.family Registry Agreement
On 2 April 2015, ICANN and Bitter Galley, LLC, entered into a Registry Agreement under which Bitter Galley, LLC, operated the .family top-level domain. Effective 22 April 2015, the Registry Agreement was assigned by Bitter Galley, LLC to United TLD Holdco, Ltd. which now operated the .family top-level domain. Effective 05 January 2018, the Registry Agreement was assigned by United TLD Holdco Ltd. to Dog Beach, LLC, which now operates the .family top-level domain. The agreement may be viewed by following the links below:
2017 Global Amendment to the base Registry Agreement
The 2017 Global Amendment to the base New gTLD Registry Agreement is effective as of 31 July 2017. For additional information, please visit the Global Amendment webpage.
Assignment and Assumption Agreement(s)
United TLD Holdco Ltd. to Dog Beach, LLC (05 January 2018)
Bitter Galley, LLC to United TLD Holdco, Ltd. (22 April 2015)
Authorization(s) for Release of Reserved Names
- All Digit/Digit, Letter/Digit, and Digit/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels at the Second Level (01 December 2014)
- Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels (28 October 2015)
- Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels (03 August 2016)
- Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels (01 September 2016)
- Authorization for Release of Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels at the Second Level (13 December 2016)
Updates to General Notices Contact
Amendments
- Amendment No.5 (01 June 2020)
- Amendment No.4 (30 August 2019)
- Amendment No.3 (29 November 2018)
- Amendment No.2 (09 December 2016)
- Amendment No.1 (10 November 2015)
Note: If multiple versions are provided above, the official document is the Word version. The HTML version is machine-generated and may not display correctly.
Name Collision Occurrence Management Documents
TLD Startup Information
Registry Agreement Archive
Authorization(s) for Release of Reserved Names
- Letter/Letter Two-Character ASCII Labels (14 March 2016)