# Why is .ooo a bad TLD?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/why-is-ooo-a-bad-tld/40539
**Category:** Off Topic
**Created:** 2026-09-08T12:22:54Z
**Posts:** 3

## Post 1 by @tanaka — 2026-09-08T12:22:54Z

SpamAssassin’s `SUSP_NTLD` includes `.ooo`. However, the new registration price for this top-level domain is not that cheap. Why has this domain become a hotbed for spammers even though it is not inexpensive? Why is it included in Suspicious TLDs?

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## Post 2 by @arise1984 — 2026-09-09T15:23:55Z

Highly likely historically it got dirt cheap 1st year registration price, hit and run spammer swarmed it, it got listed on spamhaus and are now forever tainted.

[tld-list.com](http://tld-list.com) used to have chart listing pricing history for all tld but its now gone after site change so i can’t check. I usually avoided weird newgen gtld for exactly that reason. The old popular gtld .com .net .org and popular cctld are safer bet for email usage than those weird newgen gtld.

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## Post 3 by @tanaka — 2026-09-09T23:33:36Z

So that is the historical background. I learned a lot.  
I am curious about the changes in the historical lowest prices. I hope there are other services where I can check this…