closed iPhones.no - your thoughts please.

[StianStian is verified member.]

Heya guys! Here's a tricky one for ya:

iPhones.no

Before you say ".no is worthless!" etc. Please consider that Norway is one of the richest countries in the world and has also one of the most active electronics/gadget consumer market in the world. Cell phones are _big_ industry in Norway! This domain gets a few typein's daily now, but I expect it to blow when the iPhone is released in Norway. It could also be used as iPhones.no(w) 'iPhones Now!' or similar.

I've had this domain for a little while and I haven't had any TM issues yet. I don't think I ever will either, since it's not a .COM/.NET/.any intl. ext.

Your professional thoughts on this domain is highly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[DNP]

Welcome to DNforum, Pcproffenno!
How can people reg .no? I heard it is not easy.
I like your domain. any traffic on it?

 

[StianStian is verified member.]

Welcome to DNforum, Pcproffenno!
How can people reg .no? I heard it is not easy.
I like your domain. any traffic on it?

Hi there DNP! Thanks for the welcoming and thanks for liking my domain! Well, to get a .NO domain you need to register it to your business. That means you need to have your own company/organization, or authorization to put it on a company/organization. Although this might sound complicated, it really is pretty simple. If you don't have authorization or own a company, then you can just register a "single person company", non-profit or profit for free. These registrations are easily performed online via www.brreg.no . So next time you hear that .no's are hard to register, kill that rumour please.

Ok, back to the domain. I parked it at Sedo 17th of January 2007 and I've had 11 uniques since then, with a 9.09% CTR. I didn't expect any traffic on this domain yet, as the iPhone isn't released in Europe/worldwide yet and it's a bit early for people to start looking for it online.

I do have a few plans for this domain though. My main business is computer support, but I'm also selling a bit of computer hardware/software to my customers. So if I can't find a reseller/enduser who can offer me a decent price for it, it would be fun to put up a cellphone webshop on it, with the main attraction - cheap iPhones! Eventually, (free) iPhone software, wallpapers etc. would also be ideal for this domain imo.

I haven't decided what to do with it yet though, I just think the name is nice and as I'm norwegian myself; I feel this domain has a lot of opportunities.

More thoughts/appraisals welcomed!

 

[GAMEFINEST]

i didnt know that.....learned something new today ...thk u

 

[StianStian is verified member.]

i didnt know that.....learned something new today ...thk u

yw

 

[Welkin]

Hm, it doesn't seem to me that www.brreg.no offers registration of whatever company for free...

 

[StianStian is verified member.]

Oh, what an old thread... Anyways, www.brreg.no is a norwegian register for norwegians to register their norwegian company. You can't register anything there if you aren't norwegian I'm afraid.

 

[Theo]

Interesting name indeed. Say ".no" to iPhones

 

[Dale Hubbard]

I'm sure Apple are going to love it too ;-)

 

[StianStian is verified member.]

"iPhones? No. But we've got something better!" .. Would be a nice site for selling Windows Mobile devices (which imo kills the iPhone) .. Anyways .. I still have this site, I was thinking of developing it somehow but I've never gotten to it .. Maybe one day I'll find a norwegian who wants it hehe ...

BTW, I have had this domain for almost a year now and I haven't heard a squeak from Apple or anyone else about TM issues etc..

 

[Welkin]

Oh, what an old thread... Anyways, www.brreg.no is a norwegian register for norwegians to register their norwegian company. You can't register anything there if you aren't norwegian I'm afraid.

From the way you have written your previous posts above it seems that everybody could use brreg.no to register a company (also your answer has been addressed to DNP who is not a Norwegian).

Apart from that you could claim that your name is "IP hones" and has nothing to do with apple