Subj : Re: .bbs TLD
To   : NuSkooler
From : Warpslide
Date : Thu Apr 15 2021 03:55 am

 *** Quoting NuSkooler from a message to fusion ***

 Nu> Sort of on the subject, anyone know the status of the .BBS TLD? I
 Nu> know it was availalbe under some lesser used registrars which mostly
 Nu> made it pointless. TLD's are handed out like candy now though, .bbs
 Nu> would be awesome :)

 Nu> u.bbs/abc type URLs would be great ;)

It looks like .bbs is/was only available under OpenNIC which requires you to 
change which DNS servers you're using to be made available.  So it's not a 
"real" TLD per say, but it is available if you're interested:

https://wiki.opennic.org/opennic/dot

It looks like the OpenNIC .bbs TLD is run by a gentleman named Dustin Souers 
and must be registered manually.  Going to http://register.bbs (after 
changing my DNS servers to OpenNIC) gave me a certificate error for 
https://dustin.souers.org but no information on that page told me how to 
proceed.

Registering a new "real" TLD looks super expensive (US$185,000 to register
and then US$6250 per calendar quarter to maintain).


Jay

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