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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by toast0 on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @02:59PM (#38103204)
i mean, if you can't get fuck.ing/cool, you can go with reallyfuck.ing/cool or getsurf.ing gosurf.ing learnsurf.ing or justhang.ing/out etc

I think I'm at my limit of dumb domain names for no reason though, so I'll pass on this round.

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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by supermatt on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:20PM (#38104471)
Reallyfuckingcool.net or .org available, same for getsurfing, learnsurfing and justhangingout. With all these domains there’s no real point unless you are getting a dictionary word or a specific name, imho.
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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by FireInsight on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:28PM (#38104620)
reallyfuckingcool.ing
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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by zymhan on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @06:28PM (#38106241)
Great for an HVAC company
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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by pdntspa on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @06:04PM (#38105966)
Which just outlines how it is a money-grab for existing property owners. Yet another stupid vanity domain you're forced to add to your portfolio!
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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by marcus_holmes on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @08:59PM (#38107579)
I wonder if we're at the point that the costs of registering a new TLD are immediately recouped from the set of large businesses that must register their name in every TLD?
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Re:Introduc ing the .ing top-level domain by Ayesh on Thursday November 02, 2023 @12:36AM (#38109041)
I was thinking about this too. Some TLDs look like an obvious obligatory money grab (such as .download), so companies are compelled to buy it.

I have seen some TLDs owned by a company and didn't even bother to set a redirect.

My anecdote is that the ICANN annual fee ($25k) is easily covered by these obligatory registrations and the premium domains. The cost of running nameservers aren't that high. NS1 has an offering, but it's impossible to find their pricing for anything.

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