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.CH and .LI should be the first pick if you're buying in long term. .COM etc. are Verisign Corp (essentially US Gov) names and you're screwed if there's a globa
by popcalc 2y ago
.CH and .LI should be the first pick if you're buying in long term. .COM etc. are Verisign Corp (essentially US Gov) names and you're screwed if there's a global conflict down the line and want to be treated neutrally. I'm not tying myself to the future Montenegrin (.ME) administration or god forbid some fly-by-night meme gTLD run out of Hong Kong that goes bankrupt in two years and defaults on their ICANN payments, getting wiped from the root zone.
- homebrewer 2y ago> getting wiped from the root zone It won't come to that, there's an established process for transferring gTLDs to other registries. Every registry is required to provide a full backup of their domain data to ICANN every couple of weeks or so, I don't remember the exact period. You might get hit by significantly increased renewal fees, though.