Got a cool $185,000 sitting around? You could use it to purchase one of the newly available top-level domains, starting today.
We've got .com and .net and .edu and so on, and now we can purchase things like .pepsi, .jeans, or .starbucks. Well, some folks can, at any rate. But don't lose heart - there is a seed fun established for disadvantaged applicants who qualify. If accepted, they have to come up with only $47,000.
It is entetaining to consider what the most desirable .whatevers will be. Maybe even .whatever! How about .winning (without the smarmy Charlie Sheen tone)?
Here's a list of what recent domains-in-demand sold for, which is sort of the visa versa of the top-level suffix idea (thanks Wikipedia):
- Insure.com 2009 $16 million
- Sex.com for $14 million in October 2010
- Fund.com 2008 £9.99 million
- Porn.com 2007 $9.5 million
- Fb.com for $8.5 million in November 2010
- Business.com for $7.5 million in December 1999
- Diamond.com 2006 $7.5 million
- Beer.com 2004 $7 million
- Israel.com 2008 $5.88 million
- Casino.com 2003 $5.5 million
- Toys.com: Toys 'R' Us by auction for $5.1 million in 2009
- AsSeenOnTv.com for $5.1 million in January 2000
- iCloud.com by Apple for $4.5 million in April 2011
- Altavista.com for $3.3 million in August 1998
- Candy.com for $3.0 million in June 2009
- Wine.com for $2.9 million in September 1999
- CreditCards.com for $2.75 million in July 2004
- Autos.com for $2.2 million in December 1999
- Casino.tt for $2.0 million in May 2011
- microsoftco.com for $2.0 million in Jan 2012
More on this from PC Magazine: http://www.pcworld.com/article/230716/icann_oks_new_toplevel_domains.html
There is a seed fund for disadvantaged applicants, and that will let a "limited number of qualifying applicants" pay merely $47,000.
Source: The Inquirer (http://s.tt/15cw5)
There is a seed fund for disadvantaged applicants, and that will let a "limited number of qualifying applicants" pay merely $47,000.
Source: The Inquirer (http://s.tt/15cw5)
