Last Updated: August 2026
If more than one application in a contention set successfully passes Community Priority Evaluation (CPE), contention is not resolved through CPE alone. The successful Community Applications will proceed to an ICANN New gTLD Auction to resolve the contention among the applications that received priority.
For more information, see:
- Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) Topic Overview
- 5.4 Community Priority Evaluation of the Applicant Guidebook
- 5.6 ICANN New gTLD Auction of the Applicant Guidebook