Maybe it's a different about inside the USA vs. outside of it, but I don't feel everything ends with .com: a lot, yes, but not a massive absolute majority. I t

Maybe it's a different about inside the USA vs. outside of it, but I don't feel everything ends with .com: a lot, yes, but not a massive absolute majority. I think it would be nice to have different prices according to what they are _supposed_ to be for. Just like .gov is reserved, so .com could be priced at 100$/year since if you are a commercial company, i.e. you make money, then it would be a fair price to pay. Others like .org should be almost free, but only for companies which are legally non-profit. A domain for personal websites on the other hand should be cheap and have no limitations. And so on. So basically I agree with what you are saying but I'd just make it slightly more fine grained. As for the problem you mention, I think people would change pretty quickly to be honest. Maybe there could be some governmental ads to drive the message home, but com-> commercial is pretty easy to remember, and similarly if it's not .com then it's not commercial. :) The point of having a hierarchical URL, with most people buying the second level, is to increase the number of choices. If everyone ends up buying .com it's just a waste. :)