<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class="">How was it created before EAP began, then? </blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">Keep in mind that ICANN permits a registry to allocate a limited number of names out of band with the normal launch cycle, for purposes of promoting the TLD. I don’t have first hand knowledge of what happened with your examples, but it sounds to me like they could be “qualified launch program” registrations. More details here...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-10apr14-en" class="">https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-10apr14-en</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Bret</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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