Why can’t one register a domain name themselves, instead of paying a company to do it?

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I’m completely dumbfounded.

I searched up a domain name I would like, and it turned out that no one owned it, it was just a ”Can’t reach the site” message. My immediate thought is how can I get this site, it should be free right? Since I’m not actually renting it or buying it from anyone, it’s completely unused.

I google it up and can’t find a single answer, all everyone says is you need to buy a subscription from a company like GoDaddy, Domain.com, One.com and others. These companies don’t own the site I wanted, they must register it in some way before they sell it to me, so why can’t I just register it myself and skip the middle man?

Seriously, are these companies paying google to hide this info?

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Domain names are hierarchical. There are top level domain registrars that handle each allowable suffix. If you want a xxxx.com name you have to pay money to register with the registrar that handles .com names.
There is no mechanism for the average person to just make up a top level domain and therefore register their own sites

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