The Project
A fun domain with a serious mission — and a way to turn every URL into community support.
The dotMeow foundation is a queer-owned, queer-operated non-profit with one goal: to turn internet infrastructure into community support.
We have applied to run our own generic top-level domain (gTLD — the bit after the dot, like .com). Each time someone registers a .meow domain, most of that money comes directly to us. Instead of pocketing it, we’ll funnel it straight back into queer people and projects worldwide.
Other queer-coded TLDs exist, like .lgbt and .gay, but we’re doing things differently:
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All profits go to community causes – By statute, anything not spent on operations or growth must fund queer initiatives.
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A Mozilla-style model (eventually) – We’ll split into a foundation (for grants and governance) and a technical company (to run .meow and potentially other registries). Even our technical work will generate resources for the community.
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Focused on trans issues – As a trans-led team, we’re structuring .meow around the needs of the communities we’re part of.
This all started as a joke — a "how hard could it be?" over drinks. Now we’re deep in the ICANN process, with our application submitted and eagerly awaiting confirmation that we can proceed to evaluation in Q4 of 2026.
Fundraising
To finish the ICANN application process, we ran a wildly successful kickstarter campaign — we initially set out to raise €80,000 and after fees raised €115,000! We only managed this due to all of these lovely people (and a few others who did not wish to be named)
We submitted our application and paid ICANN’s fees in August 2026, and are now awaiting reveal day (October 2026). Reveal day is when all applied for strings will be published and string confirmation (final confirmation of which applications will proceed to evaluation). If all goes well, we would expect .meow to be delegated in 2028; it is dependent on where in the prioritisation queue we end up, with the order determined by a lottery that will take place in Nov-Dec 2026.
If you backed at a tier with a domain voucher, you’ll be able to redeem it for a year of .meow domain registration, at any participating registrar, once we launch. We’re lining up registrar partners now and will post an updated list here and on our socials as they sign on.
Merch and physical rewards? We’re aiming to have everything out the door by the end of September 2026, just like we promised during the campaign.
Got a question about your pledge or your reward? info@dotmeow.org — we don’t bite (much).