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Re:How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state by dewey on Friday January 15, 2021 @11:20AM (#25792530)
> .cd domains are also some of the most expensive to get. Hopefully the new government will take this seriously.

I bought one a few years ago for 80 Euros / year. Aren't there a lot of TLDs that are way more expensive?

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Re:How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state by kweks on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:58PM (#25793819)
Kiribati (.ki) comes to mind - 900€ per year via ghandi.net or 1350€ at eurodns...
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Re:How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state by Tepix on Friday January 15, 2021 @01:12PM (#25794020)
According to tld-list.com, the .th TLD is the most expensive ccTLD at $5000 and .ru is the cheapest at $2.99
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Re:How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state by howlgarnish on Friday January 15, 2021 @07:58PM (#25798779)
Top-level .th (Thailand) is very expensive, but .co.th is reasonable ($50/yr).
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Re:How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state by soonnow on Saturday January 16, 2021 @04:59AM (#25801272)
But you do need to have a registered business in Thailand with the exact name as the domain name to register the domain.That's a fact for co.th, I'm not sure about .th though, but I would assume it to be true.
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Re:How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state by 4ec0755f5522 on Friday January 15, 2021 @11:31AM (#25792646)
The new crop of TLDs are really cheap. I bought a .download for like $2 a year or something. Not all are that cheap (I bought it as a throwaway for a project that relied on my having DNS control) but there are literally hundreds of them that are.
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Re:How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state by kadoban on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:56PM (#25796328)
Only issue is I don't think there's anything preventing the price going sky-high in coming years, for most of these TLDs. For a throwaway it doesn't matter, but could really hurt if you start relying on one.
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Re:How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state by KMnO4 on Friday January 15, 2021 @11:30AM (#25792640)
Not too many ccTLDs. AI comes to mind (Anguilla, expensive for obvious reasons), but it’s still cheaper than .CD.

Many gTLDs are expensive due to their target demographics or to dissuade bad actors (eg .auto, .bank).

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