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After .amazon will be be getting .google, .microsoft, .apple, .foxnews, .wellsfargo, .jpmorgan, .walmart, .honda, .yc, .tesla, .crocs, .beanies, .friendster, .m
by postalrat 8y ago
After .amazon will be be getting .google, .microsoft, .apple, .foxnews, .wellsfargo, .jpmorgan, .walmart, .honda, .yc, .tesla, .crocs, .beanies, .friendster, .myspace, .etc?
- tobr 8y agoAt least the first three of those exist.
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- jariz 8y agoWe already do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains#Brand_top-level_domains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_dom...
- nolok 8y agoHate to break it to you, but several of those already exist https://icannwiki.org/.apple https://icannwiki.org/.apple https://icannwiki.org/.google https://icannwiki.org/.google ... The whole point of those "anyone can buy anything tld" felt like a scheme to force companies to buy "their" name.
- Spivak 8y agoI would assume that you woudln't be forced to buy your name if you own the trademark because within-reason nobody else would be able to buy it.
- TomMarius 8y agoDoesn't that apply only if the other company is a competitor to you? E.g. a shoemaker named Microsoft could get the domain if it was clear they're using the name fairly.
- icebraining 8y agoYeah, I could see a gTLD version of http://nissan.com/ http://nissan.com/
- Dylan16807 8y agoThe bar is very different though. A local business is unlikely to be approved, even if their name wouldn't confuse people.
- mises 8y agoTrue, but let's say I start an apple reseller and want store.apple. That would be just fine on all counts; should Apple Computer have every instance of the word "Apple" reserved for them just because they're bigger? It would frankly be irresponsible for some companies not to: as consumers get used to esoteric TLDs, it could become a phishing concern.
- lode 8y agoMostly, yes. https://icannwiki.org/.google https://icannwiki.org/.google https://icannwiki.org/.microsoft https://icannwiki.org/.microsoft https://icannwiki.org/.apple https://icannwiki.org/.apple https://icannwiki.org/.fox https://icannwiki.org/.fox https://icannwiki.org/.walmart https://icannwiki.org/.walmart https://icannwiki.org/.honda https://icannwiki.org/.honda All of these are examples of Brand TLDs (https://icannwiki.org/Brand_TLD https://icannwiki.org/Brand_TLD), which can be registered as part of ICANNs New TLD program which started in 2012. As many 'new' TLDs (such as the ones introduced in the 2000s such as .travel, .museum and .mobi), many of them are not used a lot, and many people are not familiar with them.
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- tener 8y agoActually .etc would be neat.
- ihuman 8y agoGoogle already uses .google http://blog.google http://blog.google http://about.google http://about.google
- sergiotapia 8y agoAOL Keyword NICK!
- tialaramex 8y agoYes. But note that it'll cost you about $1M per year to do this. There is no refund when you realise a week later that you have no purpose for .friendster or whatever, and you wish you still had $1M instead. Several huge corporations bought the TLD for their long-winded name, and then it sits unused, because it's stupid. For example the TLD kerryproperties exists and is owned by the corporation Kerry Properties in Asia, but kerryprops.com is a much better name and so unsurprisingly the company's actual web site remains https://www.kerryprops.com/ https://www.kerryprops.com/ and they just burn the money on the TLD for no reason.
- mr_toad 8y agoYeah, but it’d be a shame if someone else started using that domain wouldn’t it... For just $1m a year you can buy some “insurance” that will stop that happening.