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.web is a generic top-level domain. The right to operate the .web gTLD was won at auction by Nu Dot Co LLC which was chiefly funded by market dominant Verisign for a price of $135 million.

A number of companies were bidding for the right to operate the .web gTLD. The .web TLD will be added to the official root after ICANN awards the registry contract. There were seven applicants for the gTLD which are listed below. The ICANN auction of last resort that started on July 27, 2016, completed on July 28, 2016.

ICANN will keep the $135 million proceeds from this auction.

  1. Nu Dot Co LLC (Straat) funded by Verisign
  2. Charleston Road Registry Inc. (Google)
  3. Web.com Group, Inc.
  4. DotWeb Inc.
  5. Ruby Glen, LLC
  6. Schlund Technologies GmbH (United Internet)
  7. Afilias Domains No. 3 Limited