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).
Jesus Christ. In 25 years of working on the Web, this is the first time I'm hearing of "third level domains". WTF? Where and when did this come from?
No shade to the folks being harmed by this situation. Sorry. I'm just really non-plussed at the idea that the registrar is charging for what looks like should be a DNS prefix.
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).
Biggest rug pull in the history of dns
In case you haven't heard about this, see https://domainnamewire.com/2026/09/03/third-level-dot-name/
> His registrar informed him that his registration will be terminated in February (even though it’s paid through 2040).
Wonder if registrars will refund to people's cards.
Why re they doing this? Looks stupid to me.
By kicking old nerds off legacy.domain.name, they can relist domain.name on the open market and make an absolute killing.
I have a second level and I’m in the process too. This kind of shitty behaviour warrants bankruptcy.
Consider editing title to be "Tell HN:" Thank you for the PSA!
Good point, changed. Thanks!
Jesus Christ. In 25 years of working on the Web, this is the first time I'm hearing of "third level domains". WTF? Where and when did this come from?
No shade to the folks being harmed by this situation. Sorry. I'm just really non-plussed at the idea that the registrar is charging for what looks like should be a DNS prefix.
You've never seen example.co.uk? Many countries use them because the top level domains for gov, edu, etc are restricted to one country.