tld-squatting

List of corporations squatting on entire TLDs.

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There's more than 1000 gTLDs delegated by ICANN. Unfortunately, a lot of owners of various TLDs have decided to squat on them, and despite owning them for many years - these are not yet available for registration.

Several of the brand gTLDs have been squatted by various corporations as well. The case of Amazon.com, Inc. owning .amazon when several governments applied for it is well known. But there are several smaller examples: .apple is owned by a technology company and apple farmers can't use it (unlike .kiwi which can be used by Kiwi farmers.). Similarly .mango and .orange are also unavailable for registration, as are .mint, .java, .ice, .food, .eat.

Amazon and Google own a bunch of such TLDs (40% of the below list) which are blocked from registrations by the general public - .book, .ads, .buy, .cal, .call, .circle, .docs, .drive, .eat, .fast, .fire, .free, .here, and so on.

It is such a pity that corporations have decided to squat on these TLDs for several years , and not allow them for registrations.

Updates

  1. Jan 2024 - .box was opened for registrations, with some Web3 nonsense attached.

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Methodology

Source of the dataset is nTLDStats, with the following TLDs shown:

  1. Curated list of BRAND TLDs (_data/fakebrands.yml). Contributions and corrections are welcome.
  2. Unrestricted or Semi-restricted TLDs which are not in "GA".

Domain Counts for nTLDStats are known to be inaccurate, hence approximate ranges are shown instead.

Why

Here's a list of some cool domains that you can't buy today (with what I'd do with some of them)

  1. bengaluru.cal - A single events calendar for happenings in Bangalore
  2. block.analytics - A petition to enforce DNT via regulation.
  3. block.ads - redirects to uBO.
  4. software.bom - Publish SBOMs.
  5. donot.call - DNT submission
  6. bigger.data
  7. linux.diy - LFS + NAND2TETRIS speedrun.
  8. pleasemindthe.gap - redirect to London metro.
  9. alphonso.mango -
  10. whatto.read - fix my older what-to-read project, but use OpenLibrary and Bookwyrm instead.
  11. book.search - ISBN OpenLibrary search.
  12. which.song - Shazam alternative.
  13. blr.weather - wttr.in/bengaluru
  14. much.wow - RIP Doge
  15. fuck.you - no explanation needed
  16. fuck.you.amazon - please open registrations on .zero, .you, .wow, .tushu, .tunes, .talk, .star, .smile, .spot, .silk, .secure, .save, .safe, .room, .read, .prime, .pin, .pay, .now, .like, .joy, .jot, .hot, .got, .free, .fire, .fast, .deal, .coupon, .circle, .call, .buy, .book, .author, .amazon.
  17. fuck.you.google - please open registrations on .ads, .cal, .chrome, .docs, .drive, .eat, .hangout, .here, .map, .meet, .play, .search.