how would someone create their own domain extension?

danstevenson · 02-12-2005, 08:10 PM

How would someone go about creating their own domain extention like .somethinghere how much would it cost and how would you do it?

ExpertDomino · 02-12-2005, 08:12 PM

One, it's called a TLD, and Two, I have no idea, I think it's long process that ICANN has something do do with.

danstevenson · 02-12-2005, 08:50 PM

any way how i would do it anyone? the instuructions to do it

trishan · 02-12-2005, 08:56 PM

I don;t think just anyone can. You have to own a country like Tokelau for instance with their .tk domains or show that you can reach a certain quota of domains before you even get a TLD.

danstevenson · 02-12-2005, 09:30 PM

what about a domain name for something like incorperated companies?

mole · 02-12-2005, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by T4NK

How would someone go about creating their own domain extention like .somethinghere how much would it cost and how would you do it?

1. Officially, you can't unless you apply to ICANN, pay $50k and wait for nothing.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/69781-how-would-someone-create-their-own.html
2. See above
3. Unofficially, you can create anything you want that will need a special plug-in. But that's not surfing the Internet, that's messing around in your kitchen.

EbookLover · 02-12-2005, 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by T4NK

the instuructions to do it

http://www.icann.org

There is no point in creating a TLD that no one knows exists. And to market it so that htey would find out about it and then to convince them to use/buy such a domain with such a TLD would cost you mor than you can imagine. And it would probably never pan out. The TLD that are available now are already getting outta hand, some are still ot used much. The market is saturated with TLDs at this point with only a few actually being worth your while registering/developing.

mole · 02-12-2005, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by zquest

http://www.icann.org
The TLD that are available now are already getting outta hand, some are still ot used much. The market is saturated with TLDs at this point with only a few actually being worth your while registering/developing.

Artificial scarcity is getting to be a joke.

The ccTLDs are long into the act;

.US, .CN, .IN, ( .EU ) ... (( .UK? ))

And IDNs

sigh.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=69781

Then the upcoming sTLDs ;

.MOBI, .JOBS http://www.icann.org/announcements/a...nt-13dec04.htm

Jamison54 · 02-13-2005, 08:44 AM

This is a question I have had in the back of my head for so long!

mole · 02-13-2005, 08:56 AM

Originally Posted by Jamison54

This is a question I have had in the back of my head for so long!

Yeah.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=69781

The great drop catchers of yore, UltimateSearch (Yun Ye) and BuyDomains, managed to grab great .COM names, and I mean GREAT NAMES, for less than $100 each in the good ol' days of exclusive RRP connections and Snapnames $49 secured registrations.

Today, some silly late-comer wannabes who are in late comer panic pay like $4k to $30k to get non-descript unbrandable names that could have been obtained for less than $100 2 years back, all for the blind sake of manipulated Overture scores and this idea that the "Internet is growing". Well, so are the Search Engines. *knock knock* Hellooo... anyone home?

Why do you think Ults is ditching?

Timing is everything.

RJ · 02-13-2005, 04:49 PM

I wrote this over a year ago, but I think it still answers the question correctly.

How are new domain extensions chosen? ->
http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/16276-how-are-domain-extensions-chosen.html

AdoptableDomains · 02-13-2005, 05:18 PM

Unless you have at least $100k to invest, and probably two more times that in startup and lauch cost don't even think further. Even if you have the cash and expertise, it's a long shot.

There are some "fakes" out there let you "create" your own, but there will probably be all of 500 people in the world who could see anything you made using it.

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