Your Journey to a 2026 dotBrand Application

The next chance to secure your own corporate Top-Level Domain (TLD)—a proprietary asset like .google or .microsoft—is fast approaching. ICANN’s next round for new gTLDs is scheduled to begin in April 2026. Given that the last round was in 2012, this opportunity is a strategic one that your teams should consider.

Join GoDaddy Corporate Domains experts for dotBrand Flash Sessions: Your Journey to a 2026 dotBrand Application—a concise, 3-part webinar series designed to position your brand for success. Together, we’ll walk through the exact steps to build your internal business case and secure commitment.

Register for our dotBrand Flash Sessions Series

Each session is focused, providing 20–30 minutes of impactful content with live Q&A, guiding you from understanding the opportunity to obtaining internal budget approval.

These sessions are now over and can be viewed on our dotBrand Flash Sessions page.

Why You Can’t Afford to Miss This Strategic Series

For IP, IT, and marketing professionals, the decision to pursue a dotBrand is about protecting your trademarks and securing your digital assets. Get the information you need so you can start planning, with our flash sessions:

• It’s Focused: Get only the critical information you need in a concise 20–30-minute format.
• It’s Actionable: Learn the exact steps to build a business case and align your Legal, Security, and Marketing teams.
• It’s Urgent: Understand the key timelines and strategic moves required in 2025 to be ready for the 2026 application window.

The series will be hosted by:

• Lauren Tracey, Domain Advisory Manager at GCD: Bringing extensive experience in brand protection and strategic portfolio management.
• Justin Franklin, Marketing Manager at GCD: Moderating the series and providing context on brand and adoption strategies.