.Asia Landrush

**thevirtual** · 02-19-2008, 06:30 PM

Just pre-registered a few .asia domains in anticipation of the Landrush period.

There seems to be some confusion how the Landrush period will be conducted.

Here is some general information:

Landrush period lasts from Feb. 20 to March 12

All domains registered by more than one person will go to Auction. Auctions are conducted by Pool.com.

Auctions wont begin until March 12.

All Registrations will go live on March 26.

You will need a contact in one of the Asian countries listed in your application to register a .Asia domain.

Character restrictions: minimum of 3 letters, 3 number domains will not be available. IDN not supported.

This information listed is not official. I may have missed some important poitns. Feel free to add any other info.

**amcdonald** · 02-19-2008, 06:35 PM

Some registrars will be your local contact so people outside of the required areas can register.

**hugegrowth** · 02-19-2008, 07:39 PM

which registrars are offering a contact? I don't want to go crazy with .asia but would get a few keywords or terms if I could.

**jazzpetals** · 02-19-2008, 07:44 PM

"Character restrictions: maximum of 3 letters"

This has to be a mistake?

**seanboy** · 02-19-2008, 07:46 PM

No NNN.asia huh?

**Yaadoo** · 02-19-2008, 07:50 PM

I think you meant Min of 3 Letters right not max.

Also I don't get the difference between landrush and pre reg, in both cases they go to the auction so, why prereg at all, its a waste of money.

**Andrew Shaw** · 02-19-2008, 08:11 PM

I think only those that preregistered are in the auction... But im not sure.

**tedsudol** · 02-19-2008, 08:15 PM

I thought that what the registrars were advertising is that you could preregister for an asia name for whatever fee they quoted for the preregistration. If you got it you got the name registered for a year or whatever time period they specified. Are you saying that the preregistration fee is just for a spot on line?

I could see how an auction would work if one registrar had multiple bidders but how would and inter-registrar auction work? If I preregistered with GoDaddy for aaa.asia and they GoDaddy snags it in the landrush, and there are no other GoDaddy clients trying for it do I get the name or if Enom had some clients trying for the same name, even though GoDaddy got it does it go to some superauction of all registrars or an I not understanding the process.

What is a good strategy to take during this landrush. Just short alphabetic characters? What alphabet is being used? What is the letter frequency that should be used as a guide? If you are using words. What language words, what characters used and what are the word frequencies to use as a guide. Thanks in advance for your help.

All the best,
Ted Sudol

**Yaadoo** · 02-19-2008, 08:19 PM

Iuno, it seems kinda dumb to me. What's the point of prelandrush when land rush all the domains that have multiple bids be sent to auctions anyways. It's essentially the same thing. Maybe just wait til landrush is over to see if you can get what you want. Otherwise it's just a ties up a lot of your money plus you might have to pay some fees here and there if they go in the auction.

**mst0192** · 02-19-2008, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Yaadoo

Iuno, it seems kinda dumb to me. What's the point of prelandrush when land rush all the domains that have multiple bids be sent to auctions anyways. It's essentially the same thing. Maybe just wait til landrush is over to see if you can get what you want. Otherwise it's just a ties up a lot of your money plus you might have to pay some fees here and there if they go in the auction.

because they have to determine the auction-domains somehow...
this way, they (.asia / registrars / pool) all profit and squeeze the maximum out of the buyer.

**Yaadoo** · 02-19-2008, 08:42 PM

No, kidding. .eu was a disaster, I wonder if .asia will be teh same. Esp with the renewal fees so high I don't know if they would ever take off.

**thevirtual** · 02-19-2008, 09:07 PM

Yes, there is a min. 3 letter restriction.

Originally Posted by hugegrowth

which registrars are offering a contact? I don't want to go crazy with .asia but would get a few keywords or terms if I could.

Eurodns offers this service.

**Yaadoo** · 02-19-2008, 10:00 PM

Let me get this straight. It makes no difference if you reg now vs landrush, because if more than one person regs it goes to the auction. The only difference is that it's cheaper if you prereg.

So the countdown at gd, is kinda lame, Its like a countdown to a price increase. Also I've heard that you don't get a refund even if you don't get the domain. This is the case with GoDaddy I believe. What about EuroDns, does it cost anything if you don't get the domian and there probably are some sort of fee if they go to auction. Does anyone know?

**jackandfriends** · 02-19-2008, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by Yaadoo

Also I've heard that you don't get a refund even if you don't get the domain. This is the case with GoDaddy I believe. What about EuroDns, does it cost anything if you don't get the domian and there probably are some sort of fee if they go to auction. Does anyone know?

I'm with domainmonster. com and you don't get your reg fee back if you don't get the domain after the Landrush ends.

**thevirtual** · 02-19-2008, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by Yaadoo

Let me get this straight. It makes no difference if you reg now vs landrush, because if more than one person regs it goes to the auction. The only difference is that it's cheaper if you prereg.

So the countdown at gd, is kinda lame, Its like a countdown to a price increase. Also I've heard that you don't get a refund even if you don't get the domain. This is the case with GoDaddy I believe. What about EuroDns, does it cost anything if you don't get the domian and there probably are some sort of fee if they go to auction. Does anyone know?

If you don't acquire the domain, Eurodns provides a refund in the form of credit to your account.

**mst0192** · 02-19-2008, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by jackandfriends

I'm with domainmonster. com and you don't get your reg fee back if you don't get the domain after the Landrush ends.

as i said: this way, they (.asia / registrars / pool) all profit and squeeze the maximum out of the buyer.

**Yaadoo** · 02-19-2008, 11:10 PM

lame... I don't even use EuroDNS,they are expensvie as heck 18 Euros for a .com.

Anyways thanks for the info, what about the price if you reg it during landrush. Do you know? I think its like 18 Euros right so that comes out to be something like $25.

**Chelsea** · 02-20-2008, 12:52 AM

Originally Posted by thevirtual

If you don't acquire the domain, Eurodns provides a refund in the form of credit to your account.

Should the domain name not be assigned to you, you will not get the
free asia.com domain name and the two years registration will be automatically
credited to your EuroDNS account but unfortunately the applicable
Sunrise or landrush fee is not refundable.

**Ehsan** · 02-20-2008, 03:10 AM

I am waiting for some $$$ to arrive in PayPal then may be ill preregister a few ! but i don't have any high hopes for .asia

**tedsudol** · 02-20-2008, 03:27 AM

Hi,
It's my understanding that you have to have an asia contact to preregister. That asia contact can be a person in asia like a webmaster. However GD cautioned me that whoever I choose as the asia contact has to be someone I trust a lot because even though the domain is in my account technically they own it and could claim it as their own. Is this correct? Having some past experience with registerfly I'd be reluctant to name a registrar I wasn't farmiliar with. Do you have a trusted asia contact? How do you preregister and maintain a legal claim to the name? Thanks in advance for your help.
All the best,
Ted Sudol