.dev domain registration is free now

Correction -- the domains aren't free. They're in the neighborhood of $12-20/yr (including first year) depending on registrar, for non-premium domains.

Re: .dev domain registration is free now

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Post by sahabi » Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 4:18 PM UTC

Site is super slow, and checkout is broken. Registration after checkout is also broken. Way to go, Google.

Re: .dev domain registration is free now

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Post by wave100 » Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 4:31 PM UTC

I had to register through NameCheap since Google's registrar looks like it's being hugged to death.

Re: .dev domain registration is free now

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Post by mindcrime » Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 4:40 PM UTC

Trying to register our .dev now and it's been spinning for the last 10 minutes... I guess there's a lot of demand for these?

Re: .dev domain registration is free now

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Post by sahabi » Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 4:41 PM UTC

Registered the same domains on namecheap 30 minutes after checking out on google domains. They were still available. Google domains is still spinning trying to register the domains.

Re: .dev domain registration is free now

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Post by junctioniv » Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 4:43 PM UTC

mindcrime wrote: post #7

Trying to register our .dev now and it's been spinning for the last 10 minutes... I guess there's a lot of demand for these?

I'm in the same boat right now. Not sure if it's organic demand, or if the Bots were set free to start registering domains now that the early access fee is gone.

Re: .dev domain registration is free now

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Post by burger_moon » Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 5:07 PM UTC

Crazy how many common nouns are already taken. People are rushing to squat on these.