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I think the minimum price for setting up a TLD is tens of thousands of dollars, and it doesn't have to be a country it can be any kind of string, like .pepsi or
by VieElm 12y ago
I think the minimum price for setting up a TLD is tens of thousands of dollars, and it doesn't have to be a country it can be any kind of string, like .pepsi or .beef or anything.
- icebraining 12y agoI think the minimum price for setting up a TLD is tens of thousands of dollars Almost $200k, actually, and that's just the fee to present the request; you'll still have to have the infrastructure to actually run the root DNS servers for your TLD(s).
- andrewstuart2 12y agoYou mean 2 x $5 VPS won't be enough?
- Alupis 12y agoQuick, someone register .pepsi and .coke then do nothing with them until either company pays you... of wait, we're right back at the domain squatting thing again?
- notatoad 12y agoNo, because it's not an open registration process. it's an application process, and if you or i tried to acquire the .pepsi TLD it would be denied outright (and our $185k application fee would be forfeit). New gTLDs (like .app) which receive multiple applications and have no clear owner are opened to an auction among the qualified applicants. Other more specific applications are given to the most qualified applicant (for example, i know the applicant for .ski has been endorsed by the USSA and FIS, the american and international governing bodies for skiing)