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Who actually are they buying this from? ICANN? Or some other TLD suppliers?

andrewstuart2 12y ago
TLD squatters. Same exact problem as before, just more expensive. http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/customer-service/faqs/faqs-en#application http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/customer-service/faq...
- logicallee 12y ago
  what, you can just tld squat? (without founding a nation)? How is that not like squatting on all domain names that start with an "a"? I mean, how can it be technically possible. Did some guy just pay 20 bucks for the .app tld and ICANN was like, cool, nobody has registered this one yet - you can have it?
  - 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 ago
      I 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 ago
        You mean 2 x $5 VPS won't be enough?
    - Alupis 12y ago
      Quick, 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 ago
        No, 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)
  - Kneedler 12y ago
    $185,000 just to apply. If multiple parties applied, the gltd gets sent to auction. https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/auctionresults https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applications...
  - notatoad 12y ago
    No, nobody was squatting .app. Icann auctioned it, google won the auction.
    - logicallee 12y ago
      ah, makes sense. (parent explicitly said "TLD squatters. Same exact problem as before, just more expensive.") obviously doubt Google qualifies as a squatter.
      - notatoad 12y ago
        Yeah, I don't know what the parent is on about, they're completely wrong. Nobody is squatting TLDs, all the new ones have gone to orgs actively working as registrars.
dragonwriter 12y ago
> Who actually are they buying this from? ICANN? Yes. ICANN is auctioning the new gTLDs, and Google won the auction for .app.

TLD squatters. Same exact problem as before, just more expensive. http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/customer-service/faqs/faqs-en#application http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/customer-service/faq...

logicallee 12y ago
what, you can just tld squat? (without founding a nation)? How is that not like squatting on all domain names that start with an "a"? I mean, how can it be technically possible. Did some guy just pay 20 bucks for the .app tld and ICANN was like, cool, nobody has registered this one yet - you can have it?
- 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 ago
    I 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 ago
      You mean 2 x $5 VPS won't be enough?
  - Alupis 12y ago
    Quick, 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 ago
      No, 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)
- Kneedler 12y ago
  $185,000 just to apply. If multiple parties applied, the gltd gets sent to auction. https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/auctionresults https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applications...
- notatoad 12y ago
  No, nobody was squatting .app. Icann auctioned it, google won the auction.
  - logicallee 12y ago
    ah, makes sense. (parent explicitly said "TLD squatters. Same exact problem as before, just more expensive.") obviously doubt Google qualifies as a squatter.
    - notatoad 12y ago
      Yeah, I don't know what the parent is on about, they're completely wrong. Nobody is squatting TLDs, all the new ones have gone to orgs actively working as registrars.

dragonwriter 12y ago

> Who actually are they buying this from? ICANN? Yes. ICANN is auctioning the new gTLDs, and Google won the auction for .app.