.in pre-registration

[SRW]

Does anybody have any thoughts on the upcoming registration for .in (india) cc? I believe that India has 15 different languages....but the overwhleming majority of educated people speak English.

Would it be a good idea to pre-register english (phonetic) translations of Hindi words..etc? Will there be a landrush to register english words?

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[netaxis]

I am also looking the same info

anyboady help?

 

[scorpio]

Sure premium words like Shaadi (Marrige) Naukri ( Jobs) payar(love) and like will have value..
Its 10.25 PM now. Jaipur India

 

[domaintalk]

I am not an Indian at all but i know some words as i love to keep knowledge about all languages.

Whats your name in Hindi is " Tumhara naam kiya hai "
How old are you is Tum kitney saal kay ho

 

[freestyler]

I have put in 6 names for pre-reg!

 

[scorpio]

Wow domaintalk u know quite good what u know.

Congratulations freestyler for your 600 posts

 

[netaxis]

does anyone one know what time it will be open on 16th feb

 

[SRW]

Re: English or Hindi or Punjabi(sic), etc. I read an interview between reps from Verisign and Indian gov regarding the topic of registering domain names in English or one of the Indian languages. In sum, the Indian gov reps thought that english words would be more popular, because the ".com" is in English. As a caveat, this interview occurred prior to India having its own cc (circa 2001-02?). Perhaps the same logic applies now (ie "www"..."co.in"). If I can find the interview, I'll post the link.

Hope this helps - SRW

 

[scorpio]

7 mins

 

[Bart]

anyone who was able to register any .IN's so far ?

 

[SRW]

anyone who was able to register any .IN's so far ?

Just registered
sex.co.in
creditcards.co.in
banks.on.in

When checking availability for .in . . . every query stated "status unknown"

 

[DomainFolder]

Ah, you got to sex.co.in before me! Nice going!

 

[dnbidder]

where can u register them using paypal?

 

[Honan]

Don't get sucked.in like i did

 

[dnbidder]

u reckon .in will take of

 

[Honan]

u reckon .in will take of

no
Although $8 for .co.in is not a lot to lose

 

[seeker]

I dont think it'll take off either.
however, I guess getting good keywords for development isnt bad.

BTW, the .in registry is (has been today) a monemuntal failure. it is almost impossible to check whois, let alone hand reg a domain for the past hours, and it shows that directi etc... are hopeless with their buggy interface, amazingly terrible support, and a site that barely functions...

 

[netaxis]

got this .IN domains

eMarket
buynsell
asphosting
aspwebhosting
asptutorial
phphosting
phpwebhosting
phptutorial

 

[Wot]

Just registered
sex.co.in
creditcards.co.in
banks.on.in

When checking availability for .in . . . every query stated "status unknown"

I think not- check the whois!

 

[eSology]

directi etc... are hopeless with their buggy interface, amazingly terrible support, and a site that barely functions...

Main reason I am sitting this one out. There isn't a registrar I like that handles .in domains. I walked away from Directi and vowed never to return.