Starting an extention.

[jamieneil]

IHow would i start my own extention. As i would have many ideas for it. .tk was created and you can reg them for free. I want an extention. If all of np worked together do you think we could get a .np extention.

 

[True_Snake]

Creating an extension is a TOUGH process, IMHO. Don't forget, you need to pay over $50 000.

Not something feasible for a forum to do, :imho: .


True_Snake

 

[PoorDoggie]

.tk is a ccTLD (country code)

Countries have the rights to a TLD (or extention). .tk is for the "Toleskeu Islands" or something.

To start your own extention is really hard, and expensive. You have to pay a lot of money to get the application form seen by ICANN, and then you have to have sufficiant technical support, servers, backup, security and stuff. Then the extention has to be approved by ICANN, and then you have to pay substantial amounts of money to keep it going.

The compabny that owns the rights to .xxx has been applying for years, and years, you won't get it really. You need to have a LOT of money!

If all of np worked together do you think we could get a .np extention.

two letter TLDs (extentions) are only for countries. .uk, .eu, .tk for instance. You would have a hard time getting a three letter TLD. Only about 3 get approved a year.

 

[Chris]

IHow would i start my own extention. As i would have many ideas for it. .tk was created and you can reg them for free. I want an extention. If all of np worked together do you think we could get a .np extention.

You have to pay the $50,000 application fee whether or not ICANN approves your extension they get to keep that money. Then figure up all of the start-up and operating expenses to maintain the registry, servers, support staff, etc. that goes into the registrar. You'd be talking about atleast a couple hundred thousand bucks to get started. Then there's no guarantee the extension would even prove to be successful, so if it fails then you've lost all of the money for nothing.

Here's you more info at ICANN >> http://www.icann.org/tlds/app-index.htm

It's a HUGE gamble to take.

 

[jeter4982]

Plus, nothing against NamePros, but I don't think .np would be a very popular extension.

Tom

 

[hotrod12]

Yeah I don't think that it will be popular either because nobody would know the real meaning unless they belonged to the forum.

 

[Midano]

I want an extention.

We can all chip in and give you one for your birthday.

 

[jamieneil]

all true, very true indeed even the last coment.. so can i have one for my birthday :D its ina year exactly 29th of june

 

[kjmz]

Unless your Bill Gates or you own Google it's really just a waste of money because you never know. I think though that ICANN should be more into the thoughts of extensions and not the money involved. That's the reason why we get all these stupid extensions is because of the money and not the thoughts. Only if they would listen to the small people
Hope this helps.

 

[RJ]

Has been discussed a lot before, please see older threads.

http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=20825
http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16276