ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs

[johnl at iecc.com (John Levine)]

>Lets say I want to apply for .WINE with commercial purposes, then what
>is a ballpark figure for the funds/investment required ?

I wouldn't try it with less than a million bucks in hand.  Beyond the
ICANN application nonsense, you'd also want to budget something for
running and promoting it for however long it takes to verify that it
was a silly idea and then go bust.

R's,
John