The .app domain is now availiable

[jakobegger]

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

[whym]

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

[thisisit]

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.

[scottydelta]

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.

[heyoni]

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

[gadders]

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.

[bonesss]

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'...

[qz3]

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

[sschueller]

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.

[robtaylor]

You don't.

[Hoasi]

> How exciting! youdontneedthat.app is available.

There is still time!

[rorso]

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

[proaralyst]

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

[frou_dh]

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

[parliament32]

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

Oh wait.

[TheAceOfHearts]

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

[CamelCaseName]

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.

[yread]

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?

[thisisit]

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

https://ov.app/

[rob001]

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.

[BinMen]

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

[milkers]

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

[baalimago]

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

[giancarlostoro]

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.

[thomasfromcdnjs]

How long has it been open?

They must of sold off so many short domains privately.

[STRiDEX]

everything i tried is somehow already taken?

[baalimago]

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

[rambojazz]

I would be surprised if the opposite were true.

[godelmachine]

Are they going to provide SEO as well?

[mechazawa]

SEO is snakeoil