The last post introduced why .com is more powerful than nation-specific domain names.
But the internet has many generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) changes developing. Verisign has nine applications for new .com formats in assorted languages (link). A similar format introduces three new .net forms.
Verisign also promises that when one form of .com is registered, only that registrant will have the right to register the other nine - they'll be unavailable to other potential registrants.
Again, only this first registrant has the option to purchase any or all of the other nine .com forms, but is not required to do so.
It's unclear, however: can the names be 'unpacked' later & sold separately, or what residual rights (if any) to the reserved forms can be transferred.
These forms may be preferable to using country-code cc-TLD such as .ru or .cn -- but promise to substantially raise costs for those who will supplement many .com addresses with .ком or .点看
But the internet has many generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) changes developing. Verisign has nine applications for new .com formats in assorted languages (link). A similar format introduces three new .net forms.
Verisign also promises that when one form of .com is registered, only that registrant will have the right to register the other nine - they'll be unavailable to other potential registrants.
Again, only this first registrant has the option to purchase any or all of the other nine .com forms, but is not required to do so.
It's unclear, however: can the names be 'unpacked' later & sold separately, or what residual rights (if any) to the reserved forms can be transferred.
These forms may be preferable to using country-code cc-TLD such as .ru or .cn -- but promise to substantially raise costs for those who will supplement many .com addresses with .ком or .点看
 .com (present Western) |
 .ком Cyrillic |
 קום. Hebrew |
 كوم. Arabic |
 .कॉम Devanagari |
 .คอม Thai |
 .コム Katakana |
 .点看 Simplified Chinese |
 .點看 Traditional Chinese |
 .닷컴 Hangul |
