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- Arran
I remember reading an article online somewhere a little while back about a pending change in the way web address were registered. It said that anyone would be able to register email addresses ending in whichever word they liked, ie:
www.better.tomorrowI can;t remember where I saw this article though! Can anyone shed any light???
- ernexbcn0
they cost millions of dollars, and have to be approved by a board
- Arran0
I'm pretty sure I read a more recent article – from last year – that suggested it wasn't going to be quite as expensive. Maybe just a zero or two on the end. Hm.
Thanks for the link anyways.
- acescence0
everything I've read said low six figures. there's also huge amounts of opposition to the whole idea.
- kingsteven0
I'm currently working with a company who manage gTLD applications. I believe its around 200k to submit an application to ICANN, in most cases the budgets run from 1 - 10 million...
- Someone just shouted "$185k" at me from across the room.kingsteven
- hah...for the shouting.akrok
- Arran0
Ouch.
Ok, thanks for info people.
- Atkinson0
they're releasing .xxx for adult sites. qbn.xxx
- i_monk0
I really hate that a sole company has complete say over this sort of thing.
- yeah, it would be much better if they set up a non-profit organization to do it... oh wait.kingsteven
- fowleryo0
apparently ICANN is about to allow all sorts of new TLDs. .ny, .chi, etc. Probably in the next year or so.
- i_monk0
^ What's the point? Try buying CocaCo.la and see what happens.
They should be getting rid of TLDs. What's the point of .org and .net when the sites they serve are indistinguishable in overall purpose and function from .com?