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In 2025 ICANN is opening up applications for new gTLD's (Generic Top-Level-Domains) Recently Ape (Bored Ape) community along with D3.inc submitted a proposal for .APE see below https://snapshot.org/#/apecoin.eth/proposal/0x2b310aa9aa8fa1d955ca71ae454372229e663be6f3d7e513e9c0cc5b4f2d9fac I believe we should secure the .dcl Web2 domain name extension. I have already checked and .dcl is available. There are many benefits associated by owning .dcl Top Level Domain Some of which are; * Reaching 5+ Billion users * Trusted & used by the worlds largest companies and brands * Accredited by ICANN * Universal compatibility * Recurring revenue for Foundation from the renewals & sales * Resolves to emails which opens the door for direct email marketing * Open for all, not just Decentraland users. For those who missed out or couldn't register their desired .com .net .xyz .io may now have a chance of registering their desired names on .dcl or .mana * Potential to bring in many new users through this inititative * Easy, simple airdrops to all name holders via email click & claim marketing, thus bringing in potential new users. We may choose to partner with D3.inc to follow similar path like .Ape or do all the work ourselves and keep it strictly within the Web2 ecosystem depending on the community votes. Overall cost would be around $500K My personal opinion; * This new Web2 gTLD is not to be used in-world & DAO * This does not replace the current .dcl.eth naming system as it is strictly Web2 unless we decide to take a different approach like the Ape community * We can assign privileges and or added utility for those who sign-in with .dcl name via magic which adds a gamification element and desire/urge to own a web2 .dcl name * If we can manage to onboard these new users through L2 wearable free claims, airdops etc, this might work in our favour. * Existing users may want to claim their corresdponding/desired Web2 names. * Similar to .Ape the registration process will first open up to Decentraland users and then to the public. This factor alone should bring in additional new users if they really want to claim their names who previoulsy missed out on other extentions. * Mass marketing potential through email marketing * $500K might sound like alot but considering the fact $13M was spent on grants & the amount of new users onboarded proportinally, $500K suddenly seems like a miniscule number * .dcl minimum registration is 1 year & maximum 10 years * Registration fees to be kept minimal under $10 per year for all .dcl domains * Decentraland Foundation to manage, & be in control of this new gTLD unless we want another 3rd party to get involved * This will keep Decentraland active & innovative * ENS domains gasless DNSSEC feature opened up new avenues for traditional Web2 DNS users to accept crypto payments. Maybe we can focus on how to get new users through this feature on .dcl * If you have any opinions or would like to add anything drop it down below. If the outcome of this proposal is positive we can take it to the next stage. If you don't have anything constructive to say please refrain from wasting everyone's time. This goes for all alt acoount users inc HP Please Vote; Yes or No