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Dies (see: https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/the-death-of-a-tld https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/the-death-of-a-tld). Something that anyone should consider before
by forgotpwd16 4y ago
Dies (see: https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/the-death-of-a-tld https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/the-death-of-a-tld). Something that anyone should consider before getting a domain on a hippy GTLD. Alongside with how "bad" reputation it has that is usually correlated with low price offers.
- CydeWeys 4y agoNope. The public ones don't die, they simply get assigned a new registry operator. Check out EBERO: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ebero-2013-04-02-en https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ebero-2013-04-02-en
- forgotpwd16 4y agoThe link you gave says emergency operation is provided preferably for a length of 12 months. That's it's meant to be a temporary measure (which is self-explanatory by the "emergency" in the name).
- CydeWeys 4y agoThe 12 months is more than long enough to get a permanent operator assigned to run the TLD if the emergency operator isn't going to continue doing so. ICANN isn't just going to let an entire TLD's worth of domain names fall off the face of the Internet. This isn't theoretical either; they already went through it for .wed: https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/next-steps-for-the-wed-generic-top-level-domain-19-5-2021-en https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/next-steps-for-the-we...
- forgotpwd16 4y agoI see. That's very good to know. Was remembering it the other way but seems I was wrong.