I’m sorry, but there seems to be a misunderstanding. “.WEBER” is not recognized as an existing top-level domain (TLD).
TLD is an integral part of the Domain Name System (DNS) and it’s the last part of a domain name. For instance, in “www.google.com”, “.com” is the TLD. According to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization responsible for managing the DNS, there are currently over a thousand TLDs available (ICANN, 2021).
TLDs are often divided into categories: generic TLDs (gTLDs), country-code TLDs (ccTLDs), internationalized domain name TLDs (IDN TLDs), and infrastructure top-level domain.
1. gTLDs like .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, and .name are the most commonly used and available for registration by anyone without any restriction.
2. ccTLDs are reserved for specific countries and territories. For example, .us for the United States, .jp for Japan, and .uk for the United Kingdom.
3. IDN TLDs use the native language scripts or alphabets for non-Latin languages, such as Arabic, Chinese, and Cyrillic script.
4. The infrastructure top-level domain (.arpa) is exclusively managed by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) for Internet infrastructure purposes.
The “.WEBER” does not fall into any of those categories. There are, however, TLDs that are brand-specific, exempting companies to register their brand as a TLD. For instance, Google has .google and Sony has .sony. But there’s no current record of “.WEBER” as a brand TLD either.
If you were referring to a brand TLD for the Weber-Stephen Products LLC, a company noted for its line of barbecue grills, it does not currently exist. As far as the list of delegated brand TLDs goes (as of January 2021), .weber is not on it, nor has there been any news from Weber about applying for such a domain (Making Brands, 2021).
In short, it’s unclear which “.WEBER” TLD you’re referring to. If it’s meant to be a brand-specific one, it’s not currently registered. If it was meant to be a standard TLD, it does not exist in ICANN’s list of TLDs.
Sources:
- “List of Top-Level Domains”, ICANN, January 2021.
- “Brand TLDs”, Making Brands, 24 January 2021.
- “Top-Level Domains”, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), 2021.
- “About Infrastructure Top-Level Domain (.arpa)”, Internet Architecture Board (IAB), 2021.
