Bespoke top level domains 'to cost $200,000'

edesignuk · Oct 23, 2008, 04:40 AM

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Internet overseer ICANN plans to reform the top level domain (TLD) naming system so anyone can set up a new registry, but it seems web plebs will have to make do with boring old .com and friends. According to a report, the price for a bespoke TLD will be announced this Friday at about $200,000.

The price tag will help ICANN recoup the $20m cost of implementing a more relaxed naming scheme, AP reports. It'll also discourage all but the wealthiest individuals from applying for so-called vanity TLDs.

Major corporations and public bodies are expected to spponsor most of the new registries. A campaign for a .london TLD is being led by a German group that wants to see all major cities with their own TLD.

ICANN's reforms also mean that domains formed of non-Latin characters will be allowed for the first time. The Russian government intends to foster a "Cyrillic internet", for example.

The proposals will be opened to public consultation for 45 days. ICANN will start accepting bids in the new year, and the first new TLDs should appear late in 2009.

The Register.

Bargain!

http://epic.fail?

Abstract · Oct 23, 2008, 06:07 AM

Fantastic for porn. No more of this .com business. From now on, I'll be on the look-out for all .cum websites.

allmIne · Oct 23, 2008, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Abstract

Fantastic for porn. No more of this .com business. From now on, I'll be on the look-out for all .cum websites.

I lol'd

Sdashiki · Oct 23, 2008, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Abstract

Fantastic for porn. No more of this .com business. From now on, I'll be on the look-out for all .cum websites.

.xxx was a failure.

FoxyKaye · Oct 23, 2008, 12:18 PM

So, after the first 100 vanity TLDs, there will be a price drop since you've recouped the cost of implementation, right ICANN?

Wonder if these will require a one-time setup fee, or if there will be an annual fee for "maintenance"? Seems like a lucrative business opportunity if you can nab the right TLD...

edesignuk · Oct 24, 2008, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sdashiki

.xxx was a failure.

I thought that never got approved by the powers that be? It didn't fail, just a bunch on paper pushers didn't let it happen.

jimothyGator · 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Abstract

Fantastic for porn. No more of this .com business. From now on, I'll be on the look-out for all .cum websites.

Don't forget .orgy and .jiz, as well (to complement .org and .biz).

Counterfit · Oct 24, 2008, 10:13 PM

Might as well toss in .anal too.

joeshell383 · Oct 24, 2008, 11:16 PM

.c*nt

MrSmith · Oct 25, 2008, 05:34 AM

You can have email addresses like

look@my.willy

chilipie · Oct 25, 2008, 05:43 AM

*saving up to buy .pie*

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FoxyKaye macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oakland, Terre d'Ange, Bas Lag, Gallifrey	So, after the first 100 vanity TLDs, there will be a price drop since you've recouped the cost of implementation, right ICANN? Wonder if these will require a one-time setup fee, or if there will be an annual fee for "maintenance"? Seems like a lucrative business opportunity if you can nab the right TLD... __________________ Core i7/2.66 GHz 17" 2010 MacBook Pro \| 64GB iPod Touch He was no Dragon... Fire cannot kill a Dragon.
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