Many people have questioned how they might come to own a domain such as a iam.john that could power their website. These folks have stumbled into extensions of the Top Level Domain Name (TLD) managed by ICANN the governing body of the Internet. Around two years ago ICANN allowed corporations to spend $100,000 to petition for their own names to be used TLD extensions. In non-tech speak these TLD extensions are better known as the .com that follows your favorit website name.
Why is this important today? As the Internet grows and scales to accommodate more and more users there will inevitably be more TLD extensions put into production. While this is a mostly an invisible process an unfortunate precedent has been set. With six figure requirements to set new TLD extensions there are fewer consumer benefits to this policy.
If you are curious and want to see This is a full list of Top Level Domain Name Extenions you can register your domain with any of these extensions at your favorite domain registrar.
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