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03-19-2009, 02:37 PM
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I've allways heard of .com. br ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/568341-br-com-not-a-cctld.html Are you buying it as a Brazilian ccTLD? If you are then you may be being taken for a ride. http://meiobit.pop.com.br/meio-bit/i...dominios-brcom http://macmagazine.com.br/blog/2008/...za-das-brabas/ These 2 links above (in Portuguese) basically say that  it's a scam. Aparently it sells for about 7-8 times the price of the .com.br domains.Here's the explanation of how the scam works; They (CentralNic Ltd from the UK) registered the domain br.com and now are selling sub-domains, saying that this is the latest market trend, and requiring less documentation. As you can imagine you will not have full control of your domain. |
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03-19-2009, 03:23 PM
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| NamePros Regular Join Date: Jun 2007
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| Nope It's Definitely .br.com I got the names about 4 weeks ago and your the 5th people who has quoted thats the TLd is wrong... Is there someone in this forum that can comfirm what's right please. Cheers Jag |
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03-19-2009, 04:57 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tucson AZ
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      | br.com is not a ccTLD it is a subdomain of www.br.com. The correct cctld I believe is just simply .br. They might have .com.br too but I have not seen this, only straight .br. It doesn't mean your domain is worthless... necessarily.. to the right person though. |
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03-19-2009, 04:59 PM
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????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=568341 Take a look at this page >> http://www.answerable.com/domain.php look in Other Extensions: There I found .Br.com And read on Wikipedia that it's a Brazil tld >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.br | ||||
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03-19-2009, 05:43 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Madeira Island-Portugal
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| I've allways heard of .com. br Are you buying it as a Brazilian ccTLD? If you are then you may be being taken for a ride. http://meiobit.pop.com.br/meio-bit/i...dominios-brcom http://macmagazine.com.br/blog/2008/...za-das-brabas/ These 2 links above (in Portuguese) basically say that it's a scam. Aparently it sells for about 7-8 times the price of the .com.br domains.Here's the explanation of how the scam works; They (CentralNic Ltd from the UK) registered the domain br.com and now are selling sub-domains, saying that this is the latest market trend, and requiring less documentation. As you can imagine you will not have full control of your domain. As you can see your domains are actually sub-domains of the domain .br.com Brazil.br.com Carnival.br.com Flight.br.com Flights.br.com Quite easy to get some people off guard. As an example lets look at the domain del.icio.us It was registered as the domain icio.us and then they created a sub-domain, thus becoming the very well known and creatively named del.icio.us On the second link they give an example of the domain www.tuppi.br.com which was registered by CentralNic Ltd from the UK and Administered by Network Solutions from the US. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=568341 As a matter of curiosity, were those domains fairly expensive?
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03-19-2009, 06:13 PM
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 ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=568341 Perhaps we could put an alert out here at NamePros about this SCAM.
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03-19-2009, 09:12 PM
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????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=568341 Thanks For the Info... Thread is Now Updated Could I get a Refund??? or just leave them parked?? and see how it goes??? Brazil.br.com = Parked under my own site Carnival.br.com = parked sedo Flight.br.com = parked sedo Flights.br.com = parked sedo Please Advice | ||||
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03-21-2009, 11:13 AM
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Hello I did some research i.e http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.br Never mind cant get a refund either. | ||||
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03-21-2009, 12:25 PM
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03-21-2009, 08:23 PM
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| Look at what Centralnic are selling. Has anyone ever heard of .us.com? yourname.eu.com - European Union yourname.us.com - United States yourname.gb.com - Great Britain yourname.uk.com - Great Britain yourname.de.com - Germany yourname.ru.com - Russia Check this link; https://www.centralnic.com/names/domains As you can see CentralNic has a list of about 25 countries including the .la domain which is allocated to Laos, but the registrar site Centralnic claims it to be associated with the city of Los Angeles!  What's amazing is how much they are charging for these virtually worthless sub-domains 101domains.com and a number of other registrars are also selling these types of sub-domains.  ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=568341 If this is not a scam, then what is the correct term?
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03-21-2009, 08:40 PM
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????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=568341
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03-22-2009, 12:24 AM
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 | http://i44.tinypic.com/ieh74w.gif .br registry doesn't allow registrations in second level, like yourname.br These are the official second level names under .br * ADM.BR - Administrators * ADV.BR - Lawyers * AGR.BR - Agriculture-related companies and/or websites * AM.BR - AM radio companies, licenced by the Brazilian Communications Ministry * ARQ.BR - Architecture * ART.BR - Art: music, folklore, etc. * ATO.BR - Actors * B.BR - Exclusively for bancary environiment use (online banking, etc). * BIO.BR - Biologists * BLOG.BR - Blogs * BMD.BR - Biomedics * CIM.BR - Brokers * CNG.BR - Scenographers * CNT.BR - Accountants * COM.BR - Commercial websites in general * COOP.BR - Cooperatives * ECN.BR - Economy * EDU.BR - Higher education institutions * ENG.BR - Engineers * ESP.BR - Sports * ETC.BR - Entities that do not fit in previous categories * ETI.BR - I.T. Specialists * FAR.BR - Pharmacies and drugstores * FLOG.BR - Photologs * FM.BR - FM radio companies, licenced by the Brazilian Communications Ministry * FND.BR - Phonoaudiologists * FOT.BR - Photographers * FST.BR - Physiotherapists * G12.BR - K12 education institutions * GGF.BR - Geographers * GOV.BR - Government entities * IMB.BR - Real estate * IND.BR - Industries * INF.BR - Media and information * JOR.BR - Journalists * JUS.BR - Brazilian Judiciary Branch of the State. * LEL.BR - Auctioneers * MAT.BR - Mathematicians and Statisticians * MED.BR - Medics * MIL.BR - Brazilian Armed Forces * MUS.BR - Musicians * NET.BR - Exclusively for providers of physical communication means, legally habilitated for the prestation of public telecommunication services * NOM.BR - People * NOT.BR - Notaries * NTR.BR - Nutritionists * ODO.BR - Dentists * ORG.BR - Non-profit non-governmental entities * PPG.BR - Publicity specialists and Marketeers * PRO.BR - Teachers * PSC.BR - Psychologists * PSI.BR - Online service providers * QSL.BR - Radio amateurs * REC.BR - Recreational activities, entertainment, leisure, games, etc. * SLG.BR - Sociologists * SRV.BR - Services providers * TMP.BR - Temporary events, such as fairs and exhibitions * TRD.BR - Translators * TUR.BR - Tourism * TV.BR - Sound and image broadcasters, licenced by the Brazilian Communications Ministry ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=568341 * VET.BR - Veterinarians * VLOG.BR - Videologs * WIKI.BR - Wikis * ZLG.BR - Zoologists
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03-22-2009, 01:56 AM
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Find a potential buyer who may be interested in generics, aware of the sub-domain issues. You could develop niche websites and promote them with proper SEO. Place affiliate links & banners and earn commissions from Traffic you generate. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=568341 Again, note that these are all subdomains, and can vanish at anytime when br.com (Central NIC) goes out of business. All the best! 
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03-22-2009, 10:38 PM
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Thanks For The Advice... Nice Pic by the way | ||||
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08-17-2009, 02:49 AM
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| brazil.com $500,000 i would say brazil.br.com is a well worth $40, bit i guess nobody would ever spend the time and money on developing it because of the risk that Central Nic would fold/reclaim the name (can they reclaim names?)
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08-17-2009, 05:21 AM
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????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=568341 Dean is right though. You should do more research before you plunk your hard earned cash down for anything. Lesson learned I guess. Still an expensive way to learn it. | ||||
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08-17-2009, 11:40 AM
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| CentralNic Domains Hi All, Somehow I missed this thread. I've been working for CentralNic since 2001. We've been selling our sub-domains since 1995. It's not a scam. I hope you'll allow me to make our case here... When you register a domain name, you are given certain rights & abilities...
So just as ISPs, hosting companies, and domain holders of all sorts (including many members here) issue and/or sell email addresses on their domains for others to use, CentralNic sells sub-domains. Companies like AOL, Earthlink, & Google have issued millions of email addresses on their domains. Hosting companies have issued sub-domains since the beginning of the Internet, some for a fee and some free. Issuing sub-domains is really no different than issuing email addresses, just less taken advantage of by most companies. You can do the same on your domains if there is any demand. In our case there has been a demand and we've taken advantage of it since 1995. Nothing has ever been hidden, nor is there anything new here (and nor is it a "scam"). We do not call our domains "ccTLDS" or even "TLDs" and we do not encourage our registrars or resellers to do so either (although sometimes, mistakenly they do). We properly call our domains "two-letter, country-specific domain names" we do properly call them "alternative domain names" and we do properly call them "domain names". There is nothing misleading about that. Regarding the claims that our domains can vanish if we go out of business. How can anyone defend that? All I can say is that we've demonstrated a commitment to the domain industry since 1995 and have no intentions of changing that. Anyone can go out of business. Even ccTLDs are subject to changes in government, etc. which happened with the .co ccTLD several years ago. So this is a risk that is inherent with many ccTLDs today. Regardless, I'll admit that this is a calculated risk that any registrant takes but our record has been very good and we've always been profitable and have hundreds of thousands of paid registrations and registrants that we are committed to as a business for over 14 years. Regarding our pricing, it was the strategy we chose. We did not want to be the home to every spammer and phishing site online and did not want to give our sub-domains away. People have responded and given us business. We've watched many "free" sub-domain offers come and go in a blaze of spam and phishing sites. That was not what we wanted for our business. We chose a higher pricing level so that preferably serious buyers registered our names. We didn't want a single buyer to register all of the best domains. It's all just business and we don't twist people's arms. Regarding value of the domains, we have always tried to be very careful NOT to create any hype or disinformation about our domains. Value is in the eyes of the buyer. We have tracked aftermarket activity and have seen a few of them sell for several thousand dollars in the aftermarket and we think their acceptance is growing. But we've never marketed them as "traffic" or "investment" type domains. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=568341 They are what they are; no more and no less. We provide an easy-to-remember alternative to the others. Anyway, I'm happy to answer any questions that people may have here.
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