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ICANN Releases Draft For New TLDs

NdJ writes "Looks like a whole new domain name battle ground is about to open up. ICANN have just made available their How to Apply for a New Generic Top-Level Domain Draft Applicant Guidebook. It won't be cheap for the individual, but certainly achievable for many domain-name-pimps. 'The Evaluation Fee is designed to make the new gTLD program self-funding only. This was a recommendation of the Generic names Supporting Organization. A detailed costing methodology — including historical program development costs, and predictable and uncertain costs associated with processing new gTLD applications through to delegation in the root zone — estimates a per applicant fee of $US185,000. This is the estimated cost per evaluation in the first application round.'"

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  1. Must...resist... by oodaloop · · Score: -1, Troll

    ICANN has .chzbrgr? Sorry, I couldn't help myself. It's like OCD, but for lolcats. Everytime the subject of ICANN comes up, I just lose all control.

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    1. Re:Must...resist... by Mesa+MIke · · Score: 0, Troll

      Har har. I LMFAO'd at that.
      My kingdom for some mod points!