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The .app domain is now availiable

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41 pointsFrejNorling34 comments

Damn, someone already registered Postgres.app. We've been using this name since 2012 -- I hope whoever registered the domain doesn't plan on using it for something else. That would be really confusing for our users.

I guess we'll have to stick with https://postgresapp.com

HN thread on the announcement (May 1): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16967865

Has preorder been open since May 1? At least I see domains created as early as May 2:

    $ whois mail.app

    Domain Name: mail.app
    Registry Domain ID: 2CA663491-APP
    Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.nic.google
    Registrar URL: https://www.godaddy.com/
    Updated Date: 2018-05-02T16:15:05Z
    Creation Date: 2018-05-02T16:15:04Z
    Registry Expiry Date: 2019-05-02T16:15:04Z

Yes.

Mar 29 - May 1: Trademark holders can register .app domains (known as the "Sunrise" period).

May 1 - May 8: Anyone can register available .app domains for an extra fee (known as the "Early Access" period).

May 8 and onwards: Anyone can register available .app domains (known as “General Availability").

https://www.registry.google/

And they started auctioning domains starting May 1st.

Yes, I bought emails.app on 3rd may. They had different pricing based on how early you were registering as compared to public release date of 8th May.

Domains here require a trademark. Maybe you could contest it?

I am now the proud owner of fullofcr.app

Now all I have to do is convert it into a blockchain machine learning big data startup and I'll become a billionaire.

I look forward to reading about your new monetary vision on `ico.its.fullofcr.app`.

I also bet there's some ok ad money to be made with 'POLITICIAN.is.fullofcr.app'...

I was thinking of setting up email address forwarding as well so you could email politician@fullofcr.app.

I might try the politician domain idea. I should probably script it so it goes though the websites for the houses of parliament, US congress etc and automatically creates a page for them :-)

I'm willing to invest if you also incorporate a neural network. HMU

I hate this, every time there is another TLD and you are a brand holder you have to buy it and pay what ever it costs.

You don't.

Indeed, and it has been shown that people don't in practice: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/jinfopoli.3.2013.0464

> How exciting! youdontneedthat.app is available.

There is still time!

Cr.app and ItsaTr.app both taken. Could've been fun.

I saw cr.app being available yesterday and almost considered it but:

"cr.app Available for 1,199.00 USD / 1 Year"

A bit too much for me.

Interesting, it's in the HSTS preload list, so you have to use https as a .app domain!

This is equivalent to .exe being a TLD, to macOS people.

Good thing the DOS executable extension (.com) isn't a TLD.

Oh wait.

Well, I'm quite happy now: I just bought $FIRST_NAME.app. It was marked as a premium domain, so it was +$50... But the opportunity was too juicy to pass it up.

In case anyone is wondering, it appears their premium domains only have a higher price for the initial registration. I just checked how much it would cost to add extra years to my registration, and it's only $14/year.

[0] https://support.google.com/domains/answer/6010092?hl=en

Congrats!

I bought my $firstname.$lastname 2 years ago but forgot to renew and let it lapse.

Someone else picked it up and is neither using it not responding to my emails. I'm still devastasted.

Hmm strange, there is ov.app but when I try my two letter combination, I first get "How exciting it's available", but trying to register it through Google Domains I get "Domains ending in .APP must be between 3 and 63 characters". What's going on?

Try namecheap or something because two letters works there but not on Google Domains. Btw, the domain name is already taken:

https://ov.app/

Is it worth moving my app from the subdomain app.mystartup.com to mystartup.app? Or would separating the app from the marketing website harm SEO? The app itself is completely inaccessible to bots.

If a domain name holder abuses the .app domain name, it will cause great harm to the company.

I got a preorder on reactnative.app, damn it has been sold to someone else.

Why would I use this instead of just getting https to my website?

In some cases your app name might be available which might be a nice way of marketting mobile apps. I can totally see this taking off. I see a lot of xapp.com type domains that could simply be x.app instead.

How long has it been open?

They must of sold off so many short domains privately.

everything i tried is somehow already taken?

I would be surprised if the opposite were true.

The domains started getting sold about a week ago: https://www.registry.google/

Are they going to provide SEO as well?

SEO is snakeoil

Really? Has it always been the case or is it a recent development?

I've seen whole businesses revolve around offering SEO services, and an uncountable amount of clients caring more about SEO (and willing to pay more for it) than actual web design/development.

Would you have any resources to share where I could read more about this please?

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