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.dev is available for public registration... I have one.

aaronchall 7y ago
Ditto.
echelon 7y ago
"vanity" domains are $200/yr or more Including "{firstname}.dev" Nonsense. If Google's worried about domain squatters, it controls the TLD rules and can come up with a less moneygrab strategy. Perhaps require a Github account and limit to one domain per customer? FCFS is fairer than extortion.
- Buttons840 7y ago
  I paid $12 for my .dev domain. I bought it from Google.
  - TheFiend7 7y ago
    Domain names are not one time purchases? Secondly are you referring to monthly or yearly? They sometimes do flash deals which might be why you got it for one year at that price (assuming you paid that yearly). But the discounts usually don't last forever.
    - Buttons840 7y ago
      It was for one year. I just checked and it is set for auto renewal in November and will cost another $12 for another year. It is a 6 letter domain.
      - top_kekeroni_m8 7y ago
        Button.dev? ;)
    - zenexer 7y ago
      You’re probably thinking of premium domains. Most ngTLDs charge more for high-value names to mitigate squatting—and to take a larger piece of the pie.
- kick 7y ago
  require a GitHub account You do know that there are devs that prefer other code hosting platforms, right? GitHub is a proprietary service that's generally terrible for developers.
  - echelon 7y ago
    > GitHub is a proprietary service that's generally terrible for developers. In what way? I find it incredibly awesome.
- berdon 7y ago
  As other commenters have said, they're $12/yr.
  - echelon 7y ago
    Not all of them. https://support.google.com/domains/answer/6010092#registry https://support.google.com/domains/answer/6010092#registry I just checked my Google Domains account, and my .dev domain renews for "$180 plus tax". The pricing is entirely opaque and you can't find it listed anywhere, but I did find a comment from HN last year that listed several examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19201073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19201073 Some names cost even more than the $200 I initially cited!
- JohnFen 7y ago
  > require a Github account That requirement would exclude most developers, including myself.
techsupporter 7y ago
Ah, how quickly the Internet forgets. .dev wasn’t going to be open for the rest of us originally; Google bought it as an internal name to keep private but relented a few years later. > The web ad giant is keeping these domains "completely closed for the sole use of Google," as its paperwork filed[0] for .dev reads. > Why not also share the wealth of .dev with developers? Well, in a word: branding. Google's successful application for .dev reads: "The proposed gTLD will provide Google with direct association to the term 'dev', which is an abbreviation of the word 'development'. The mission of this gTLD, .dev, is to provide a dedicated domain space in which Google can enact second-level domains specific to its projects in development." https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/13/google_developer_gtld_domain_icann/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/13/google_developer_gt... 0 - https://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1339 https://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/applicationde...
- ivalm 7y ago
  Sure, but google shouldn't be able to get a generic gTLD like this. Why is google's interest in owning "dev" more valuable than everyone else's?
  - techsupporter 7y ago
    Agreed; that's what GP was getting at and people were refuting the claim with "but I have registered a .dev domain." For three-ish years, Google was hoarding it and the Internet pushed back and Google relented for some unknown reason (I hope due to the pushback but I'm not counting on it).

Ditto.

"vanity" domains are $200/yr or more Including "{firstname}.dev" Nonsense. If Google's worried about domain squatters, it controls the TLD rules and can come up with a less moneygrab strategy. Perhaps require a Github account and limit to one domain per customer? FCFS is fairer than extortion.

Buttons840 7y ago
I paid $12 for my .dev domain. I bought it from Google.
- TheFiend7 7y ago
  Domain names are not one time purchases? Secondly are you referring to monthly or yearly? They sometimes do flash deals which might be why you got it for one year at that price (assuming you paid that yearly). But the discounts usually don't last forever.
  - Buttons840 7y ago
    It was for one year. I just checked and it is set for auto renewal in November and will cost another $12 for another year. It is a 6 letter domain.
    - top_kekeroni_m8 7y ago
      Button.dev? ;)
  - zenexer 7y ago
    You’re probably thinking of premium domains. Most ngTLDs charge more for high-value names to mitigate squatting—and to take a larger piece of the pie.
kick 7y ago
require a GitHub account You do know that there are devs that prefer other code hosting platforms, right? GitHub is a proprietary service that's generally terrible for developers.
- echelon 7y ago
  > GitHub is a proprietary service that's generally terrible for developers. In what way? I find it incredibly awesome.
berdon 7y ago
As other commenters have said, they're $12/yr.
- echelon 7y ago
  Not all of them. https://support.google.com/domains/answer/6010092#registry https://support.google.com/domains/answer/6010092#registry I just checked my Google Domains account, and my .dev domain renews for "$180 plus tax". The pricing is entirely opaque and you can't find it listed anywhere, but I did find a comment from HN last year that listed several examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19201073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19201073 Some names cost even more than the $200 I initially cited!
JohnFen 7y ago
> require a Github account That requirement would exclude most developers, including myself.

techsupporter 7y ago

Ah, how quickly the Internet forgets. .dev wasn’t going to be open for the rest of us originally; Google bought it as an internal name to keep private but relented a few years later. > The web ad giant is keeping these domains "completely closed for the sole use of Google," as its paperwork filed[0] for .dev reads. > Why not also share the wealth of .dev with developers? Well, in a word: branding. Google's successful application for .dev reads: "The proposed gTLD will provide Google with direct association to the term 'dev', which is an abbreviation of the word 'development'. The mission of this gTLD, .dev, is to provide a dedicated domain space in which Google can enact second-level domains specific to its projects in development." https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/13/google_developer_gtld_domain_icann/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/13/google_developer_gt... 0 - https://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1339 https://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/applicationde...

ivalm 7y ago
Sure, but google shouldn't be able to get a generic gTLD like this. Why is google's interest in owning "dev" more valuable than everyone else's?
- techsupporter 7y ago
  Agreed; that's what GP was getting at and people were refuting the claim with "but I have registered a .dev domain." For three-ish years, Google was hoarding it and the Internet pushed back and Google relented for some unknown reason (I hope due to the pushback but I'm not counting on it).