Editing Generic top-level domain (section)

=== Sponsored sTLD ===
{{Main|Sponsored top-level domain}}

The term ''sponsored top-level domain'' is derived from the fact that these domains are based on theme concepts proposed by private agencies or organizations that establish and enforce rules restricting the eligibility of registrants to use the TLD. For example, the <code>[[.aero|aero]]</code> TLD is sponsored by the [[Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques]], which limits registrations to members of the air-transport industry.

The new gTLD program saw the arrival of many such top-level domains, with a ''restricted open'' policy, eligible to those active in a regulated industry, such as .pharma or .bank, or in other industrial domains such as .safety