{"id":96291,"date":"2016-08-29T14:06:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T14:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acqo.tkdemos.co\/blog\/?p=96291"},"modified":"2016-08-29T14:06:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T14:06:30","slug":"pre-order-your-blog-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeskingdom.com\/blog\/pre-order-your-blog-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-order your .Blog domain!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Automattic, the people people behind WordPress.com<\/a>, WooCommerce<\/a>, \u00a0and more, recently won the rights to the .blog domain last year. It wasn’t cheap, either: they spent about $19 million to secure the domain. Hopefully, people will be interested enough to buy .blog web addresses to offset the price.<\/p>\n

This is a pretty big deal because there are too many blogs to count on the internet. We love sharing our thoughts and ideas with the world – or at least with those who are willing to listen. While Facebook took blogging to a new, easy-to-chew level with posts, there’s still a home and a plce for the venerable blog website. In fact, Medium.com tried to create a home for lengthy articles, where authors can interact with other authors more easily. But the trouble with Medium is the question: who owns the content posted there?<\/p>\n

With a .blog website you’re in complete control, and also have a cool-sounding website.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to register a new website that ends in .blog, you’re going to have to dish out $30 for the registration fee, and a $220 application fee so that your case will be considered earlier than general availability. Don’t worry though, if you don’t get the domain you wanted you’ll get a refund. Domains with .blog are already pretty hectic; computer.blog goes for $100.000, smartphone.blog punches at $5,000.<\/p>\n

Right now, trademark holders have the first say in registering their domains. If you were hoping of snatching up medium.blog or blogger.blog, think again.<\/p>\n

Early applications are open right now, and end \u00a0on 9 November. Public availability hits on 21 November for $30.<\/p>\n

Preorder your .blog website at https:\/\/get.blog\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tl:dr version:<\/p>\n

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What is the .BLOG<\/em> domain extension?<\/h2>\n

It’s a new generic top-level domain (gTLD). It’s going to be made available by ICANN as a new option along with the\u00a0existing .COM, .NET or .ORG suffixes (and many more!) for websites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When can I buy a .BLOG<\/em> web address?<\/h2>\n

.blog domains will be available for the general public\u00a0on November 21, 2016<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How much will it cost?<\/h2>\n

$30 for the registration fee\u00a0+a $220 early application fee. Not all addresses are priced equally.<\/p>\n

Where can I buy a .blog website address?<\/h2>\n

Preorder your .blog website at https:\/\/get.blog\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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