Namejet.com is now taking orders for .CM domains on its site. To place your backorders here is the direct link to the NameJet site: click here Pricing has also been announced. To be clear Namejet.com is NOT charging to place a backorder, however any domain which is registered, you will be charged $350 upon successful registration, including 2 years of registration. As we discussed in … [Read more...]
NameJet.com To Be Exclusive Clearing House For All .CM Domains
NameJet has reached an agreement with the .cm registry to be the exclusive auction provider for the .CM upcoming Landrush. (their site should be updated shortly) NameJet will manage all the pre-order applications from the participating registrar partners through the registry. NameJet customers will be able to submit their applications directly through NameJet for FREE (no application … [Read more...]
.CM Sunrise Period Opens Tomorrow: Timetable For Land Rush & Open Registration Announced
EuroDns.com laid out the dates for the rollout of the .cm extension, which certainly will be a highly sort after country code. .CM is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Republic of Cameroon. As we know, .cm is a frequently hit typo, when someone directly navigates to a .com., and has quite a history. In a recent auction held by Rick Latona, many of the registry owned .cm … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Stages for the Registration of .MX
This guest post was written by Juan Enrique Sánchez, President of www.nameaction.com, who has written several guest posts in the past year for domains in the latin market. Mr. Sánchez talks about the 3 stages for the Registration of .MX (Mexico) cctld: ----------------------------------------------------------- · Pre-Registration · Waiting Period · Initial Period of … [Read more...]
TechCrunch See’s Huge Value In Very Short Domains
A blog post yesterday in Tech Crunch, asks the question of how valuable short URL's are, based on a Twitter society where shorter is not only better, but necessary. The post pointed out the fact that bit.ly just got $2 million dollars in for 20% of the company, placing a value on the company of $8 million. """"In a world where everything is being jammed into 140 characters or less, shorter … [Read more...]
Check The Laws Of The Host Country Before Dealing In ccTLD’s
Before jumping into the ccTLD game, remember that these domains, being country codes, are subject to rules and conditions placed on them by the host country. For example both Canada (.ca) and the European Union (.eu) have presence requirements for domain holders. China (.cn) regularly shuts down sites which violate state rules against porn and political thought. Government action can be … [Read more...]
Cameroon (.com.cm) Domain Sunrise Period Opens October 15th
NETCOM.cm Sarl, the official registry in charge of the Country Code Top level Domains of The Republic of Cameroon, proclaimed today that it will launch second level .cm domain name registrations on 15 October 2008. Now NETCOM can offer .COM.CM, .NET.CM and .CO.CM to businesses and individuals throughout the world.” “We would like to take this chance to thank our three partners for the great … [Read more...]