[GTALUG] TLDs

[Evan Leibovitch]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 8:55 PM Daniel Wayne Armstrong via talk <
talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> I'm a sucker for picking up a ".space" domain when they have their $1.99
> deals. :-)
>

Careful.

Such deals are common (also see dot-click and dot-xyz), but only ever for
the first year. This is great if you're in tryout mode. But always check
the renewal rate for year two and beyond, most of these are more expensive
than dot-com beyond the promotion.

Another problem with these cheap-first-year TLDs is that their domains are
very popular with bad actors who buy swarms of them as disposable, with no
intention to use them for more than a month or two, for phishing
activities. As a result they are often on blacklist sites so using them to
send email might be problematic. Just do your due diligence and be clear
what purposes you need the domain for.

- Evan
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