ICANN announces new top-level domain lottery rules ". ICBC" will give priority to evaluation

recently, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) issued a final notice on drawing lots for new top-level domain applicants, making 1923 new top-level domain application lists the focus of public attention again.
conceivable that after the expansion of the new top-level domain name, the domain name structure will be greatly changed, which will greatly affect the global brand value of applicants and even create new business models. However, in this nearly 2000 application list, ICANN said that only 1000 applications can be processed each year, which first has become the most concerned issue for applicants.
at the ICANN Toronto meeting in October this year, the ICANN board of directors put forward a proposal to decide the order of approval by drawing lots. At the same time, for the sake of global public interest, 116 IDNs (internationalized domain names) participating in the rules will be given priority for approval. After 30 days of public comments, the proposal has been finally approved. Applications not to participate in the rules will be approved in accordance with the ICANN random mechanism.
According to ICANN regulations, the draw will be held on December 17 (local time in the United States) at the Hilton Hotel at Los Angeles Airport. The specific rules are as follows: the lottery ticket held by the applicant will be drawn in the form of a paper-marked digital coupon sold, and the corresponding figures will be allocated; The lottery will give each applicant the same opportunity to obtain priority to advance the application process; The applicant must purchase the lottery ticket at a price of US $100, which can be purchased by himself or his representative; The payment method can use cash, checks, credit cards, etc., but the currency only accepts US dollars; all draw results will be announced on the spot on the day of the draw, and at the same time, they will be published on ICANN's official website within 24 hours.
Regarding the release date of the evaluation results, ICANN said that the sequence number determined by lottery will determine the release time of the initial evaluation results of the new top-level domain. It is expected that the first batch of evaluation results will be released from the end of March to the end of June next year. The sequence number will also be used for pre-authorization testing appointments and the signing of agreements. There are about 20 pre-authorized test appointments each week, and 20 contracts are signed. At this rate, about 1000 new top-level domains will be authorized every year. All contract signing and authorization of new top-level domains will begin after ICANN Beijing meeting.
At the same time, ICANN also decided to give priority to the evaluation of internationalized domain name (IDN) applications by making the public more convenient to use the Internet and increasing participation channels. 116 gTLD applications using non-Latin scripts (such as Chinese, Arabic or Japanese) will be given priority to promote diversity, which means that the application for ". ICBC" is easier to be the first batch of approved applications than ". icbc. As an Arabic-speaking Sudan, on November 19 this year, ICANN announced that it had successfully completed the evaluation of its application for internationalized top-level domain suffixes.
Finally, in view of the recent discussion on the length of the objection period and how to handle the 1923 application time requirement, ICANN has decided to terminate the objection period on March 13, 2013.
, as the first company in China to set up a new top-level domain application consulting service, Song Yingqiao, vice president of Wanwang, said that Wanwang will provide applicants with the latest and most accurate information in the first place. In the following process, if applicants have any questions about a series of issues such as priority drawing, initial evaluation, objection handling, bidding, contract signing, etc., they can consult Wanwang.
for enterprises, the new top-level domain name means that the role of brand enterprises will span from passively registering and protecting domain names to actively establishing their own top-level domain names on the Internet. The launch of the lottery mode and the priority evaluation of IDN mean that the pattern of the world Internet is about to be changed.