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At this point, there are many alternative gTLDs that can be used for personal sites, and quite a few are super cheap. Maybe the squatters will catch up and even
by athenot 5y ago
At this point, there are many alternative gTLDs that can be used for personal sites, and quite a few are super cheap. Maybe the squatters will catch up and eventually buy them all up but for now there's a decent availability.
- RicoElectrico 5y agoCan you suggest one? I'm interested in a gTLD that won't raise its prices suddenly and is of good reputation - so FB and co. won't block it.
- callahad 5y ago.org is controlled by a non-profit and I believe it has reasonable controls on price increases. (Private equity recently tried to obtain .org and jack up the prices, but the acquisition was blocked by ICANN https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/icann-blocks-controversial-sale-of-org-domain-to-a-private-equity-firm/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/icann-blocks-con...)
- account42 5y ago> the acquisition was blocked by ICANN Putting it that way is very charitable towards ICANN. They only blocked it after much public outcry and after the CA attorney general started an inquiry [0]. There is no reason to believe that they won't try again after the frog is sufficiently boiled. [0] https://www.theregister.com/2020/04/17/icann_california_org_sale_delay/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/04/17/icann_california_org_...
- account42 5y agoThe problem is that if you are already on .io (or another domain that increases the price) moving to another TLD means breaking all incoming links, email addresses, etc. Not really a good option.
- djbusby 5y agoYou pay the max rent now, that buy 10 years, to price-lock, then begin the slog.
- ghostly_s 5y agoI just bought a throwaway domain for a little project- somehow we have exponentially more domains available than ever, yet nothing is as cheap as a 5-character .net was when I registered my first domain ~5 years ago...