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How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs?

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Re: How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs?

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Post by righthand »

Daviey wrote: post #73
righthand wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m not making an argument for quotas, just explaining why they usually are included. It’s a cheap way to add “market” value to something aka scarcity. The issue would occur in the suggested system when ICANN decides to one day stop creating 250 domain names down to 25 domain names or some such change that increases the value of the gtlds to ridiculous numbers only the wealthy/well-connected can afford.

Why is the goal to artificially increase the value of tld's?

Because capitalists run ICANN. Or because adding a monetary barrier reduces spam. If creating a tld is free then there is no system or at least no ICANN.

Re: How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs?

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Post by postquantumfax »

kmoser wrote: post #117
hsbauauvhabzb wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And cost if domains should increase near exponentially with the more you own. One domain? $10/year, two domains: $50, three: $250, etc.

Without rigorous ID requirements, that restriction can be circumvented easily.

With rigorous ID requirements, that restriction can be circumvented easily.

Re: How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs?

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Post by PeterWhittaker »

pests wrote: post #98
PeterWhittaker wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

.uk was one of the first! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.uk (Or did I miss an "/s"?)

I think they mean in the context of a a TLD related to a religious entity. Since uk has a state religion, they meant “add it to the list of religious tlds” along with .va and others mentioned in this thread.

Oh, that I got. Just made me laugh, since .uk is one of the oldest CC TLDs.

Re: How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs?

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Post by costco »

Related: It’s only about $5k a year to run your own registrar (which is different than a gTLD). You have to sign agreements with Verisign and others to register domains on TLDs that people actually want but it’s not unduly hard and I think they even offer good payment terms.

Re: How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs?

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Post by ascorbic »

xp84 wrote: post #91
0x3f wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

George is the clothing brand of the ASDA supermarket chain in the UK, which Walmart used to own. I'm not sure if it's a brand they use worldwide though; I don't really go to Walmart when in the US. Either way, that's why they own it, presumably.

At least as far back as the the 90s Walmart was selling George clothing in the US too. IDK what predates what, though. Or if they are currently. There was also a George magazine, which... I think belonged to RFK (Senior)?

It was introduced to Walmart in 1999 when they bought Asda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_(fashion_label)

Re: How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs?

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Post by ascorbic »

uz3snolc3t6fnrq wrote: post #39

.george is a pretty funny one. apparently Walmart owns it, so you probably won't be able to register a .george domain any time soon. https://icannwiki.org/.george do companies even use these in the wild or are they buying these TLDs for nothing? ".brother", ".canon", ".nokia", ".panasonic", ".playstation", ".xbox", ".xerox"... there's even ".sandvikcoromant", which is some sort of Swedish metalwork company.

According to that link .george is just a proposed TLD. Presumably it's not proposed anymore, because Walmart no longer owns it.

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Post by thayne »

portaouflop wrote: post #137
toolslive wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

there was a fight between Apple, the computer company and Apple, the record company (initially owned by The Beatles). They initially resolved it by The Beatles allowing the other to one to keep its name on the condition they would refrain from entering the music business. We all know how that turned out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Records

How did it turn out? Seems like both still have their trademark and everyone lived happily ever after

Apple Computers obviously broke their promise to stay out of the music business (most notably with iTunes and related products).

Re: How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs?

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Post by d0gsg0w00f »

steviedotboston wrote: post #78

The Ismaili leaders are super influential and have connections everywhere. They are megawealthy socialites. Basically they wanted the TLDs so they knew who to talk to to make it happen.

I used to have a close Ismaili friend and saw some of the inner workings of the community. They're extremely tight knit due to historical persecution (similar to Judaism). They are very well connected and are always secretly funding schools and factories for communities in need all over the world. The charity and service are never boasted about outside the religious circle to keep eyes off of them. However, they do a fair amount of boasting internally just because they are very proud of their community.

Much respect for Ismailis.

Re: How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs?

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Post by NoahZuniga »

0x3f wrote: post #60
arcfour wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amazon/AWS use them (.aws), so does Google (.google) but I agree, it is pretty funny how many companies seemed to get on board (out of fear of being left out?) and then...didn't use them for some reason?

Google does use theirs for public-facing landing pages even [1], just not uniformly, but that's very on-brand for Google as an org. Where have you seen .aws in use though? [1] e.g. https://quantumai.google/

and about.google
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