Someone Took .WS & .CC Before .BIZ & .US

[Duke]

I am planning a couple of wine-related web sites for next year and this evening I picked up a third name that dropped just a few minutes before, WineTalk.net. I will use it as a standalone forum that will link to the other two sites (one about American wine and one that will be a guide to wine shops around the world).

The odd thing I noticed was that WineTalk was gone in .COM, .NET (after I took it), .ORG .INFO and.... .WS and .CC.
Someone took those latter two while the .BIZ And .US were still open. Wine is a worldwide passion so I can see where the .US would be limited, but it is still a much better country code than .WS or .CC. I really don't understand them leaving a worldwide Top Level Domain - .BIZ (though I am not really a .BIZ fan) -and paying more to take one of those weird country codes that are practically a business death sentence!

I never cease to be amazed in this business.

 

[peter]

Originally posted by Duke of Earl
I never cease to be amazed in this business.

You took the words right out of my mouth

 

[888]

I own a few .ws but not .biz or .us, but there's a reason!

Not that I don't want to register them, but I just can't. There are restrictions in .us (US citizen/business related only) and .biz (business only). And these restrictions are hurting the resale market too... I saw a few good .us in ebay that I can't bid on :sad:

In fact, .cc and .ws are more popular than many ccTLDs like .fr, .cn, .se... (surprise! surprise!)
http://www.icann.org/financials/proposed-budget-15may02.htm

 

[jalapeno]

Weren't .ws and .cc available before .biz and .us? I recall seeing those extensions around long before I saw .biz, .us or .info.

 

[dkny]

that's right. people regged .cc & .ws during the .com boom and it still isn't expired.

sometimes .you see other name is avail e.g. .net or .org because it was regged before .cc & .ws, so it's expired first.

 

[Duke]

dkny, jalapeno and 888 - you all make excellent points that I should have realized. That would certainly explain it. At least now I won't be scratching my head over these choices so often that blood is spurting out of my scalp!

 

[cxz]

sorry.