ALAC: String Change/Replacement Mechanism for ASP Applicants

ALAC: String Change/Replacement Mechanism for ASP Applicants

ALAC Advice to the ICANN Board on String Change/Replacement Mechanism for ASP Applicants

This Advice was submitted to the ICANN Board on 11 September 2025.  All ALAC Publications can be found at: https://atlarge.icann.org/policy-summary.

 

Recommendation 

Description

Phase

Recommendation 

Description

Phase

Recommendation 1

Extend the implementation of the String Replacement Process to provide a mechanism to improve the chances of ASP-qualified applicants in securing an applied-for gTLD string by:

CLOSED

Recommendation 2

Provide to ASP-qualified applicants a full refund of their discounted string application fees if they lose in the ICANN Auction

CLOSED