• Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    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.

    • steltek@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      1 year ago

      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.