Name.com Blog
August 31, 2012

Get the Website You’ve Always Wanted: The new gTLDs Bring Back the 90s

You may remember a decade when the economy rolled and opportunity smelled like teen spirit. It was the 90s, a time when the Internet was new and fresh and you could get venture capital just by breathing. It was a time of joy, with boy bands leaping about and Will Smith helping people everywhere get […]


You may remember a decade when the economy rolled and opportunity smelled like teen spirit. It was the 90s, a time when the Internet was new and fresh and you could get venture capital just by breathing. It was a time of joy, with boy bands leaping about and Will Smith helping people everywhere get Jiggy wit it. It was also a time of great innocence, before we knew how bad the Star Wars prequels were, and just how quickly so many of the great domain names would get gobbled up. Nowadays you can’t just saunter on to the web and expect to get yourname.com or even yournamebackwards.net. It’s a tougher world we live in…unless…unless YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME!!

Or maybe not. You don’t need to be sucked into a wormhole, vaporized across dimensions and subjected to Bill and Monica! Because soon you’ll be able to get exactly the website you want. The new gTLDs–or as we call them, The New Dots–are coming and you can get on our new TLD Watch List right now. Tell us what extensions you hope to get, and soon you’ll be the horse trainer with yourname.horse, the newly engaged couple with brideandgroom.wedding, or the creative juggernaut with yourstudio.art.

The opportunities of the 90s are back. Let us know if you want to get your pet a .pet, or maybe your gamer a .game. There are over 1900 potential domain names like .blog, .bank, .app, .lol, .kids…and yes…even .wtf. You didn’t miss an opportunity in the 90s…you were just holding out for a better one! So now what are you waiting for? Get connected with The New Dots today!

Share this article!