.design is a generic

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name in the

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of the Internet. It was proposed in

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's new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program, and became available to the general public on May 12, 2015.

Top Level Design Top Level Design is a company based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States, and the domain name registry for the generic top-level domains .wiki, .ink, .design, and .gay. Ray King serves as its chief executive officer. History Top Level Desig ...

was the

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for the string until April 2021, when it was transferred to GoDaddy Registry.

History

In September 2014,

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-based

(TLD) won the right to operate the .design

after beating out six other applicants in a private auction. According to TLD's CEO Ray King, winning the auction was "very important" and one of the company's top priorities, evidenced by its name. He told Domain Name Wire, "Think of all the things that require design. Design permeates all aspects of culture." .design domain registrations became available to the general public on May 12, 2015. According to The Domains, more than 5,200 .design domains were registered on the first day of general availability. CentralNic provides backend services through an exclusive distribution agreement and shares in the global revenues from .design domain names. Ben Crawford, CentralNic's CEO, said of the top-level domain, "It has impressive commercial potential, and it will be adopted more quickly than many other TLDs as it caters, among many other groups, to one of the best-informed professions on new Internet developments – website designers". Ahead of .design's launch, King said of the gTLD:

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{{Generic top-level domains Computer-related introductions in 2015

design A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design' ...

Design A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design' ...

Internet properties established in 2015 GoDaddy

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