.name Opening second level

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Breaking News: Global Name Registry will open up its second level for registrations, meaning names like abc.name will be available.

To see a list of Registrars that intend to offer .name Second Levels, please click here

Global Name Registry, the operator of the .name TLD, is opening the second level domain on .name for registrations.

Opening the .name second level solves the complexities that .name has had with its third level product. It has over the past 12 months been hard or difficult for registrars and resellers to adapt their systems and products to integrate with the 3rd level registrations that was previously the only available, i.e. domain name registrations like 'first.last.name' and email addresses of the type 'first@last.name'.

With the opening of the second level, .name becomes structurally and technically identical to e.g. .com, .net, and .info, and registrations can be made directly on the second level, e.g. jim.name. Allowing 2nd level domain registrations will greatly facilitate sales processes and product management for Registrars and resellers worldwide and will enable all ICANN Accredited Registrars to sell .name using their existing systems and products.

Extraordinary material soon to be available

To help Registrars and resellers benefit from the high availability of valuable and attractive names on the .name second level, the Global Name Registry has prepared an enormous database of names that are now likely to be available as second level registrations.

This database shows the most common combinations of names in the world, that are highly probable targets for the initial opening. The database also contains cross-checking of names that are taken on the largest gTLDs, that are now becoming available on .name, many for the first time since taken on .com 15 years ago, as people's names.

This database is the result of months of research and is among the most comprehensive name-databases worldwide. This database will be published on this site in September, together will a list of reserved names, and will be a great tool for Registrars and resellers who want to assist their customer bases with an extensive material on valuable names.

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Previously announce several weeks ago:

http://www.dnforum.com/f557/name-approved-second-level-names-thread-36919.html