Is there any risk having domain registrar act as agency for a gTLD

chodhry said:

I really liked a gTLD and wanted to register but that country has some restrictions and require some info which I don't have. My registrar has another option.

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.Asia is the only gTLD that somewhat matches your description. Are you sure you aren't referring to a ccTLD?

chodhry said:

Is it safe to go ahead and get the domain. If that hits the market and become a success can they just grab it because I do not exist for the registry?

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As long as the registrar acting as your agent is legit, you have nothing to worry about. I recommend that you use 101domain.com as your registrar and agent for the domain. They are an established company and agent service that you can trust.

If your company becomes a huge success, you can transfer your domain to a company like CSC or MarkMonitor to act as your agent.

I wouldn't take the risk if the site has the potential to be huge - soon as I hits the media you know that country will take it back or as for some compensation.

if you are looking at a little site that will run under the radar, go for it.

urlurl said:

I wouldn't take the risk if the site has the potential to be huge - soon as I hits the media you know that country will take it back or as for some compensation.

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That would be pretty unlikely unless the registrant was doing something that was against the rules for that particular country.

If you were concerned about it, you could use a ccTLD that already has hugely successful businesses using it without any problems from the registry: .co, .me, .ly, .io, etc.

I went ahead and registered it.

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my bad, yes it is a ccTLD I was talking about.