Blocked Names are gTLD strings that are not eligible to be applied for. The following types of gTLD strings and their allocatable variant string(s) are on the Blocked Names list:
- Special-Use Domain Names. (See list: IANA's Special-Use Domain Names Registry)
- Names associated with technical standards bodies.
- Country or territory names in relation to Geographic Names.
- Three-letter ASCII country codes.
- ICANN-related names and other entities in the DNS ecosystem