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

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