I've recently been wondering if there might be a way to actually own a domain such that I'm not paying someone else a monthly/yearly fee. I've seen those "prem

I've recently been wondering if there might be a way to actually own a domain such that I'm not paying someone else a monthly/yearly fee. I've seen those "premium" domain names that you have to pay $1,000 for and thought "If I bought that, would that be it? I get it forever?" I haven't really looked into it closely yet, but would be interested to know.