Custom Top Level Domain Names
ICANN voted to allow custom TLD’s ( Top-level Domains). Vista is unrelated, but you get the picture. This happened back in June. Looks like they could cost anywhere from $50,000+ or $100,000+ . Now anyone with enough money and resources can create their own custom domain extension. You can see where this can get very chaotic especially for company branding. This forces companies to register these before cyber-squatters get to them. I just don’t know about this. It’s not like an average person can afford these.
“There are already interested consortiums wanting to establish city based top level domain names like .nyc, .berlin and .paris” - Practical Web Design Magazine.
The first applications will be out April or May 2009.
Can any good come of this? What do you think?
Further Reading:
- ICANN’s custom TLD will be a nightmare
- New top-level internet addresses come with $100,000-plus price tag
( I use a mac, so I don’t use my vista enough to hate it)