Learn about domain name registries that charge $4,000+ per domain or require hand delivered registration applications.
Can you imagine having to send a Western Union payment in order to register a domain name? How about hand delivering an application for a domain name? Or spending $4,000+ per year for registration?
Daniel Greenberg of Lexsynergy has seen it all, and on this podcast he’ll share some stories about registering country code top level domain names.
This week’s podcast also discusses Nissan’s $6.8 million sale of Z.com, GoDaddy’s latest numbers and .Dot.
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After listening to the GMO story and the interview, my feeling is that .com will continue to be the center of the virtual world. Internet is global in its nature, and .com is well recognized as a global extension. It is the anchor every large company in the world must first get. The “freedom” aspect of .com, when compared with many restrictive ccTLDs and also some gTLDs, should not be underestimated. If anyone from any country can register a .com easily and cheaply, and can reach the whole world, why should it not be the first option to consider? ccTLDs and gTLDs, will more likely be used in marketing where the extension is part of the message. So .com first. Of course, it is not the case yet outside the US, but in years to come, business operators will learn to appreciate the value in .com, unless you are truly local and want to remain so.
Yes, Ng is a common Chinese surname for 呉, when pronounced in Cantonese (popular Chinese dialect). The tricky thing is when you pronounce it in Mandarin, it is Wu. So, both Ng and Wu refer to the same Chinese surname 呉.