In case you're wondering, yes, there are custom TLDs now. They're called gTLDs. ...

danellis · on April 1, 2015

There have been gTLDs forever. You might have heard of .com, for example.

Since 2011, the registration process for gTLDs has been opened up.

tshaddox · on April 1, 2015

I had it in my head that those were called "core TLDs" and were separate from gTLDs, but Wikipedia agrees with you.

dragonwriter · on April 1, 2015

> Since 2011, the registration process for gTLDs has been opened up.

More accurately, during a few months in 2011 and 2012, a registration process for gTLDs was opened up.