Imagine? 40,000 or more new gTLD strings such as .web, .google and .lol in a few years from now?
 

Imagine? 40,000 or more new gTLD strings such as .web, .google and .lol in a few years from now?

In a recent blog post, Frank Schilling of NA Media, owner of close to 400,000 domain names, one of the domain industry?s most powerful and successful individuals of all time has made some bold predictions regarding new gTLD?s. In the post titled ?In New gTLDs, The Only Certainty is Change? Schilling brings up a few very real (potentially) scenario?s that could play out in as little as a few years from now that would forever change the internet naming system that we have all gotten so used to. Schilling predicts:

?The big brands that were not in the first round of applications will exert immense pressure to have the application window open again and there will be 10,000 strings in round 2, followed by 30,000 more in round 3. Once again, I predict no shortage of willing participants who hope to emulate the Fortune 1,000.?

Currently there are around 315 top level domains in the world, according to the IANA?s Root Zone Database. There are 293 ccTLD?s such as .UK, .CN and .DE. 14 sponsored sTLD?s such as .MOBI, .TRAVEL, and the recently approved .XXX. 4 original gTLD?s: .COM, .NET, .ORG which are the most popular, and .INFO. 3 gTLD?s that are/were restricted: .NAME, .PRO and .BIZ.

... read the rest of the post at http://www.domainnamenews.com/new-gt...from-now/10958

from what i've read such a .lol will cost few hundreds of thousands for start and some more for upkeep - for sure there will be a lot of them :) i'd invest myself if i had such a huge cash

They should just combine them all as .idiot

i cant see there being that many unless the pricing drops on it.
I can see a few for sure, google is doing the .lol not bad.

.tv was a good one.
.social
.news
.sports

I want .c0m :)

It is so stupid. .lol is going to be lucky if one ro two real sites pop up there and then the huges fees to keep it going are going to look pretty stupid. Look at .xxx and see if you get all excited.