Race begins for .wellington web address

[memmst]

The New Zealand capital could face competition for the right to manage ".wellington" internet addresses.

Icann, the global body that administers the internet addressing system, voted at a meeting in Paris late last month to let organisations set up new addresses ending in any letters by the middle of next year.

Businesses with trademarks will be given some tools to battle cybersquatters, but Icann spokesman Jason Keenan concedes no- one yet knows how competing claims for some names, such as city names, will be settled in the event of disputes.

"The application approval process is being worked through at this point. I don't have any indication as to what parameters are going to be used."

There are more than 30 Wellingtons worldwide, including:

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4610286a28.html

[Acro]

Madness begins. ICANNT did it.

[HuntingMoon]

well, it will be interesting to see if domainers will try to grab longer extensions like .wellington & also whether the cities will be able to justify the price tag of the new extension. also interesting would be to see if local businesses would pay the city a fee for their name.wellington or if the city will opt for another less obvious use. also, would multiple cities of the same name pool resources to acquire and run a shared extension...

[zangief]

fun.ny re.ally

[Poker]

"a surplus of capital often leads to a shortage of sense"

[NetworkMsia]

.wellington is a little Longgggggisshhh to me.
I don't think it can get type in traffic.

[draggar]

Originally Posted by HuntingMoon

well, it will be interesting to see if domainers will try to grab longer extensions like .wellington & also whether the cities will be able to justify the price tag of the new extension. also interesting would be to see if local businesses would pay the city a fee for their name.wellington or if the city will opt for another less obvious use. also, would multiple cities of the same name pool resources to acquire and run a shared extension...

I think some larger cities would go for it.

.NYC
.LA
.SF
.Dallas

Perfect for local businesses imagine www.taxi.nyc or www.apartments.sf

[BLazeD]

There are more than enough .co.nz still available

[Seraphim]

Just wait until the Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch get's their own TLD.

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