2026 Base RA FAQs
Successful applicants in the New gTLD Program: 2026 Round will enter into a contract with ICANN. That contract is the New gTLD Program: 2026 Round Base Registry Agreement (2026 Base RA). The form of 2026 Base RA is available for review here.
- What is the 2026 Base RA?
- What does the 2026 Base RA include?
- Will successful applicants be required to sign onto the same form of the 2026 Base RA?
- How is the 2026 Base RA different from the Base RA approved by the ICANN Board on 21 January 2024?
- When will the 2026 Base RA be available?
- When does the 2026 Base RA need to be executed?
- How long does a registry operator have to delegate its TLD?
- Will a successful applicant that has been approved for multiple TLDs be permitted to enter into one 2026 Base RA for the multiple TLDs?
- How will a successful applicant be informed about when its 2026 Base RA is ready to be executed?
- Once fully executed, how long is the term of the 2026 Base RA?
- Can the 2026 Base RA be renewed?
- If I am an existing gTLD registry operator and also am a successful applicant for a new TLD in the New gTLD Program: 2026 Round, am I required to amend my existing agreement to take on the 2026 Base RA form?
- Can a successful applicant in the New gTLD Program: 2026 Round choose to sign onto a different form of the registry agreement other than 2026 Base RA?
- If I am an existing gTLD registry operator and I apply for allocatable variants of my existing TLD in the New gTLD Program: 2026 Round and am approved, will I need to transition to the 2026 Base RA?
- What is the difference between an "IDN variant" in the existing Base gTLD RA (approved by the ICANN Board 21 January 2024) and "Variant TLDs" in the 2026 Base RA?