.lend

The proposed .lend top-level domain represents lending in its everyday sense - letting someone use something for a time and expecting it back. People lend tools, books, equipment, space, and a hand, and the word also covers lending support, weight, or a name to something. Intercap Registry proposes to operate .lend 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 make things available for others to use for a time, or that write about sharing and borrowing. Intended users are members of the general public seeking those resources. Intercap Registry will make .lend 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 durable: letting others use what one has is a standing arrangement between people, workplaces, and organizations across sectors, and is not tied to any trend or single company.