Ask HN: Why can't I buy this .app domain?

6 points

7 years ago

I just had a weird experience on NameCheap. I found a .app domain that I really liked and wanted to buy it. Unfortunately, I got an error message after trying to add it to my cart.

As an example I'll be using `drive.app`. There is no whois record for this domain, but https://domains.google says it's unavailable:

    $ whois -h whois.nic.google drive.app
    Domain not found.
    >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2018-12-29T10:51:11Z <<<

Here is also a link to my screen capture of domains.google: https://i.imgur.com/an9Gp4M.gif

Thanks!

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