Top-Level Domains Like ".sucks" Are Landing Next Week
Graffiti "Internet" on the wall in Vodice, Croatia. Ronald Eikelenboom It's been in the works for years, but the largest-ever expansion of the domain name system is now upon us. By Feb. 4, you'll be able to buy and start a website with dozens of new endings--like .coffee, .computer, .buzz, or .email--instead of more familiar options like .com or .net. And it's only the beginning: In the next year, about 1,000 generic top-level domain names (or gTLDs for short; like the "com" in PopSci.com) will become available. Some of them will be cheap; other are much more expensive. Here are how much some of the new URL suffixes will cost, from Quartz: The .guru TLD is open for pre-registrations (before it officially opens to the general public) on GoDaddy for $39.99 per year. A domain on .ventures is $69.99. One on .luxury starts...