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- In case you haven't heard about this, see https://domainnamewire.com/2026/09/03/third-level-dot-name/by nikanj
- I don't understand what this post is about. I own myfamily.name and I have host names like firstname.myfamily.name. What's wrong with that?
- Why re they doing this? Looks stupid to me.by mindaslab
- Consider editing title to be "Tell HN:" Thank you for the PSA!by toomuchtodo
- I'm not sure I get it. If anyone registers a domain first.second.name then you are basically registering a subdomain under second.name, right? You don't own anything, second.name owns your subdomain and can do whatever they want with itby gonzalohm
- Biggest rug pull in the history of dns
- I'm curious, why were people interested in these .name domains? john.smith.name is weird. Why not just get Johnsmith.me or net or whatever?
Were they charging a fractional rate since you were getting a fractional domain? If it was $3 USD per year, I could see the appeal for some.
by crusty - Worth noting, this doesn't affect domain.name, thus 2nd level domains. I was actually unaware you could directly register a 3rd level domain... Got my .name in the sunrise phase of .name, though it later rendered obsolete by name change on marriage (but still got it).by kiesel