[Ayesh]

I find it quite impressive that everyone raised their voices, although ICANN and PIR seem to turn a blind eye to them.

For a registry, their main costs are nameserver costs and ICANN licensing fees (~$25K for gTLDs, not sure for classic TLDs). It's totally unfair on PIR side to jack the prices up just because they can.

[echelon]

These costs don't sound exorbitant.

Are profane TLDs allowed? I'd love to register a particular four letter gTLD. I'm sure it'd make its money back.

[Ayesh]

Initial registration is $185K, and there is a fair amount of back and forth documentation requirements with ICANN, and if someone else requests the same TLD, there will be a bidding as well.

[rovr138]

Not really profane, but there’s https://get.sucks

[echelon]

I love that the first selling point is

> Protect your identity online so that no one can defame your name.

This one is an extortion racket.

[dessant]

http://facebook.sucks

> Registrant Organization: Facebook, Inc.

https://whois.nic.sucks

[saagarjha]

microsoft.sucks, apple.sucks, and google.sucks are registered by their respective companies as well.

[thayne]

It absolutely is. And .sucks domains are much more expensive than most other TLDs.

[Rumperuu]

I was under the impression that .sucks domains cost about $10 for an individual but thousands for a corporation (as an anti-corporate endeavour). I can't find anything on this though, so perhaps I imagined it.

[thayne]

according to https://get.sucks/fees .sucks domains have an MSRP of $250 for standard domains and $2500 for "premium" domains. I can't see a list, but my guess is the "premium" domains are the names of larger corporations and wealthy individuals that the registry thinks they can extort more money from.

[Ayesh]

Also .fail.