Everyone knows that its.cool to have a.com . But whatever happened to 2LDs, and does anyone have an inkling of what this is going to do to them?
Take my home country's.za domain for example. We have the usual.org.za and.co.za 2LDs for orgs and cos in South Africa. Simple. But not so simple, because some people didn't like the existing system, and got hold of.za.org and.za.com and started up a separate registry.
Enter.web,.shop,.bank,.dot,.mother,.sister,.dog, and you have a.mess . The intent of the country domains was to have.com,.net and.org as US or international, and everything else in a country domain. This has already gone to all hell, why let it go further?
More TLDs also screw the little guy - so you have an e-shop proferring your petty wares (no, not warez), and you have a limited budget. Do you get a.shop,.com,.eretailer,.biz,.ebiz,.ecom, or all of the above? First pay your registration fee times 6, then your hosting fee times 6, and if you don't then someone is going to use your name with a different TLD.
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Everyone knows that its .cool to have a .com . But whatever happened to 2LDs, and does anyone have an inkling of what this is going to do to them?
Take my home country's .za domain for example. We have the usual .org.za and .co.za 2LDs for orgs and cos in South Africa. Simple. But not so simple, because some people didn't like the existing system, and got hold of .za.org and .za.com and started up a separate registry.
Enter .web, .shop, .bank, .dot, .mother, .sister, .dog, and you have a .mess . The intent of the country domains was to have .com, .net and .org as US or international, and everything else in a country domain. This has already gone to all hell, why let it go further?
More TLDs also screw the little guy - so you have an e-shop proferring your petty wares (no, not warez), and you have a limited budget. Do you get a .shop, .com, .eretailer, .biz, .ebiz, .ecom, or all of the above? First pay your registration fee times 6, then your hosting fee times 6, and if you don't then someone is going to use your name with a different TLD.