Developing eGaming.biz - interpretation of rules

[HelloThere]

I own eGaming.biz, and want to develop it into a gambling site. Because the .biz rules state that it must be used for business purposes, I'm wondering what constitutes a legitimate business use according to their rules.

I'm thinking I'd like to use it to establish a type of resource portal for gaming information either for gamblers who are looking for online gaming sites, or for webmasters who build gambling sites. However, I don't know if this is considered to be a legitimate "business" application.

I'm looking for your opinions on what would be a legitimate "business" application with respect to the .biz regulations. Your thoughts would be appreciated.

[izopod]

Hope this helps you out. For what it's worth I think you'll be o.k because it will be of a commercial nature and not a personal one. That's the difference.

From the Neulevel FAQ page:

The .BIZ domain can only be used for a "bona fide business or commercial use". A bona fide business use is one of the following:

a. To exchange goods, services, or property of any kind;

b. In the ordinary course of trade or business; or

c. To facilitate (i) the exchange of goods, services, information, or property of any kind; or, (ii) the ordinary course of trade or business.


Registering a domain name solely for the purposes of (1) selling, trading or leasing the domain name for compensation, or (2) the unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease the domain name for compensation does not constitute a "bona fide business or commercial use" of that domain name.

For illustration purposes, the following do not constitute a "bona fide business or commercial use" of a domain name:

a. Using or intending to use the domain name exclusively for personal, noncommercial purposes; or

b. Using or intending to use the domain name exclusively for the expression of noncommercial ideas (i.e., registering abcsucks.biz exclusively to criticize or otherwise express an opinion on the products or services of ABC company, with no other intended business or commercial purpose).