Last Updated: October 2026
If there are two or more applicants for an identical string, all applicants for that identical string are eligible to use their replacement string, and all applicants for that identical string decide to switch to their replacement string, the original string for which all these applicants applied will not be used in that application round.
For example:
- Applicant A and Applicant B apply for .flower.
- Both Applicants A and B decide to attempt to avoid contention over .flower and opt to use their designated replacements strings: .rose and .bloom, respectively.
- In this case, there would no longer be an applicant for the .flower string.
While .flower could be applied for in future rounds, applicants A and B from this round would not be able to switch back to their originally applied-for string under any circumstances, even if at that point no one else is applying for that string.