Got "dot.Scot"?

**CameronCat** · 22nd February 14, 09:10 AM

Evidently the proposed new Internet domain name is attracting great attention.

Full story here: The Scotsman

**jhockin** · 22nd February 14, 09:57 AM

interesting! (" there are about 100 million people around the world claiming some degree of Scottish ancestry") & "Mr McCutcheon said he hoped the cost of a .Scot address would be “as low as possible” - about £20".
Thanks for posting.

**Couper** · 22nd February 14, 10:47 AM

I wish them luck in regaining their relatively large investment (£300,000 / $500,000). There are now a gazillion new domain extensions being promoted (as a way for ICANN for build their coffers?) and market saturation may prevail. A few years back the .info and .biz "expansion" domain extensions were supposed to be wonderful - but they never got a real (or respected) foothold.

**CDNSushi** · 22nd February 14, 03:02 PM

There are all sorts of new top-level domains coming down the pipes, like .ninja. If .scot does become a reality, I would encourage Steve to get on it and register "xmarksthe.scot" and "xmarksthescot.scot" before anyone else does. ;-)

**Starhunter451** · 23rd February 14, 06:36 AM

Originally Posted by jhockin

interesting! (" there are about 100 million people around the world claiming some degree of Scottish ancestry") & "Mr McCutcheon said he hoped the cost of a .Scot address would be “as low as possible” - about £20".
Thanks for posting.

I think that the number is low on the ancestry. And £20? Prob not.

**seanachie** · 23rd February 14, 06:24 PM

Another question to ponder, no digression into politics, is what would happen if a ccTLD was to be created for Scotland? Would someone prefer a .scot to the official Scottish TLD? Then of course what is required for obtaining one would be a question. As an example, I have been asked a couple of times for assistance in navigating the path for a .IE domain (Ireland). These domains are expensive and have a lengthy list of requirement (at least as recently as several months ago) and included having nexus in Ireland. This has precluded a few folks I know from having both a .COM and a .IE address as they desired.