Editing Generic top-level domain (section)

=== Brand gTLD ===

Brands have also applied to get their brand as a top-level domain. Specification 13 is an addendum to the registry contract that describes specific provisions to brands to run their Top Level Domain in a closed fashion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/base-agreement-contracting/specification-13-applications|title=Applications to Qualify for Specification 13 to the Registry Agreement – ICANN New gTLDs|access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> 517 applications to qualify to Spec 13 were made to ICANN, 36 requests were rejected by ICANN or withdrawn by the applicant, 4 are pending review.

In 2018, [[Spamhaus]] rated [[.men]] as the worst [[top-level domain]] in terms of [[internet spam|spam]] and [[scamming]]. .men comes top with 60.6% of its 73,000 domains identified as "bad", resulting in a badness index of 6.48. The company that runs .men, [[GRS Domains]] also runs the third worst registry - [[.loan]] – with 59 percent bad domains and a 6.22 index.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/12/men_toplevel_domain/|title=Men are officially the worst… top-level domain|website=[[The Register]]}}</ref>