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With several Lemmy instances using the .ml TLD I’ve seen people mention others being risky as well. Which should be avoided?

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Basically any 2-letter TLD should be avoided unless you live in that country.

If you want to be clever, use subdomains and pick one of the new TLDs. For instance, ban.anal.ink, is like $5.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

As the admin of lemmy.inbutts.lol I would have thought my position on that subject would be clear.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

I can see why anal ink could be controversial.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You could also choose a 5-10 digit .xyz domain, those cost ~~$~~€0.85

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Except for the only one I'd want:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't you do abcd.efghijklmnopqrstuvw.xyz?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

How about zyx.wvutsrqponmlkjihgf.edcba.abcde.fghijklmnopqrstuvw.xyz

Very catchy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Don't be too sad, it wouldn't work well with reverse-DNS notation anyway. ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The first year. Then it's likely $12/year.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weird, because I've had an .xyz domain for years, and after the first year the price goes up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

https://gen.xyz/pricing

1.111B Class .xyz Domains

The 1.111B Class is made up of all 6-digit, 7-digit, 8-digit, and 9-digit numeric .xyz domains between 000000.xyz – 999999999.xyz.

The default price for 1.111B Class .xyz domains is $0.99 per year to create, renew, and transfer, including ICANN fees.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Just to add another concrete example, I saw a toot recently that .af may be risky, as some countries are beginning to implement embargoes; the person who had a domain there may be losing it soon