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How does one get such a tld? Answer: To get your own TLD, you need to submit a completed, detailed application and fee (likely around $200,000) to ICANN. Then,

How does one get such a tld? Answer: To get your own TLD, you need to submit a completed, detailed application and fee (likely around $200,000) to ICANN. Then, ICANN will evaluate the application (and Afilias can help with this). If approved, you can proceed to launching with domain registrars. Source: https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/afilias-explains-how-to-get-your-own-top-level-domain-tld/ https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/afilias-explains-how-to-get...

CydeWeys 4y ago
... but first, you need a time machine to go back a decade.
- masukomi 4y ago
  not really. there aren't that many TLDs. So many good options are left for the young bitcoin billionaires to spend their money on.
  - CydeWeys 4y ago
    There haven't been any new gTLDs delegated since ICANN ran round 1 of the gTLD expansion program in 2012. It doesn't matter how much money you have; you need to wait for round 2.
rkagerer 4y ago
That link is informative but the podcast is from 2016 and the last round for registering new gTLD's closed in 2012. It looks like we're inching closer to a new round: https://gac.icann.org/activity/subsequent-rounds-of-new-gtlds https://gac.icann.org/activity/subsequent-rounds-of-new-gtld... Skimming the recommendations, they want wider participation from the non-western world and I suspect the $185k application fee may go down a bit (there's also an annual fee of $24k, +25 cents per second-level domain) Anyone know how much a company like Afilias charges for its end of things if you choose to outsource the IT? (e.g. assistance with the application, spinning up the TLD, ongoing costs to maintain)? EDIT: Some quotes from Instra: https://www.instra.com/en/new-gtlds/pricing https://www.instra.com/en/new-gtlds/pricing Here are some links to prior ICANN guides and other info if you want a better sense of the application process: https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain And dated from an era when the fee was a mere $5k: https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/tas https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/tas
- duskwuff 4y ago
  > I suspect the $185k application fee may go down a bit Honestly, my expectation would be that the application fee will go up, because the first round received so many terrible applications (like brand TLDs that the trademark owner had no intention of using).
1letterunixname 4y ago
They used to be several megabucks. It's still a scarcity filter by virtue of an absurd pile of money for flipping a few bits and claiming enormous "administrative" expenses.
Bluecobra 4y ago
Is this just ICANN being greedy to get large companies buy and park these TLDs?

CydeWeys 4y ago

... but first, you need a time machine to go back a decade.

masukomi 4y ago
not really. there aren't that many TLDs. So many good options are left for the young bitcoin billionaires to spend their money on.
- CydeWeys 4y ago
  There haven't been any new gTLDs delegated since ICANN ran round 1 of the gTLD expansion program in 2012. It doesn't matter how much money you have; you need to wait for round 2.

rkagerer 4y ago

That link is informative but the podcast is from 2016 and the last round for registering new gTLD's closed in 2012. It looks like we're inching closer to a new round: https://gac.icann.org/activity/subsequent-rounds-of-new-gtlds https://gac.icann.org/activity/subsequent-rounds-of-new-gtld... Skimming the recommendations, they want wider participation from the non-western world and I suspect the $185k application fee may go down a bit (there's also an annual fee of $24k, +25 cents per second-level domain) Anyone know how much a company like Afilias charges for its end of things if you choose to outsource the IT? (e.g. assistance with the application, spinning up the TLD, ongoing costs to maintain)? EDIT: Some quotes from Instra: https://www.instra.com/en/new-gtlds/pricing https://www.instra.com/en/new-gtlds/pricing Here are some links to prior ICANN guides and other info if you want a better sense of the application process: https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain And dated from an era when the fee was a mere $5k: https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/tas https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/tas

duskwuff 4y ago
> I suspect the $185k application fee may go down a bit Honestly, my expectation would be that the application fee will go up, because the first round received so many terrible applications (like brand TLDs that the trademark owner had no intention of using).

1letterunixname 4y ago

They used to be several megabucks. It's still a scarcity filter by virtue of an absurd pile of money for flipping a few bits and claiming enormous "administrative" expenses.

Bluecobra 4y ago

Is this just ICANN being greedy to get large companies buy and park these TLDs?