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Took me a while to figure out that Google Domains isn't participating in the Early Access Program. Apparently the "additional fee" for early access is extraord

Took me a while to figure out that Google Domains isn't participating in the Early Access Program. Apparently the "additional fee" for early access is extraordinarily high from some registrars. For example -> https://imgur.com/a/E9WRqTI https://imgur.com/a/E9WRqTI

CydeWeys 9y ago
The Early Access Period is a descending price ("Dutch") auction. The fee will decrease every day at 16:00:00 Z for the first four days throughout the week-long period.
- lambda 9y ago
  Is there a list of which registrars are participating in the early access period? None of the ones I tried seemed to recognize .app.
  - VikingCoder 9y ago
    hexonet.net does. $11,080 then $3,205 $1,625 $1,130 $690 $580 This sucks. This is like, truly evil. There's two hard problems: Naming things Cashing [sic] : Paying for the right to name things
    - khc 9y ago
      the actual two hard problems are cache invalidation and naming things, but cash invalidation doesn't quite fit into that :-P
    - rtkwe 9y ago
      It's only for the current early access period, so if you don't have a named project already I'd suggest just waiting for the period to end then your pricing is steady. We know how to design good auctions but I'm not sure there's any design that'll be kind to purchasers who can't easily evaluate the value of the item to them while still meeting other more basic goals.
  - CydeWeys 9y ago
    See https://www.registry.google/about/register.html https://www.registry.google/about/register.html -- the ones supporting EAP are annotated as such.
    - lambda 9y ago
      Ah, looks like the registrars were still coming online when I tried. When I first tried Gandi, it didn't seem to like .app, but now it does and lets me choose "landrush," which I assume is the way to buy a domain during the EAP.
gruez 9y ago
have you checked other registars? it's about 20eur on gandi. https://shop.gandi.net/en/domain/suggest?search=whatthefuckisthishighpriceallabout.app https://shop.gandi.net/en/domain/suggest?search=whatthefucki...
- maxyme 9y ago
  It's $15 after early access ends on yay.com
- komali2 9y ago
  Cheers for this link. Taking recommendations for what to do with my new domain, donaldtrump.app
thisisit 9y ago
This might be a good litmus test to see which registrars look out for their customers.
gadders 9y ago
I just tried to buy one. Got an email saying I'd be invoiced on allocation of that domain to the registrar. WTF does that mean? How can they take my money if they don't even know they'll have the domain to sell?
- CydeWeys 9y ago
  I believe that, as a general policy, registrars refund your money if they don't actually manage to acquire the domain name on your behalf.
- giarc 9y ago
  webnames.ca says "If the domain cannot be registered on your behalf for any reason, there will be no cost to you."
- manigandham 9y ago
  "on allocation" means if/when they acquire it themselves to assign to you. If that doesn't happen, you don't get invoiced.

CydeWeys 9y ago

The Early Access Period is a descending price ("Dutch") auction. The fee will decrease every day at 16:00:00 Z for the first four days throughout the week-long period.

lambda 9y ago
Is there a list of which registrars are participating in the early access period? None of the ones I tried seemed to recognize .app.
- VikingCoder 9y ago
  hexonet.net does. $11,080 then $3,205 $1,625 $1,130 $690 $580 This sucks. This is like, truly evil. There's two hard problems: Naming things Cashing [sic] : Paying for the right to name things
  - khc 9y ago
    the actual two hard problems are cache invalidation and naming things, but cash invalidation doesn't quite fit into that :-P
  - rtkwe 9y ago
    It's only for the current early access period, so if you don't have a named project already I'd suggest just waiting for the period to end then your pricing is steady. We know how to design good auctions but I'm not sure there's any design that'll be kind to purchasers who can't easily evaluate the value of the item to them while still meeting other more basic goals.
- CydeWeys 9y ago
  See https://www.registry.google/about/register.html https://www.registry.google/about/register.html -- the ones supporting EAP are annotated as such.
  - lambda 9y ago
    Ah, looks like the registrars were still coming online when I tried. When I first tried Gandi, it didn't seem to like .app, but now it does and lets me choose "landrush," which I assume is the way to buy a domain during the EAP.

gruez 9y ago

have you checked other registars? it's about 20eur on gandi. https://shop.gandi.net/en/domain/suggest?search=whatthefuckisthishighpriceallabout.app https://shop.gandi.net/en/domain/suggest?search=whatthefucki...

maxyme 9y ago
It's $15 after early access ends on yay.com
komali2 9y ago
Cheers for this link. Taking recommendations for what to do with my new domain, donaldtrump.app

thisisit 9y ago

This might be a good litmus test to see which registrars look out for their customers.

gadders 9y ago

I just tried to buy one. Got an email saying I'd be invoiced on allocation of that domain to the registrar. WTF does that mean? How can they take my money if they don't even know they'll have the domain to sell?

CydeWeys 9y ago
I believe that, as a general policy, registrars refund your money if they don't actually manage to acquire the domain name on your behalf.
giarc 9y ago
webnames.ca says "If the domain cannot be registered on your behalf for any reason, there will be no cost to you."
manigandham 9y ago
"on allocation" means if/when they acquire it themselves to assign to you. If that doesn't happen, you don't get invoiced.