The internet is a huge, huge place and growing at a rapid pace. Check out these 8 interesting VN domain facts.
- Buy domain for free
Until 1995 domain registration were free. In 1995, Network Solutions was granted the authority to begin charging for domain name and they started at 100 dollars for two years of registration and then dropped to 70 dollars in 1997. Prices of domain name registrations have considerably dropped since ICANN was formed to control domain name registrations.
- What is the first domain?
Symbolics.com was the first domain name that was ever registered. Symbolics.com was originally registered on March 15, 1985, this makes it the first .com domain in the world.
- All three-character domains are taken!
3 character domain .com.vn is too popular as they’re so easy to remember, type, read and write. However, registering one is impossible or pretty pricey today as they’re all taken already. 1997 is the year that marks that all three character .com domains were spoken for.
- What is the most expensive top level domain vietnam?
.ng – the Nigerian domain extension is the most expensive top level domain you can register. They cost $40,000 per year to register.
- What is the most expensive domain?
VacationRentals.com is the most expensive domain name that has ever been sold. It was bought for an astonishing $35 million in 2007.
- com or Googol.com?
Google.com was supposed to be Googol.com. But this was good, because google.com was available and googol.com was not. Now most people spell ‘Googol’ ‘Google’, so it worked well in the end”.
- Be careful or you will lose your domain name!
You may not know that your name can be cancelled if your information on your Vietnam domain registration is incorrect and you fail to respond to a registrar’s inquiries within 15 days?
- Who hold the most domains in the world?
Until now, Mike Mann holds the record for registering the most domain names in one day with an amazing 14,962 domain names. When asked why bought all of them, Mike replied “I am just really greedy. I want to own the world.”
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