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I used to work for a registry, and ICANN had very strict escrow rules for registrys'. This was for a real TLD but I suspect that there is something similar for
by C1sc0cat 8y ago
I used to work for a registry, and ICANN had very strict escrow rules for registrys'.
This was for a real TLD but I suspect that there is something similar for vanity domains.
- dragonwriter 8y agoThe new gTLDs are just as much “real TLDs” to ICANN as the older gTLDs and ccTLDs.
- CydeWeys 8y agoThe new gTLDs are much more "real" than the ccTLDs in the sense that they are actually governed in ways that protect registrants. A ccTLD operator can unilaterally yank any domain they want with no restrictions whatsoever. They aren't contracted parties.
- C1sc0cat 8y agoThe original tld expansion was a lot more involved than ponying up your $250,0000 from what I recall.
- PunksATawnyFill 8y agoICANN is a scam. It should have abolished canned TLDs altogether, but instead turned them into a profiteering scheme. There’s no reason that a domain can’t end in ANY string. Bingo, no more fake “shortage.”