New TLDs - Is There Any Real Benefit?

Posted by Cliff on Friday June 3, 2005 @09:50AM from the an-ICANN-of-worms dept.

pigdawg writes "What is the purpose? What is the real benefit of new top level domains like .travel, .biz and .xxx? I don't believe these new TLDs will free up more names in .com or .org. Do they really think that orbitz.com will exchange their domain name to become orbitz.travel? Is the mostfrequenttypo.com porn site going to go legit and register under some new .xxx name? Again and again I keep coming to the same conclusion: given that many people/companies register their name in every TLD, it's all about generating more revenue for the registrars. What are your opinions on this subject?"

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Re:They have some use ... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-06-03 17:18 · Score: 1, Informative

There IS a .tv - only, it's not what you think it is. It's the country specific domain for Tuvalu. Naturally, however, the networks have picked up on this. From the article:

In 1998, Tuvalu began deriving revenue from use of its area code for "900" lines and from the sale of its ".tv" Internet domain name. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over the next dozen years. Royalites from these new technology sources could raise GDP three or more times over the next decade.