The mission of .LEARN is to provide a namespace associated with the concept of learn as acquiring knowledge, skills, or understanding. The .LEARN gTLD is intended to serve a broad range of registrants and users, including individuals, businesses, organizations, communities, projects, and other entities that identify with, relate to, or wish to be associated with the concept represented by the applied-for string.
The purpose of .LEARN is to enable registrants to establish online identities using domain names that correspond to this concept. To achieve this purpose, Heir Superiority, LLC will make .LEARN available for registration through registrars and other appropriate distribution channels; maintain a secure, stable, and reliable registry infrastructure; implement registration and operational policies that support the availability, security, and integrity of the namespace; and provide ongoing administration of the gTLD to enable registrants to register and use domain names within the namespace.
The purpose of .LEARN is sustainable over time because acquiring knowledge, skills, and understanding will continue to play a fundamental and enduring role across society. As society, technology, and methods of learning evolve, organizations and individuals will continue to establish online identities associated with the applied-for string.
The proposed .learn top-level domain represents the everyday activity of learning - picking up a skill, understanding a topic, or getting better at something. How-to guides, tutorials, explainers, practice tools, and reference material are standing features of the web, published by every kind of organization.
Intercap Registry proposes to operate .learn as an open namespace, available for registration by the general public without restriction.
Intended registrants include individuals, creators, businesses, and organizations of all kinds that publish instructional or explanatory content and tools. Intended users are members of the general public looking to learn something new or improve at something familiar.
Intercap Registry will make .learn names available worldwide through ICANN-accredited registrars, promote awareness and adoption of the namespace, publish its registration policies ahead of launch, operate the TLD openly, respond promptly to reports of abuse, and comply with applicable safeguards.
Demand for this category is sustainable: people look things up and build skills throughout life and work, and instructional content is produced across every sector - not tied to any trend, technology, or single company.
Link Freedom Group (LFG) aspires to become a best-in-class, vertically integrated domain name registration authority, see linkfreedomgroup.link. This TLD is part of a carefully curated portfolio of strings that LFG intends to pursue in ICANN’s 2026 New gTLD Program. In assembling this portfolio, LFG focused on securing meaningful, memorable, and commercially compelling strings that resonate strongly with end users and offer long-term growth potential.
Over the past four years, LFG (Nova Registry) has successfully grown its flagship TLD, .LINK, from approximately 125,000 to more than 300,000 domains under management. This growth has been driven by innovative distribution strategies, the expansion of registrar partnerships, and a granular pricing model that has enabled .LINK to remain competitively priced while avoiding the significant fee increases implemented by some other registry operators.
LFG’s experience in the domain name industry has reinforced one of the key lessons from the 2012 application round: long-term sustainability is strengthened through portfolio diversification. By spreading operational costs and mitigating revenue fluctuations across multiple TLDs, LFG is better positioned to withstand market volatility and invest in continued growth. Accordingly, LFG believes that even obtaining a subset of the TLDs for which it has applied will establish a diversified portfolio capable of supporting long-term economic stability, operational resilience, and sustainable growth.
".LEARN" is proposed as an open namespace for anyone teaching, studying, or building something educational. The obvious registrants are here: online course creators, tutoring services, schools, universities, and corporate training providers. But the string is deliberately broader than formal education. A hobbyist sharing expertise with a community, a museum presenting educational content, a parent building a developmental learning resource, and a language exchange platform all belong here as naturally as an accredited institution does. So do the companies building the infrastructure that makes learning happen: educational technology platforms, learning management systems, and skills assessment tools. This namespace is open and non-exclusive; no subject, credential level, or delivery format determines who belongs here.