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I don't get why Amazon would get control of the entire TLD. Can't these new TLDs be managed by some other entity which hands out domains to those that want them

by 7dare 7y ago

I don't get why Amazon would get control of the entire TLD. Can't these new TLDs be managed by some other entity which hands out domains to those that want them?

icebraining 7y ago
Amazon got it under ICANN's New gTLD program. There have been over 1200 TLDs allocated: https://icannwiki.org/New_gTLD_Program https://icannwiki.org/New_gTLD_Program
- mejari 7y ago
  This is How, not Why
  - Kalium 7y ago
    The "Why" is because Amazon decided to keep the gTLD for itself, rather than act as a registrar. The document linked by grandparent also goes into the historical background of how this process came to pass.