Afilias), .MOVIE, .TLD, .INC (total at 63)

This past week 6 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. These 6 withdrawn applications bring the total of withdrawn gTLD applications to 63.

Following the .ONLINE new gTLD alliance by Directi, Tucows and Namecheap, Tucows TLDs Inc. from CANADA withdrew it’s application for the .ONLINE new gTLD string 2 weeks ago. This week Namecheap Inc. also withdrew it’s application for the .ONLINE string leaving the Directi application to continue on behalf of all three companies. The string received a Prioritization Number of 648 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has no more new gTLD applications. There are now 4 applicants for the .ONLINE new gTLD string.

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America withdrew its application for the .GUARDIANLIFE  new gTLD string. The string received Prioritization Numbers of 1421 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has 1 more new gTLD application for GUARDIAN. There are no more applicants for the .GUARDIANLIFE new gTLD string.

C.V. TLDcare from the Nederlands withdrew its applications for the .LTD and .INC new gTLD strings. The strings received Prioritization Numbers of 1381 and 1503 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has no more new gTLD applications.

Webdeus Inc. withdrew its application for the .MOVIE new gTLD string. The string received Prioritization Number of 592 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has no more new gTLD applications. There are 7 more applicants for the .MOVIE new gTLD string.

Afilias Domains No. 2 Limited withdrew its application for the .MAIL new gTLD string. The string received Prioritization Number of 1724 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has 20 more new gTLD applications.

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 Each withdrawn application, is entitled to a refund of 70% of the $185,000 application fee that is or $130,000, since these fall “[a]fter posting of applications until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The other 57 applications that have withdrawn are: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.)
• MAIL (1&1 Mail & Media GmbH)
• BLOOMINGDALES (Macys, Inc.)
• LLP
• LTD
• INC
• LLC
• CORP
• ONLINE (Tucows TLDs Inc.)
• BOOK (Global Domain Registry Pty)
• LOVE (Richemont DNS Inc.)
• free (Top Level Domain Holdings (Minds+Machines))
• sale (Top Level Domain Holdings (Minds+Machines))
• spa (Top Level Domain Holdings (Minds+Machines))
• zulu (Top Level Domain Holdings (Minds+Machines))