• Wispy2891@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If i remember right it was also “free to register but insanely expensive to renew once they start to see traffic”

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      1 year ago

      Renewal costs are my primary consideration when picking domains. Subscription fees is how your money disappears when you’re not looking.

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Anyone know how companies get the rights to domains to sell in the first place? Do they literally submit a list of all domains to ICANN or something? Sorry if this is a stupid question, I just never understood how any of this really works.

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          TLD - Top Level Domain (.com .ml .whatever)

          Registrar - NameCheap, PorkBun, etc. Submits your domain.TLD request to a Registry

          Registry - Maintains the list of domains for a specific TLD and the server infrastructure to run the TLD

          ICANN - Decides who can be a Registry and for which TLD. Not involved in the nitty gritty of individual domain names.