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I find it quite impressive that everyone raised their voices, although ICANN and PIR seem to turn a blind eye to them. For a registry, their main costs are nam

by Ayesh 7y ago

I find it quite impressive that everyone raised their voices, although ICANN and PIR seem to turn a blind eye to them. For a registry, their main costs are nameserver costs and ICANN licensing fees (~$25K for gTLDs, not sure for classic TLDs). It's totally unfair on PIR side to jack the prices up just because they can.

echelon 7y ago
These costs don't sound exorbitant. Are profane TLDs allowed? I'd love to register a particular four letter gTLD. I'm sure it'd make its money back.
- rovr138 7y ago
  Not really profane, but there’s https://get.sucks https://get.sucks
  - echelon 7y ago
    I love that the first selling point is > Protect your identity online so that no one can defame your name. This one is an extortion racket.
    - dessant 7y ago
      http://facebook.sucks http://facebook.sucks > Registrant Organization: Facebook, Inc. https://whois.nic.sucks https://whois.nic.sucks
      - saagarjha 7y ago
        microsoft.sucks, apple.sucks, and google.sucks are registered by their respective companies as well.
    - thayne 7y ago
      It absolutely is. And .sucks domains are much more expensive than most other TLDs.
      - Rumperuu 7y ago
        I was under the impression that .sucks domains cost about $10 for an individual but thousands for a corporation (as an anti-corporate endeavour). I can't find anything on this though, so perhaps I imagined it.
        thayne 7y ago
        according to https://get.sucks/fees https://get.sucks/fees .sucks domains have an MSRP of $250 for standard domains and $2500 for "premium" domains. I can't see a list, but my guess is the "premium" domains are the names of larger corporations and wealthy individuals that the registry thinks they can extort more money from.
  - Ayesh 7y ago
    Also .fail.
- Ayesh 7y ago
  Initial registration is $185K, and there is a fair amount of back and forth documentation requirements with ICANN, and if someone else requests the same TLD, there will be a bidding as well.

by Ayesh 7y ago

echelon 7y ago

These costs don't sound exorbitant. Are profane TLDs allowed? I'd love to register a particular four letter gTLD. I'm sure it'd make its money back.

rovr138 7y ago
Not really profane, but there’s https://get.sucks https://get.sucks
- echelon 7y ago
  I love that the first selling point is > Protect your identity online so that no one can defame your name. This one is an extortion racket.
  - dessant 7y ago
    http://facebook.sucks http://facebook.sucks > Registrant Organization: Facebook, Inc. https://whois.nic.sucks https://whois.nic.sucks
    - saagarjha 7y ago
      microsoft.sucks, apple.sucks, and google.sucks are registered by their respective companies as well.
  - thayne 7y ago
    It absolutely is. And .sucks domains are much more expensive than most other TLDs.
    - Rumperuu 7y ago
      I was under the impression that .sucks domains cost about $10 for an individual but thousands for a corporation (as an anti-corporate endeavour). I can't find anything on this though, so perhaps I imagined it.
      - thayne 7y ago
        according to https://get.sucks/fees https://get.sucks/fees .sucks domains have an MSRP of $250 for standard domains and $2500 for "premium" domains. I can't see a list, but my guess is the "premium" domains are the names of larger corporations and wealthy individuals that the registry thinks they can extort more money from.
- Ayesh 7y ago
  Also .fail.
Ayesh 7y ago
Initial registration is $185K, and there is a fair amount of back and forth documentation requirements with ICANN, and if someone else requests the same TLD, there will be a bidding as well.