The flemish region wants ‘.flanders’ as a top-level domain register. A few years ago wanted the northern half of Belgium lwa ‘.custard’ as tld,’.flanders’ would have been clearer and brighter. Ghent wants to have its own tld.
That writes Datanews. The Flemish government is looking for a commercial partner and that the operation of the top-level-domain”.flanders’ for his account. The company will receive for ten years the right to use the tld to exploit, and, in doing so, the issue of domain names for the account. In addition to regional and local governments to get companies and individuals the chance to ‘.flanders’domains to register.
The ICANN, that the issue of ip addresses and domain names, coordinates, provides soon the ability to create new extensions to register. The register of its own top-level domain is not cheap. For the setting up of the domain 185.000 dollars, are afgetikt, in addition to an annual payment of $ 25,000.
In 2008, well before ICANN the opportunity to own a tld to register announced, said the Flemish government has its own top-level-domain like. Then it was still, however, to make it shorter ‘.custard’. The full name of the region, as well as top-level domain is according to the Flemish government, however, ‘clearer and brighter’, though the question of how practical a long tld. Now are top-level domains, usually two or three characters long, with exceptions ‘.info’ and ‘.mobi’.
The municipality of Ghent wants to have its own extension. In Ghent also collaborated with a commercial party that the issue of domains provides. A ‘.gent domain will be 40 or 50 euros per year is going to cost; what is a domain name ending ‘.flanders’ should cost, is still unknown.