6 ms·

Slack and Github were so worried about someone cybersquatting that they were willing to pay $11,500 each to get those domains today? I guess that's the point of

Slack and Github were so worried about someone cybersquatting that they were willing to pay $11,500 each to get those domains today? I guess that's the point of the Dutch auction system, but still seems like a waste of money.

arkitaip 8y ago
It's the cost of coffee for a couple of days or so.
- snowwolf 8y ago
  Is this Venezuelan coffee? https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-venezuela-cafe-con-leche-index/?terminal=true https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-venezuela-cafe-con-l... But note I think you mean the $12 price but that’s only available from the 28th Feb. To buy today it is $11,500 (unless as others have pointed out you got it as part of the trademark sunrise period)
lgierth 8y ago
The sunrise period for trademark owners was a whole month until today, with a much more reasonable price tag.
- snowwolf 8y ago
  That makes more sense. I had missed that there was a sunrise period for the .dev tld.
  - CydeWeys 8y ago
    Sunrise periods are required for all new gTLDs by ICANN.
morpheuskafka 8y ago
For Microsoft (which owns GitHub) that is a tiny expense, but if they couldn't really afford it they could just file a dispute under UDRP.
- reaperducer 8y ago
  But does the money come from Microsoft or from GitHub? In a lot of the large companies I've worked, money is siloed from one operating unit to the next. They would send bills between units and sometimes even departments. The larger the company, the more common this seemed. It's not one giant piggy bank.
  - 0xffff2 8y ago
    Does it really matter? Surely $11k is still a tiny amount for GitHub.
    - mixmastamyk 8y ago
      ~One month salary for a senior dev.
      - fgonzag 8y ago
        Junior most likely
JMTQp8lwXL 8y ago
If you buy the domain during trademark holder's period, you pay the normal price, and not the day 1 landrush price. So no, Slack et. al. did not pay $11,500 to secure their name.
sdinsn 8y ago
11k for a large company barely registers on their radar.

arkitaip 8y ago

It's the cost of coffee for a couple of days or so.

snowwolf 8y ago
Is this Venezuelan coffee? https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-venezuela-cafe-con-leche-index/?terminal=true https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-venezuela-cafe-con-l... But note I think you mean the $12 price but that’s only available from the 28th Feb. To buy today it is $11,500 (unless as others have pointed out you got it as part of the trademark sunrise period)

lgierth 8y ago

The sunrise period for trademark owners was a whole month until today, with a much more reasonable price tag.

snowwolf 8y ago
That makes more sense. I had missed that there was a sunrise period for the .dev tld.
- CydeWeys 8y ago
  Sunrise periods are required for all new gTLDs by ICANN.

morpheuskafka 8y ago

For Microsoft (which owns GitHub) that is a tiny expense, but if they couldn't really afford it they could just file a dispute under UDRP.

reaperducer 8y ago
But does the money come from Microsoft or from GitHub? In a lot of the large companies I've worked, money is siloed from one operating unit to the next. They would send bills between units and sometimes even departments. The larger the company, the more common this seemed. It's not one giant piggy bank.
- 0xffff2 8y ago
  Does it really matter? Surely $11k is still a tiny amount for GitHub.
  - mixmastamyk 8y ago
    ~One month salary for a senior dev.
    - fgonzag 8y ago
      Junior most likely

JMTQp8lwXL 8y ago

If you buy the domain during trademark holder's period, you pay the normal price, and not the day 1 landrush price. So no, Slack et. al. did not pay $11,500 to secure their name.

sdinsn 8y ago

11k for a large company barely registers on their radar.