I’m sorry, but the question seems to have some misconceptions. The term “JEEP” is not a top-level domain (TLD). Top-level domains (TLDs) are the last segment of a domain name – the letters that come after the final dot to the right. Thus, the most common TLDs are .com, .net, .org, .gov, .edu, etc.
Jeep, on the other hand, is a brand of American automobiles that is a division of Stellantis. The official website of Jeep is www.jeep.com.
Now, there’s a little deeper here. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the organization responsible for managing domain names, has been allowing companies to register their brand names as TLDs as part of their gTLD (generic top-level domain) expansion, so theoretically, Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, could apply to have .jeep as a brand gTLD. However, as of this writing, no such TLD exists.
The use of brand gTLDs has become a trend among some corporations such as Barclays with their .barclays and .barclaycard TLDs, Canon with .canon, and even Google with .google, .youtube, etc.
However, the adoption of brand gTLDs is not instantaneous and it requires a hefty application cost, including a $185,000 USD evaluation fee and annual costs of $25,000. Therefore, many companies are still sticking with the traditional TLDs for their websites.
To check the existence or to verify any TLD, you can use ICANN’s Look Up tool that provides information on whether a TLD exists or not, and other details related to it.
In conclusion, as of now, JEEP is not a top-level domain. Jeep is a well-recognized brand in the automotive industry, and their principal website uses the .com TLD. There’s a potential for .jeep to become a brand-specific TLD in the future, but as of now, that is not the case.
As for sources used to construct the answer, here are some:
- ICANN: https://www.icann.org/.
- Tsohost: https://www.tsohost.com/blog/brand-gtlds-explained/.
- Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2016/06/the-future-of-cybersquatting-or-not-soon-to-be-dot-sucks.
Please always check with an updated reliable source.
