How is this possable? :/

[AndyM1988]

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]

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]

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

 

[AndyM1988]

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]

just the registery's rules..

 

[ToastyX]

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]

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]

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.