two more ccTLD's want to open up registrations

AdoptableDomains · 04-14-2004, 12:45 PM

I read two news stories today of more ccTLD's that have their eye on getting more public registrations.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/industry-news/27008-two-more-cctlds-want-open-up.html

.pw, the domain of the pacific islands of Palau is going to promote it as "Personal Website" for individuals and communities. They already have it in beta testing stage.

Links to the stories:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...2151331&EDATE=

http://www.pwregistry.pw/

Looks like .cc/.tm/.ws/.tv/.la will have another memeber to their non-country country codes.

It also appears .ie, the ccTLD of Ireland is looking to open up registrations in the next 18 months. I don't know if this would be for general world use or just more open like .us did.

http://breaking.examiner.ie/2004/04/14/story142768.html

If they all start doing this, ccTLD's will lose their intended meaning just like most of the global TLD's have done.

RJ · 04-14-2004, 01:39 PM

.PW and .IE

I can't see either one of these being very attractive.

Jeff · 04-14-2004, 02:08 PM

".IE" has been around for a while though (" ... is looking to open up registrations"), I believe ... whereas this ".PW" (" ... in beta testing stage") seems to be along the lines of ".WS", ".CC", ".TK" and the rest of the lowlies, IMHO.

Link: http://www.irlgov.ie

.edu · 04-14-2004, 04:41 PM

.pw sounds like another .ws in the making.

AdoptableDomains · 04-14-2004, 05:19 PM

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Originally posted by .edu
.pw sounds like another .ws in the making.

Except in my younger single days, PW stood for something synonymous with "henpecked", that ended with "Whipped" on which I'll refrain from posting in detail.

I also wonder where they got "PW" out of "Palau" in the first place. PA for Panama and PL for Poland are taken by other countries, but PU should have been available.

Raf · 04-14-2004, 07:56 PM

Thanks for the news AdoptableDomains, keep us posted if anything new comes up.

AdoptableDomains · 04-14-2004, 08:50 PM

People are hardly buying .WS which is promoted as generic for WebSite that could "potentially" be used for personal or commercial sites. I think by focusing PW as "Personal Website" is almost as poor a stragegy as the .name strategy was in the beginning. Wouldn't "Professional Website" seem to make better marketing sense? Permanant, Profitable, Portable, Packaged, or Performance would all seem to be a better marketing plan to me than personal.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=27008

Although, if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's probably just a duck. At least for now, people who buy domains pretty much know a two character TLD is a country code and not a Global TLD no matter how you market it.

Jeff · 04-15-2004, 12:25 PM

Pee Ewwww (exactly).

Thanks for the cutting-edge info, as always Adoptable.
-Jeff

suthra · 10-20-2004, 12:24 AM

agrees with Mark's opinion

Lol@ jeff

ExpireGuy · 10-20-2004, 06:10 AM

It would appear the ,pw registry is really pushing the spam free email angle with this extention. How end users gobble it up remains to be seen. They've got alot of marketing to do before they can gain any momentum, but the anti spam theme might work....Lord knows endusers are up in arms about being inundated with advert garbage in their inboxes.

Anthony · 10-22-2004, 11:06 PM

The .pw registry doesn't actually allow domain registrations, I found out, but rather will allow someone to pay for the rights to sell email addresses at a .pw domain. Confused yet?

04-14-2004, 12:45 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
AdoptableDomains Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 4,027	two more ccTLD's want to open up registrations I read two news stories today of more ccTLD's that have their eye on getting more public registrations. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/industry-news/27008-two-more-cctlds-want-open-up.html .pw, the domain of the pacific islands of Palau is going to promote it as "Personal Website" for individuals and communities. They already have it in beta testing stage. Links to the stories: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...2151331&EDATE= http://www.pwregistry.pw/ Looks like .cc/.tm/.ws/.tv/.la will have another memeber to their non-country country codes. It also appears .ie, the ccTLD of Ireland is looking to open up registrations in the next 18 months. I don't know if this would be for general world use or just more open like .us did. http://breaking.examiner.ie/2004/04/14/story142768.html If they all start doing this, ccTLD's will lose their intended meaning just like most of the global TLD's have done. __________________ AdoptableDomains.com ~~~~~Finding Good Homes for Good Names~~~~~ FuelPrices.mobi - Fish.us - ManhattanNewYork.net - Salesmen.info - SoundSystems.org Dickering.com - JobPlacement.biz - LotteryTickets.ws - Deleted.cc - Names.im - MP3.hn

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RJ NamePros Webmaster Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,930 Follow @DomainBuyer	.PW and .IE I can't see either one of these being very attractive. __________________ @DomainBuyer facebook

04-14-2004, 02:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jeff Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: Winter Break© Posts: 29,526	".IE" has been around for a while though (" ... is looking to open up registrations"), I believe ... whereas this ".PW" (" ... in beta testing stage") seems to be along the lines of ".WS", ".CC", ".TK" and the rest of the lowlies, IMHO. Link: http://www.irlgov.ie __________________ Be cool. Be polite. Be professional.™

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04-14-2004, 08:50 PM	THREAD STARTER #7 (permalink)
AdoptableDomains Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 4,027	People are hardly buying .WS which is promoted as generic for WebSite that could "potentially" be used for personal or commercial sites. I think by focusing PW as "Personal Website" is almost as poor a stragegy as the .name strategy was in the beginning. Wouldn't "Professional Website" seem to make better marketing sense? Permanant, Profitable, Portable, Packaged, or Performance would all seem to be a better marketing plan to me than personal. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=27008 Although, if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's probably just a duck. At least for now, people who buy domains pretty much know a two character TLD is a country code and not a Global TLD no matter how you market it. __________________ AdoptableDomains.com ~~~~~Finding Good Homes for Good Names~~~~~ FuelPrices.mobi - Fish.us - ManhattanNewYork.net - Salesmen.info - SoundSystems.org Dickering.com - JobPlacement.biz - LotteryTickets.ws - Deleted.cc - Names.im - MP3.hn

04-14-2004, 07:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
Raf Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,746	Thanks for the news AdoptableDomains, keep us posted if anything new comes up.

04-15-2004, 12:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jeff Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: Winter Break© Posts: 29,526	Pee Ewwww (exactly). Thanks for the cutting-edge info, as always Adoptable. -Jeff __________________ Be cool. Be polite. Be professional.™

10-20-2004, 12:24 AM	#9 (permalink)
suthra Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,656	agrees with Mark's opinion Lol@ jeff __________________ A single smile can be a solution to several problems.:) www.adult.ec is for Sale! Why not make an Offer?

10-20-2004, 06:10 AM	#10 (permalink)
ExpireGuy NamePros Regular Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Next to what'shisname Posts: 416	It would appear the ,pw registry is really pushing the spam free email angle with this extention. How end users gobble it up remains to be seen. They've got alot of marketing to do before they can gain any momentum, but the anti spam theme might work....Lord knows endusers are up in arms about being inundated with advert garbage in their inboxes. __________________ Domain Names and Expired Domain name news.

10-22-2004, 11:06 PM	#11 (permalink)
Anthony NamePros Expert Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 9,134	The .pw registry doesn't actually allow domain registrations, I found out, but rather will allow someone to pay for the rights to sell email addresses at a .pw domain. Confused yet?

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