If you could create your own nGTLD...

[Grego85]

Hey all,

I'm just curious about what all of you would do with your own domain extension? I've always dreamed of starting my own one day, and I'm sure many of you have as well.

If you had the $185,000 + to create and run your own nGTLD domain extension, which name(s) would you choose and why? How much would the reg fee be? Would you reserve names? Would you price higher quality names at premium prices?

for me, I'd go with .find. Everyone on the internet is looking to find something, and .find would provide so many opportunities for web services dedicated to finding anything from apartments to zoos. Information, services, locations, everything is possible with an extension like .find.

I would expect a high volume of registrations, so I'd offer them for about $15.00. Of course I would probably list some of the better names for a premium fee, but nothing over $100.

What about you?

 

[wale odeyemi]

I must not miss out on .web

 

[Haris]

.on

Has meaning. Can be used for brandables as well has businesses in Ontario

 

[gareth1614]

Prob .com, although I believe there's already something quite similar already out there.

 

[Axc]

.king is one that springs to mind .tons of hacks and is already standard domain lingo

 

[gareth1614]

.dotdot

To give a sense of "to be continued"
Okay I'll stop.

 

[Yong1]

.junk. Everyone has junk!
It could also be a warehouse for junky new gTLD extensions...

 

[disaac81]

.ent

for enterprise....

Well, it's better than most new ones I have seen.

 

[disaac81]

Gotta be at least 3 letters people, with regard to ICANN rules (correct me if it is someone else who made the rule).

 

[doubleU]

.bot completely unmanned

 

[BrandClub.com]

.on

Has meaning. Can be used for brandables as well has businesses in Ontario

Two characteres are reserved for ccTLDs ...

 

[Wannabean]

.inc or .ltd

 

[BrandClub.com]

.rn, so I could register "po"

Two characteres domains are not allowed for New gTLDs ...
They are reserved for ccTLDs.

 

[Casey L]

Two characteres domains are not allowed for New gTLDs ...
They are reserved for ccTLDs.

I'm aware, I was just being sarcastic

 

[BrandClub.com]

I'm aware, I was just being sarcastic

 

[Casey L]

.inc or .ltd

.inc does indeed exist, pre-registration is currently going on (if you were unaware). I have a few preregistered, short and straightforward

 

[Wannabean]

.inc does indeed exist, pre-registration is currently going on (if you were unaware). I have a few preregistered, short and straightforward

I was. Thank you.

 

[cyc]

You can lookup the current extensions in root database and then imagine again;

https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt

http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db

 

[Perceptron]

Since .Web is kind of taken already, I am actually hoping to acquire .Hub someday, no kidding!

It just rhymes with almost everything, and its only 3letters too, but first I 'd like to acquire Hub.com

 

[Galleshem]

My personal name is already an extension! :p
If I could create nGTLDs I would create .King, .Next and .Rate or .Rating.

 

[LucidDomains]

hands down the extension I would do and make an unbelievable killing off is:

.virtual