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Re:Gordon Freeman at the Olympic Games by asylteltine on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @07:46PM (#38551496)
What’s with the TLD?
Re:Gordon Freeman at the Olympic Games by firen777 on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @08:38PM (#38551810)
> .lgbt is a sponsored top-level domain for the LGBT community, sponsored by Identity Digital.

I cannot say I'm familiar with the domain name business. My experience of being lured into buying "non-standard" gTLD with single digit registration price, only to be hit with renewal that is at least ten-times as expensive, prompted me to stick to .org, .net.

Seeing this domain name not being owned by non-profit org would make me look at the renewal term twice before being potentially taken advantage of.

Edit: I got curious and took a look at namecheap:

- .org: $8.98 register, $14.98 renewal

- .net: $11.98 register, $14.98 renewal

- .gay: $12.98 register, $30.98 renewal

- .lgbt: $11.98 register, $56.98 renewal

I wouldn't say this is unaffordably high, although personally it would leave a bad taste in my mouth.

source: https://www.namecheap.com/domains/registration/gtld/lgbt

(replace "lgbt" with any other TLD you wanna check)

Re:Gordon Freeman at the Olympic Games by donutpepperoni on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @07:48PM (#38551506)
Would you mind explaining your question further? The TLD looks legit and loads fine for me. I don't see how it is any different than any other TLD.
Re:Gordon Freeman at the Olympic Games by nneonneo on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @07:52PM (#38551534)
nic.lgbt says that the TLD is operated by identity.digital, and it seems you can buy the domains from most popular domain sellers. Good luck on finding your dream .lgbt domain!