Well, if that is your understanding good luck going through the
technical evaluation, be aware that once you pay the evaluation fee
depending on what phase of the evaluation your application goes
through if you withdraw or become not eligible not all the monies are
refundable.

BTW, I ran a ccTLD for many years, TLDs are not hard to create they
are hard to maintain.

Regards
Jorge

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Marc Perkel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Actually I don't think you're right. I haven't done it but TLDs are not hard
> to create. Just a few lines in a BIND file. All you need to make it official
> is having the root servers hand it off to my private TLD servers. As to
> capacity, if the TLD is small then you don't need much of a server to handle
> it. I could add it to my current name servers.
>
> Jorge Amodio wrote:
>>
>> Actually as other said $185K is just for starters, it really depends
>> on what do you intend to do with the new gTLD.
>>
>> To run or outsource a full fledged registry you have to think in the
>> order of a $500K-$1M initial investment, and that does not include the
>> costs of a legal battle with others such as ReMax that may intend to
>> apply for the same string.
>>
>> If you don't have that money on the bank or investors willing to foot
>> the bill you are out of the game.
>>
>> My .02
>> Jorge
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Marc Perkel <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Avri Doria wrote:
>>>
>>> On 17 Mar 2010, at 13:11, Marc Perkel wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BTW - how do I apply for the .reality TLD?
>>>
>>>
>>> once the final applicant guidebook is released sometime between now and
>>> 2012
>>> (draft details can be found at
>>> http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm), follow its
>>> instructions, pay the big bucks (185,000 USD at the moment) and then go
>>> through the process and hang on through the challenges.
>>>
>>> better have some deep pocket for the ride.
>>>
>>> a.
>>>
>>> $185,000 - so only the rich can get TLDs. Why is that?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>