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Comment by mustpax | Hacker News Reader

Top 20 most wanted TLDs:

    $ cut -d, -f1 < tld.csv | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head -20

      13 APP 
      11 INC
      11 HOME
      10 ART
       9 SHOP
       9 LLC
       9 BOOK
       9 BLOG
       8 MUSIC
       8 MOVIE
       8 DESIGN
       7 WEB
       7 STORE
       7 NEWS
       7 MAIL
       7 LTD
       7 LOVE
       7 HOTEL
       7 CLOUD
       6 [Many domains]

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This demonstrates the areas where you can make money online. It's not surprising that .app is the most in demand either, it's clear where the future money is in the Internet economy.

Funniest bit about the .app: 13 applicants picked ".app", not a single one went for ".apps", the obvious second choice with no competition.

which would you rather:

angrybirds.app

angrybirds.apps

The second makes no sense.

.art struck me as odd. Is there that much commercial value in art online or is it so desirable for more sentimental reasons?

What could possibly go wrong?

It is a real shame there isn't an association of independant app developers that applied for the .app TLD. I am dubious about Amazon or Google owning it, as they may restrict it only to apps that are in their respective stores.

If ICANN is unable to determine the clear winner on merits alone, the gTLD goes up for auction. What are the chances that an association of independant app developers would be able to outbid Amazon or Google anyway. Their only shot would be if ICANN decided they deserved it more and gave it to them without auction. That is a $200K gamble.

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