.socialmedia · Chapter 08 of 9 · Not our first
We are not a first-time applicant.
Our group operates .Best, an ICANN-accredited registry we acquired in 2018 and have run since — the abuse desk, the registrar relationships, the EPP integrations, the billing disputes, the price-change notifications, the compliance reporting. We know what it costs and what it takes, because we have been doing it for eight years.
60,000+
Live .Best domains under management as of August 2026.
300+
Accredited registrars distributing .Best — GoDaddy, Gandi, Namecheap, Dynadot, OVHcloud and more.
2018
The year we acquired the .Best registry and started operating it ourselves.
3
Owned layers: the registry, the web.Best builder, and the ai.Best platform.
The commitments we intend to bring to .socialmedia
- Uniform pricing. One standard price for standard names, published, with generous advance notice of any change. We intend to hold to that standard.
- No front-running. We do not bid against our own registrants for names in our own namespace.
- A real abuse desk. Run by people, with a documented process — not an unmonitored inbox.
- Broad distribution. Registration through the accredited registrars you already use, not locked behind a single storefront.