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Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by reaperducer »

morpheuskafka wrote: post #8
snowwolf wrote: post #3

Slack and Github were so worried about someone cybersquatting that they were willing to pay $11,500 each to get those domains today? I guess that's the point of the Dutch auction system, but still seems like a waste of money.

For Microsoft (which owns GitHub) that is a tiny expense, but if they couldn't really afford it they could just file a dispute under UDRP.

But does the money come from Microsoft or from GitHub?

In a lot of the large companies I've worked, money is siloed from one operating unit to the next. They would send bills between units and sometimes even departments.

The larger the company, the more common this seemed. It's not one giant piggy bank.

Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by [deleted] »

sascha_sl wrote: post #27
CydeWeys wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a descending price auction. That's the highest price; it goes down with each day.

Okay I appreciate you're still willing to engage my snarky commentary, but I really really disagree that 12k is going to be a good barrier to enable people to "get the domain they really want". It enables people with money to do that. It looks like someone looked at this and said "well 12 grand is affordable but not at scale so people will think twice" - no this is just impossible for some people and amplifying unequ…

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Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by icebraining »

mchannon wrote: post #34

This landrush is different. Try putting a one-character .dev domain in your cart (0.dev is available as of now). It's not a lump sum plus $12/year. It's thousands every year after registration. In a way, I guess this is useful for deterring "domainers". Even a 4-letter word or name .dev is hundreds of dollars a year. I wonder if the annual fee will drop as the days go by or just the purchase price.

They're called "premium domains". I think all new gTLDs have them.

Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by strictnein »

> ...it requires HTTPS to connect to all .dev websites. This protects people who visit your site against ad malware and tracking injection by internet service providers

The latter is true (it protects against injection), but I'm not sure how the former is. How would it protect against ad malware?

Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by C1sc0cat »

benologist wrote: post #15

On a recent thread Google personnel mentioned that ICANN forces all domain providers to backup their data so that any domain provider going bankrupt won't affect domains. However there was no mention of what procedures Google Domains themselves have put in place to protect their customers in case their customers get irreversibly banned somewhere within Google's vast empire. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=191787…

I used to work for a registry, and ICANN had very strict escrow rules for registrys'.

This was for a real TLD but I suspect that there is something similar for vanity domains.

Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by CraftThatBlock »

sascha_sl wrote: post #29
CraftThatBlock wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also as another commenter said, Trademark owners (GitHub, Slack, etc) could get their domains earlier at a lower price.

Which is funny because trademark owners tend to not be "small businesses".

I agree, although this requirement of from ICANN, not Google themselves
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