General Information
- What are the Pre-Evaluation Processes?
- What do Pre-Evaluation Processes aim to achieve?
- What are the steps in the Pre-Evaluation Processes?
- Who conducts the Pre-Evaluation Processes?
- What happens during the administrative check?
- What happens on Reveal Day?
- What happens during the replacement period?
- What happens on String Confirmation Day?
- What happens after String Confirmation Day?
Reveal Day
- What information is published on Reveal Day?
- Where can I find published application information?
- Where can I find published contention set information?
Replacement Strings
- What is a replacement string?
- When can a replacement string be used?
- What happens if all applicants for an identical string switch to a replacement string?
- Can an applicant change their replacement string after the gTLD application submission period closes?
- If an applicant chooses a replacement string during the replacement period, can they change their mind?
- Can a replacement string be used if the original applied-for string is not in contention?
- Does switching to a replacement string guarantee an applicant will not be in contention?
- I submitted my replacement string attestation in TAMS. Why is my unchosen application still showing as active?
Prioritization Draw
- What is the prioritization draw?
- Why is the prioritization draw used?
- Who can participate in the prioritization draw?
- When does the prioritization draw take place?
- How does the prioritization draw work?
- How does an application enter the prioritization draw?
- What happens if an application is not entered into the prioritization draw?
- How are Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) applications prioritized?
- Can a Priority Number be changed or transferred?
- Does an application move through the evaluation process based on its Priority Number?
- Where are the results of the prioritization draw published?