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  • andrej_NDC
    Registered User
    • May 2004
    • 7760

    #1

    Who got some good .eu domains?

    I got only a few...
  • everestcash
    Confirmed User
    • Apr 2002
    • 2194

    #2
    how did you get em? oh... must be registered to a company

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    • andrej_NDC
      Registered User
      • May 2004
      • 7760

      #3
      taken from the registrar:
      Specify which one of these applies to you within the Euopean Community:
      Natural person resident

      So, not for companies only...

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      • defresto
        Confirmed User
        • Mar 2003
        • 317

        #4
        wow
        thanks for info
        must grab some

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        • defresto
          Confirmed User
          • Mar 2003
          • 317

          #5
          when did the registration process start?
          not the preregistration

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          • andrej_NDC
            Registered User
            • May 2004
            • 7760

            #6
            Originally posted by defresto
            when did the registration process start?
            not the preregistration
            I dont know the exact date.

            btw you can grab them here:
            http://www.domainelephant.com

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            • defresto
              Confirmed User
              • Mar 2003
              • 317

              #7
              thanks!
              i have read all the news 3 years ago and wanted a couple of domains badly and fully missed the launch (:

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              • who
                So Fucking Banned
                • Aug 2003
                • 19593

                #8
                It's still preregistration... what are you all smoking?!

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                • defresto
                  Confirmed User
                  • Mar 2003
                  • 317

                  #9
                  everything taken...
                  again buying from cybersquoters...
                  i hate it

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                  • who
                    So Fucking Banned
                    • Aug 2003
                    • 19593

                    #10
                    Sunrise #2?

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                    • teomaxxx
                      Confirmed User
                      • May 2003
                      • 2737

                      #11
                      Originally posted by andrej_NDC
                      I dont know the exact date.

                      btw you can grab them here:
                      http://www.domainelephant.com
                      i just both one via them and the status of domain is:
                      "Pre-Registration Period - Public".
                      I highly doubt

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                      • polish_aristocrat
                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 40377

                        #12
                        Originally posted by andrej_NDC
                        I got only a few...
                        what makes you think you will get them?
                        I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                        • andrej_NDC
                          Registered User
                          • May 2004
                          • 7760

                          #13
                          Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
                          what makes you think you will get them?
                          I dont care if not, but why not try it?

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                          • polish_aristocrat
                            Too lazy to set a custom title
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 40377

                            #14
                            Originally posted by andrej_NDC
                            I dont care if not, but why not try it?
                            well, you said "you got" some nice .eu domains, while it seems to me like you just pre-registered them and in 2 months there will be a draw and there's just a few percent chance that you will actually get them

                            ( havent read exactly everything re .eu domains, but i think it is like i said above^ )
                            I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                            • andrej_NDC
                              Registered User
                              • May 2004
                              • 7760

                              #15
                              Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
                              well, you said "you got" some nice .eu domains, while it seems to me like you just pre-registered them and in 2 months there will be a draw and there's just a few percent chance that you will actually get them

                              ( havent read exactly everything re .eu domains, but i think it is like i said above^ )
                              Yeah, I should have been more specific. Not sure how does it end in 2 months, who gets the generic term domains, if for example 1000 people pre-order them.

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                              • RevDennis
                                Confirmed User
                                • Sep 2005
                                • 222

                                #16
                                sunrise fase 2 just started (feb 7) see; eurid.eu/en/general
                                www.revenuecash.com
                                The Name Says It All!

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                                • mkx
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Nov 2003
                                  • 4001

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by [Maarten]
                                  It is still pre-registration. The second round started yesterday. In the first round you could only register domains if you owned a trademark. In this round you can only register domains that match your company/trade name. If you try to register names that are not the same as your official trade name you will not get it and you will NOT get your pre-registration money back, so be warned.
                                  so its a bit to early to be registering sex.eu etc., right?

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                                  • polish_aristocrat
                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                    • Jul 2002
                                    • 40377

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by andrej_NDC
                                    Yeah, I should have been more specific. Not sure how does it end in 2 months, who gets the generic term domains, if for example 1000 people pre-order them.
                                    with .info introduced 4 years ago,. most ICANN accredited registrars ( and there's like 100 of them ) accepted pre-registrations and then there was a lottery at the end

                                    to make it more precize, f.e you wanted badly a domain name like weather.info, so out of 100 registrars you made accounts with 25, with 10 you managed to be the first one to apply for weather.info ( 7 of them charged you a non refundable fee ), and in 5 other ones there was a bidding process, and ur application was submitted only if you were the highest bidder for that domain... but at the end there was a lottery for applications from all registrars for weather.info

                                    actually weather.info is a bad example, since the best genertic .info domains were all already acquired by cheaters who claimed bogus , often completely ridicolous trademarks in some African countries for particular generic terms in the "sunrise period"
                                    I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                    • Pinklinkz
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Nov 2005
                                      • 658

                                      #19
                                      bladehost

                                      try
                                      http://bladehost.net/domains/

                                      hope this is of use
                                      Link Exchanges Wanted
                                      www.pinklinkz.com

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                                      • polish_aristocrat
                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                        • Jul 2002
                                        • 40377

                                        #20
                                        btw, i just emailed Namecheap one hour ago and this is their reply

                                        Hello,

                                        We will be supporting .eu domains in the near future and are currently working on this. As of yet we do not have set policies as to exactly how it will function. I suggest you try again in the near future.

                                        Regards,
                                        Michael K.
                                        NameCheap.com
                                        ----- Original Message -----
                                        From: xxx xxx
                                        To: JerryG NC Support
                                        Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 6:33 AM
                                        Subject: .eu domains?


                                        hello,

                                        will namecheap offer .eu domains pre-registration, if yes, when and under what terms?

                                        thanks, xxx
                                        I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                        • Antonio
                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                          • Oct 2001
                                          • 14136

                                          #21
                                          any idea on how would they check if you're European resident? EU credit card?

                                          just curious, I heve friends all over Europe and will have to ask them to register a domain or two on my behalf

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                                          • defresto
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Mar 2003
                                            • 317

                                            #22
                                            i wanted to register a trademark to get one of them
                                            may be i'll open a firm for this case

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                                            • defresto
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Mar 2003
                                              • 317

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by Antonio
                                              any idea on how would they check if you're European resident? EU credit card?

                                              just curious, I heve friends all over Europe and will have to ask them to register a domain or two on my behalf
                                              adress and telephone
                                              may be you must send a fax to get a domain

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                                              • Antonio
                                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                • Oct 2001
                                                • 14136

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by defresto
                                                adress and telephone
                                                may be you must send a fax to get a domain
                                                you might be right, but that doesn't really prove residentship, for example any Chinese student that studies in Germany can register .eus, simply because he can provide address and telephone number

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                                                • andrej_NDC
                                                  Registered User
                                                  • May 2004
                                                  • 7760

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
                                                  with .info introduced 4 years ago,. most ICANN accredited registrars ( and there's like 100 of them ) accepted pre-registrations and then there was a lottery at the end

                                                  to make it more precize, f.e you wanted badly a domain name like weather.info, so out of 100 registrars you made accounts with 25, with 10 you managed to be the first one to apply for weather.info ( 7 of them charged you a non refundable fee ), and in 5 other ones there was a bidding process, and ur application was submitted only if you were the highest bidder for that domain... but at the end there was a lottery for applications from all registrars for weather.info

                                                  actually weather.info is a bad example, since the best genertic .info domains were all already acquired by cheaters who claimed bogus , often completely ridicolous trademarks in some African countries for particular generic terms in the "sunrise period"
                                                  interresting info, thx

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                                                  • andrej_NDC
                                                    Registered User
                                                    • May 2004
                                                    • 7760

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by Antonio
                                                    you might be right, but that doesn't really prove residentship, for example any Chinese student that studies in Germany can register .eus, simply because he can provide address and telephone number
                                                    I guess it will be the same as with .us domains. You can register it even if you arent an US citizen, but they can take it away from you anytime. And since "fake" whois is not possible anymore for .us domains...

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                                                    • andrej_NDC
                                                      Registered User
                                                      • May 2004
                                                      • 7760

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by [Maarten]
                                                      Yeah, although 100s of people tried it anyway.

                                                      see: whois.eu
                                                      sex.eu got pre-registered over 260 times

                                                      As I understand it works like this:

                                                      In the first sunrise period companies needed to send in documenation which proofs that they own a trademark on the name they want. That period has ended.

                                                      The second period is for companies that want to get a domain that matches their company and/or trade name. They also need to send in documenation to proof that.

                                                      If you applied for domains for the 1st or 2nd sunrise, but did not send in documentation, you will not get the domain anyway, and you will not get back your pre-registration fees.

                                                      The first company that applied who sends in valid proof of ownership of trademark/tradename will get the domainname.

                                                      After that the normal registration will open, and you can apply for all the domain names that are not taken.

                                                      And what about generic terms domains? Nobody can own a trademark for them.

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                                                      • andrej_NDC
                                                        Registered User
                                                        • May 2004
                                                        • 7760

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by [Maarten]
                                                        I think companies send in documentation that they use these generic names as a trade name. In most cases this is probably bullshit and the docs are fake, but I am sure many will get away with it.
                                                        its indeed bullshit, so Im curious who will get away with it

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                                                        • mkx
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Nov 2003
                                                          • 4001

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by [Maarten]
                                                          Yeah, although 100s of people tried it anyway.

                                                          see: whois.eu
                                                          sex.eu got pre-registered over 260 times

                                                          As I understand it works like this:

                                                          In the first sunrise period companies needed to send in documenation which proofs that they own a trademark on the name they want. That period has ended.

                                                          The second period is for companies that want to get a domain that matches their company and/or trade name. They also need to send in documenation to proof that.

                                                          If you applied for domains for the 1st or 2nd sunrise, but did not send in documentation, you will not get the domain anyway, and you will not get back your pre-registration fees.

                                                          The first company that applied who sends in valid proof of ownership of trademark/tradename will get the domainname.

                                                          After that the normal registration will open, and you can apply for all the domain names that are not taken.
                                                          Well explained thanks. Any idea when normal registration will open and do you have to have a company / residence in Europe in order to register?

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                                                          • SomeCreep
                                                            :glugglug
                                                            • Mar 2003
                                                            • 26118

                                                            #30
                                                            I remember when .in came out, people spent 5 trillion dollars registering every one they could think of. Now that .eu is coming out, people will spend 5 trillion dollars registering every one of those. As far as ccTLD's go, .us is where the money is at, and pre-registration for those was back in 2002, so you're all too late. Dont feel bad though, you only missed the boat by about 4 years.

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                                                            • mkx
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Nov 2003
                                                              • 4001

                                                              #31
                                                              .us is worthless as far as i am concerned. all us companies should use .com

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