Dot.BMW, Dot.dog and Dot.Singapore may soon become three of many new domains now that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) the nonprofit Internet coordinating body has approved the development.
The only catch is that a person, company or government wanting to secure such a domain-name suffix will need to fork out the princely sum of $185,000 to make their application and this will put such an initiative beyond the budgets of many SME's.
This however is not the end of the cost. For having secured the domain, there is then an annual fee to Icann of about $25,000, among other costs such as hosting and domain management
Registering a new extension for your company is an excellent branding idea but the cost of doing so and maintaining it will be prohibitive for most.
So the Dot.Com party is finally a thing of the past and we have entered (to quote the WSJ) the age of Dot. Anything.
Will this development make it easier for the consumer, or more difficult as they search through an ever expanding array of domains for the company or service that they seek?
Going to the Dot.Doctor will never be easier.
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