• Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    the argument for .ml domain has always been absurd to begin with. So it’s free but the price you pay is that it’s being run by Mali. I’d just drop 8$/year tbh, that’s not a hill you want to die for. Also you harm your project by being SEO punished for using spam-associated TLDs like this. One of the reasons original Lemmy took so long to adopt until Reddit’s API drama. Pretty dumb ngl.

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      1 year ago

      If i remember right it was also “free to register but insanely expensive to renew once they start to see traffic”

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        Renewal costs are my primary consideration when picking domains. Subscription fees is how your money disappears when you’re not looking.

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          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.

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            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.

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            ICANN hands out top-level domains (TLDs - such as .com, .org and .ml), either to organisations or government agencies. They, in turn, hand out secondary domains to companies or regional organisations. For example, the TLD .jp belongs to the Japanese government and is operated by an agency called Japan Registry Services. In turn, it hand out the .tokyo.jp secondary domain to the Tokyo Metropolitan government. They, in turn, manage domains for various departments, wards, etc.

            But individuals and businesses in Tokyo can also use the .tokyo TLD, which is owned by a private company called GMO Internet Group. And of course anyone can use .com or .org, although you may have tp pay a pretty big fee.