Preregister .HIV at Sedo??

[DomainScoop.Com]

http://www.sedo.com/us/gtld/hiv/

Anyone knows about this?

 

[Theo]

Yeah, it's .crap

 

[Gerry]

Sedo and others will be pre-registering the crap out of new extensions. Whomever you choose as a pre-registration source, just be sure that your money will be refunded in the event your registration fails.

And I agree with Acro on the merits of this extension.

 

[PRED]

remember to always use protection with sedo :smilewinkgrin:

 

[amplify]

I'd rather personally give my money to a .HIV orphanage (and have) before the fatcats touch it, that's why I hate. U .NI.SE.F Commercials. Both of these play on your emotions that it's the right thing to do, but actually how much per dollar goes to the research of .HIV/kids?

 

[firetown]

remember to always use protection with sedo :smilewinkgrin:

I have nothing else to add but: I thought this was pretty funny.

 

[draggar]

What's the point of this TLD other than for someone to make a lot of money?

 

[Gerry]

What's the point of this TLD other than for someone to make a lot of money?

I agree. Even if it is to attract research, grants, treatments, etc, there are plenty of alternatives out there. Plus, those that have been in the HIV public arena for a while will already have a site.

I don't see this as being too popular in the long run. I would think that major drug companies and breakthrough medicine would have their own sites or could even start their own url based on their brand name (novartis, pfizer, merck. etc)

 

[draggar]

Unless the registry owner has some serious long term plans I don't expect to see this TLD doing well at all and I wouldn't be surprised to see them lose a lot of money right off the bat with registrations. I also cannot see how this can be profitable in the long run (heck, even the short run).

The only way I see this TLD making money for the registry is if the owner has some serious developmental plans on a huge scale - larger than anything we've ever seen - or they're some huge time HIV advocate who is trying to raise money and awareness for the disease (but then again, wouldn't a yearly donation as large as the fees to run your own registry have more of an effect)?

Or am I missing something?

edit:

I do see they'll offer .hiv domains to a charitable organization for free (but when you try to register it you get a 404) - what if domainer A wants (domain).hiv and a charitable organization also wants it - say it is something that would be considered a premium .hiv domain - like cure.hiv - who will get it?

I don't see a mention of price, too.

United domains is reporting about 3,200 pre-registrations.

http://www.uniteddomains.com/new-top-level-domain/hiv-domain-registration/

But - everyone is saying they're free - so is that to pre-register and you pay later?

Edit #2:

Reg fee is about $150 a year:

http://www.dothiv.org/dothiv/donation-allocation/

 

[Gerry]

Or am I missing something?

As your edits point out, I don't believe you are missing a thing.

 

[amplify]

MagicJohnson .Com will now redirect to MagicJohnson .HIV