.Asia Landrush

[Ehsan]

.asia = money machine for Registrars and ICANN

and hopefully for us too ?

 

[Domainmonster.com]

If it helps anyone you can send a list of domains that you would like to apply for to [email protected] with the subject line of '.Asia Registration' we will do the rest.

 

[katherine]

Register as many .asia as you can just in case it becomes as valuable as .com (like .mobi) :lol:

 

[Ehsan]

DomainMonster.com i wonder if you will run a special promotion for DNF members like the one being run by EuroDNS ?

 

[Dale Hubbard]

Again: These go to auction if they are contended, right? If there is no "double application" they are immediately regged to the requestor, is this correct?

 

[Ehsan]

Azooza was that for me ? that they go to auction if it shows processing ?

 

[Domainmonster.com]

If you can give me the details and I'll see what I can do for everyone using DNF.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

Ehsan: No, not for you particularly, but thanks for responding. Where is the current URL to check the 'processing' state? I requested one through asiaregistry.com and they told me they would enter my landrush application. Thanks!

 

[Ehsan]

What kind of details u want domainmonster ?

try this azooza https://v2.eurodns.com/pendingActions oops thought you were asking about eurodns dont know about asian registry

 

[thevirtual]

Ehsan: No, not for you particularly, but thanks for responding. Where is the current URL to check the 'processing' state? I requested one through asiaregistry.com and they told me they would enter my landrush application. Thanks!

The domains will not be awarded until the 'Go Live' period March 26th. Auctions will start at the end of Landrush period.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

The domains will not be awarded until the 'Go Live' period March 26th. Auctions will start at the end of Landrush period.

Thanks! They like to milk it

 

[thevirtual]

Sorry, the Domains will be awarded after Landrush period ends, auctions also start after Landrush. Open registrations will be available on March 26.

Source: http://www.domainnews.com/general/2008022553/asia-landrush-all-you-need-to-know/

 

[Dale Hubbard]

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

I understand that asiaregistry.com provide this 'agent' service. I hope I'm not wrong.

 

[gdtechindia]

.Asia will be a good registry looking at the number of internet users in these countries.

There are a few points to be noted in case of this registry.

1. The traffic from Asian countries isn't purchasing much online compared to the traffic from Western countries.
2. The advertisers for this region are low paying compared to those in Europe or US.
3. There may be some really cool keyword domains which one can acquire for a low fee now with .Asia registry.
4. There are some companies providing a full refund of Registration fee in case the domain isn't registered in your name (We do that, some companies don't offer it).
5. There may be a good chance of making revenue if you grab some nice domains. Maybe for others, only the Reg fee can be collected from the sale. But this depends on what sort of domains one acquires.
6. The landrush or Pre-reg domains which have more than 1 buyer will go in auction. I am pretty sure that those domains are having good value and they won't come cheap. That investment maybe bit risky if the domains are costing more than $ 200 each in the auction. But that will also depend on the domain name.
7. One needs a contact in Asian countries to register the domain. The communication will go to that contact and you need to provide some proof of original contact. This may be good for domain security, but the sales may be lesser as compared to open to all countries.
8. Its not bad to try registering a few nice names and it won't cost you anything to try it.

Anyone wants to add to the above points, or to discuss them, is welcome to do so.

Thanks
Gurpreet

 

[robmac]

point 7, use euroDNS CED and your fine.

point 8, all of the "nice names"its seems will go to auction.


I have a strange question ( dam i am about to get really flamed ) Why are there loads on domains .asia in pool? Are they sunrise domains that a few peoples bidded for? as they all look generic to me

 

[Dale Hubbard]

I have only an interest in a 'defensive' registration.

 

[incka]

and hopefully for us too ?

If ICANN gain good revenues from this it will lead to cheaper domains generally.

Why?

Because as well as the $0.25 fee they charge and the annual fixed register (godaddy, enom, directi, melbourne it, etc) fee, they also charge they're expenses to the registers. If they're expenses are covered by the .asia auction this means less being charged to godaddy, enom, directi, melbourne it, etc. This could mean they pass some of that onto us

Also - http://domains.gdtechindia.com/ aren't you just a DirectI reseller? Therefore can we not get a full refund from all directi resellers or are you providing this out of your own pocket?

 

[Yaadoo]

I don't think domain monster offers refunds, even if you don't get the domain.

 

[snicksnack]

I doubt that .asia will get lots of type ins, if any, but I am sure that you can flip a few domains for a nice profit quickly. Possibly you could sell "flowers.asia" to Rick for a discunt price of $200,000 ;-)

 

[gdtechindia]

I have a strange question ( dam i am about to get really flamed ) Why are there loads on domains .asia in pool? Are they sunrise domains that a few peoples bidded for? as they all look generic to me

I guess so, the domains which are on pool are premium ones.