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I would say .com, .net, and .ca if you happen to live in Canada. > I’d also like to use a TLD that is unlikely to be bought by private equity (I vaguely recall
by donmcronald 3y ago
I would say .com, .net, and .ca if you happen to live in Canada.
> I’d also like to use a TLD that is unlikely to be bought by private equity (I vaguely recall this being attempted with a popular TLD).
That was Ethos Capital and .org IIRC. They’ve managed to acquire two major registry operators [1]. A huge number of the new gTLDs are under that umbrella. The new gTLDs are a great idea, but (IMO) the poor management and greed that comes along with private equity makes them too risky to use.
1. https://ethoscapital.com/portfolio/ https://ethoscapital.com/portfolio/
- schemescape 3y agoThanks! Why .net? It seems to be owned by Verisign but isn’t as critical as .com, so probably more likely to be exploited.
- donmcronald 3y agoI don’t know this for sure without looking it up, but I include .net because I think .net and .com are both using a legacy registry agreement. Everything else uses a new agreement that has fewer protections for registrants. For example, there are no price caps on the new gTLDs IIRC.
- schemescape 3y agoThank you!