I love seeing the freaks taking back control of the internet with @dotmeow and @dotfurry
If you can donate to .furry please do so, they still need lots of money !!
.meow has already been crowdfunded successfully and I can't wait to get a .meow domain at some point 💞
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/donate-to-make-the-dot-furry-community
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Donate to the dot furry campaign
Furries make the internet go, and we need infrastructure that belongs to us. Donate today to make the .furry TLD a reality and support Furry and LGBTQIA+ organizations and spaces.You may remember around 2012 that there were suddenly more ways for our websites to end, including .social, .engineering, and the ever popular .dog. We believe the time has come to add .furry to this esteemed list. These endings are called generic Top Level Domains (gTLD for short).ICANN, the organization in charge of this canonical list, has begun the process of creating a new wave of gTLDs. Getting a new TLD approved is an expensive affair — on the order of $250,000. That's where we have good news.Our hackerspace and non-profit, Pawprint Prototyping, has been accepted to a new program ICANN has introduced called the Applicant Support Program (ASP). This program aims to provide access to smaller organizations like us, who would normally be unable to participate in gTLD creation due to prohibitive expense. Under this program, a large majority of the typical fees are waived.Which may leave you asking why we're crowdfunding. The ASP reduces gTLD application fees by 75%. We're raising $70,000 to cover the remaining application fees, legal costs, and operational expenses required to bring .furry to life.100% of the profit from .furry will be used to fund:Furry and LGBTQIA+ organizations and spaces.The ongoing educational mission of our non-profit hackerspace.Future development focused on digital sovereignty within our community.As a non-profit, Pawprint Prototyping has no shareholders — no one trying to bleed customers dry to line pockets. The foundational structure of our organization requires that we use profits to better the communities that we serve.Rewards and VouchersEach voucher is redeemable for one year of domain registration. If you purchase multiple vouchers, each can be used to register separate domains for 1 year, or multiple vouchers can be combined for multi-year registration (e.g, 3 vouchers can be redeemed for 3 years x 1 domain name).Donate $10 and be immortalized as a supporter on our campaign website.Donate $30 for a single registration voucher, plus an exclusive dotfurry sticker.Donate $60:2 vouchers2 dotfurry stickersAn exclusive digital wallpaperDonate $69:3 domain vouchers3 stickers + digital wallpaperDonate $130:5 domain vouchers5 stickers + digital wallpaperA hand-made gift Donate $420:20 domain vouchers10 stickers + digital wallpaperembroidered patchA personalized giftDonate $1000:50 domain vouchersThe full swag experiencestickers + digital wallpaperembroidered patchpersonalized giftdotfurry teeshirtDonate $5000:256 domain vouchersThe full swag experiencePlus: Unique signed artwork featuring our mascotDelivered regardless of what ICANN says:Exclusive .furry merchandise (stickers, pins, prints, etc.)Digital wallpapers, avatars, and 88x31 button.Thank you credits on our website.These rewards will be delivered as they become available.Delivered if .furry successfully launches:If all goes well, ICANN says yes, and we fully launch the .furry TLD, you will receive domain registration vouchers based on your pledge. One year of registration per voucher, redeemable at participating registrars. Multiple vouchers may be used for multiple domains, multiple years on a single domain, or a combination of the two. You will be able to choose your domain name when registration opens. However, this will be first-come-first-served and subject to availability. Opportunities for priority registration may occur at a later date, but this cannot be guaranteed yet.Risks and ChallengesAlthough we are doing everything we can to ensure that .furry will become a reality, no project is devoid of risk. We want you to be aware of the potential risks that we're facing, possible outcomes, and the timelines involved.ICANN rejection. Although we have been approved as part of ICANN's Applicant Support Program, ICANN may still decline our application. If this occurs, we will work to return all funds not yet spent on non-refundable costs (filing fees, legal, etc.) as detailed in our terms and conditions.Timeline. The 2026 gTLD round is expected to take a significant amount of time. ICANN states that the estimated duration of a conventional application will fall within 14.5 to 19.5 months. However, processing order and conditional processes may extend that timeline. We are hoping for a launch around late 2027 to early 2028. ICANN estimates a maximum completion date for all 2026 round processing to be mid 2030.Market adoption and partner support. As an open registration TLD, we will need registrars to support purchasing .furry domains. Your support via this funding campaign directly helps us demonstrate to potential registrars that there is a market for the .furry TLD.






