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What is .XXX?
Why is Network Solutions participating in the .XXX extension when it relates to the Adult Entertainment Industry?
What Features, Advantages and Benefits does .XXX offer Adult Webmasters?
What is NOT associated with the Adult Industry (Non-Member) versus Part of the Adult Industry (Industry Member)?
Which phase should I submit my .XXX registration?
What is the registration term for .XXX domain names purchased during the Sunrise AT (Adult Trademark Holders), Sunrise (Adult Domain Holders), Landrush and General Availability phases?
If multiple applications are received in Sunrise B, will a closed auction be conducted to determine the allocation of the domain name?
If an applicant is a member of the Sponsored Community with verifiable trademark rights and is also owner of exact matching strings in other IANA TLDs, which Sunrise A Fee (trademark or grandfathering) is applicable?
If I understand correctly, we will be able to apply for non-member of the Sponsored Community on base of Trademark.
My understanding is that we will only have to pay 1 time to "protect" the domain names in this Sunrise B period. Is that correct?
What will happen with respect to WHOIS in Sunrise B? Are you going to display the registrant details in this WHOIS?
Will the domain name be granted to the A-type applicant, and will the B-type applicant be granted a refund?
Are there additional fees dependent on what I do with my domain?
I need to give up my other adult domains in other TLD’s such as .com?
When will .XXX domains be available?
If I own a Trademark, am I guaranteed to get the matching domain name in .XXX?
How can I ensure that I get my matching .com/.net/.org etc domain in .XXX?
What is IFFOR?
What are the IFFOR Policies?
What does IFFOR do with the $10 per name per year it receives?
For Sunrise is there is a cut-off date for trademarks to be registered?
What are the trademark eligibility requirements to submit .XXX Sunrise applications?
Will Sunrise B applications allow the use of hyphens?
We need know to the exact response to the question of why we are not allowing privacy/proxy services during Sunrise.
Will there be a WHOIS for Sunrise?
Can an Applicant submit a Sunrise request for A and B using the same Registrant contact? Since Sunrise B is reserved and transferred to the ICM Registry there should be no reason why the systems shouldn’t allow both under the same Registrant contact?
Let's say, someone applies for SomeCompany.xxx in Sunrise A. Do we let them know someone has validated SomeCompany in Sunrise B or do we let them know that the actual SomeCompany corporation validated their trademark in Sunrise B? Just want to be sure.
Sunrise AD Eligibility - it shows the example under .uk that string.co.uk match is fine, I assume also string.org.uk and other official Nominet subdomains (.net.uk, .me.uk etc.). In case of TLD under which second level registrations are possible, for exam
What is the Sunrise validation process and how does it work?
Could you please confirm that in Sunrise B, only registered trademarks are accepted. Trademarks that are in the process of registration are not accepted.
If the applicant owns a trademark in Cyrillic characters, can they apply for the translated English equivalent?
In case of multiple Sunrise B applications on the same domain name, will the others applicants be reimbursed of the fee (I think that the answer is "no" but could you please confirm?)
If we submit an application in Sunrise A and get the name, do we have to operate it as adult-oriented site or can we just re-direct unless and until we decide we want to provide some adult-related stuff? I realize that a block cannot be redirected but I a
Is there any special Sunrise or Landrush fee that is non-refundable?
Are Sunrise and Landrush only one-year registrations?
What is the create date for an "awarded" domain?
Can an Applicant submit a Sunrise request for A and B using the same Registrant contact? Since Sunrise B is reserved and transferred to the ICM Registry there should be no reason why the systems shouldn’t allow both under the same Registrant contact?
How do I request that my application for an .XXX domain name be reconsidered if my application has been rejected or another party was awarded the domain name and I wish to challenge the decision?
If I own a Trademark, am I guaranteed to get the matching domain name during pre-registration for .XXX domains?
If I purchase an .XXX domain name, am I allowed to host adult content as per Network Solutions Legal Policies?
How do I become a member of the Sponsored Community?
I would like to know if during Sunrise A, an applicant with verifiable trademark rights has preference over applicants owning an existing domain in another gTLD or ccTLD?
For Sunrise A (Trademark Holders & Grandfathering) - targeted for Members of the Sponsored Community, an email will be sent by ICM Registry to the applicants (based on the Registrant contact details) with a link asking them to authenticate as a Member on
If a closed auction has to be conducted, who would be informed of the auction?
How are applicants notified that there are multiple applications on their string?
How are applicants notified they that they are going to auction?
How is auction winner notified of winning?
How are auction losers notified of losing?
What happens if there are no bidders in the Sunrise AT, Sunrise AD or Landrush auction? Will the domain name be awarded?