As someone who has registered over 5,000 domains for clients and for myself in both GTLDs and CCTLDs like .AM, .CA, .CO, .COM, .DATE, .DJ, .FM, .HR, .LOL, .ME, .MEDIA, .NET, .NEWS, .NINJA, .ONLINE, .ORG, .PARTY, .PE, .RACING, .REVIEW, .SITE, .STREAM, .TOP & .WEBSITE

I dont get the application fee. In all the GTLDs/CCTLDs (see above) that I registered, I only paid the yearly fee. Sometimes I get a discount on the first year.

Some are 6,000+ a year like toronto.blog (similar to other north american cities). mattmullenweg.blog, jeffchandler.blog & wptavern.blog are $40.50 each by the way.

wordpress.blog is not available

I have NEVER paid TWO fees for domains.

apparently mattmullenweginaswimsuit.blog and mattmullenweginabikini.blog are available for $40.50 (so are nameinabikini.blog nameinaswimsuit.blog where you change name with most top WordPress community members).