ICANN is apparently anxious to promote its new gTLD initiative; with the deadline of April 12 looming, what a better way to achieve this than by dropping application prices substantially.
“We decided to pull a GoDaddy and offer discounts to those still skeptical about how great the Internet will be with thousands of new gTLDs,” said outgoing CEO Rod Beckstrom.
“Imagine, thousands of ways to promote goods and services, millions of new typo-domains and of course thousands of new UDRP cases at the WIPO. ICANN stimulates the economy with gTLDs, that’s the most exciting thing that has happened in my lifetime since the introduction of the Sony Walkman,” he added.
The new pricing is ridiculously low: $5 dollars per gTLD application, with a maximum of 100 per applicant.
Outgoing ICANN CEO, Rod Beckstrom, lowers gTLD application prices to $5.
The one hundred limit will be observed very strictly, according to Beckstrom. The special pricing does not include donations to the ICANN fund for Overseas Development and Executive Travel Expenses, also known as ICANN Club Med.
The ICANN special pricing ends on Friday, the crucifixion day of Jesus for the Catholics.
.club and .med are both proposed new gTLDs
I don’t think its 1st April anymore. Isn’t it a joke?
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I’ll get right on that application…
NOT!!!
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Kevin – Great find 😀
Anjan – See this.
Ms Domainer – 😛
Ha, still priced too high!
The application fee ain’t nothing compared to the money you will lose upon acceptance. I mean, think about it, if no one bought .travel, .cat, .mobi, .aero, .museum, .tel, .name, .biz, .pro, .jobs, and .coop who da heck is gonna want to buy .Crapolla? Well, ok, .coop was silly, but the others had initial interest and potential. All fizzled out, though. Same thing is gonna happen with the new gtlds. No diff. Just you watch.
Even if you offered to pay ME $5,000 AND waive the annual renewals, I would still turn it down. It’s a sucker’s deal.
Ooops. Forgot to add .XXX to the list. Perhaps a wee bit premature, but let’s call a spade a spade. It’s only a matter of time.
agreed.
gtlds = .fail