How is this possable? :/

AndyM1988 · Sep 19, 2004

Well, obviousley you can't register 2 char's anymore - but I seen on DeletedDomains today, this:

xa.net (Previously DROPPED on 09-01-2004)

Err, how did they do it? Was it backordered or something?

Thanks In Advance,
Andy

isdtv · Sep 19, 2004

you can't register one, because all are registered.

but some are dropped, and you can snap it and bid for it (prices are high)

GT Web · Sep 19, 2004

you can catch dropped .net or .com 2 character domains, but not .org

AndyM1988 · Sep 19, 2004

Why did they make it so Orgs can't be catched?
That's kind of odd - they're the lowest of the 3 - IMO.

GT Web · Sep 19, 2004

just the registery's rules..

ToastyX · Sep 19, 2004

They are run by different registries. VeriSign runs .com and .net while PIR runs .org. PIR decided to enforce not allowing two-character .org domains to be registered anymore while VeriSign has not, so you can still register two-character .com and .net domains but not two-character .org domains.

AndyM1988 · Sep 19, 2004

Ah ok, thanks for clearing me up.
I could have swore that you couldn't register 2-char Coms and Nets.

Now, the 1-character domains were registered by a guy a decade or so back so that no one else could register them, correct? And once they are gone - a single-char can never be registered again, right?

Steen · Sep 19, 2004

AndyM1988 said:
Ah ok, thanks for clearing me up.
I could have swore that you couldn't register 2-char Coms and Nets.

Now, the 1-character domains were registered by a guy a decade or so back so that no one else could register them, correct? And once they are gone - a single-char can never be registered again, right?

For com/net I believe that for a short period of time they could be registered.

All that's left now is i.net, z.com, x.com and q.com.