ICANN’s second RSP application round ends August 12
ICANN has fixed the calendar for the next new gTLD round: backend registry service providers have until August 12 to get in line.
The second RSP application window is quietly closing. Anyone wanting to supply registry backend services for new top-level domains needs to file by August 12.
That same date is the cutoff for new gTLD applications, so the machinery is moving on a single clock.
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The practical signal for applicants: if your preferred backend provider is not yet RSP-approved, the shortlist is now fixed by the calendar.
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For registries, this round determines which operators survive the vetting process and which are left out of the next new gTLD wave.
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This is infrastructure policy, not market excitement, but it shapes every future new TLD launch and every domain sale that follows.
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