GM Withdraws *.Cadillac, *.Chevrolet, *.GMC, Keeps *.Buick, *.Chevy

You won't be able to send to or receive from *.Cadillac, *.Chevrolet, or *.GMC, while friends of other brands, from Dodge through Toyota,  will have that pleasure. General Motors withdrew three applications for what is called a "generic top level domain" or gTLD. Oddly, the applications for Buick and the supposedly illegal Chevy are still on the books. A gTLD replaces the familiar dotcom. In case you want your own gTLD, it does not come cheap. The application fee alone is $185,000 and the annual fee runs another $25,000. On top of this come significant expenses of running  the extension, which "can put the total cost for a new TLD into the millions," as Steve Jones, COO and Co-Founder of Domainate said. While GM is saving money, Volkswagen splurges:  It registered a pricey gTLD for each of its vast collection of brands, except for Porsche and Skoda . from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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