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Ok so I “thought” I had registered Meta.sa via Marcaria. Sadly it wasn’t because registering a meta.sa domain needs a trademark if not a resident.
FYI meta.sa is the only domain that can be hand registered today.
why did I not proceed?
At $300+ to register (this includes trustee service fee) you still can’t register it because Marcaria will eventually tell you that you need a trademark prior to registration.
of course Marcaria will offer you a service to register a trademark for “meta” in Saudi Arabia doc $2700+ on top of the $300+
and even then you still can’t secure the domain Meta.sa because it takes 1 year to register a Saudi trademark.
in the meantime meta.sa is free to register.
even by Facebook or Saudi resident?
I give up. Too rich for my blood. Maybe someone can make use of this info.
Good luck to whomever finally lands this gem. Do let us know here. I got my refund.
thanks
FYI meta.sa is the only domain that can be hand registered today.
why did I not proceed?
At $300+ to register (this includes trustee service fee) you still can’t register it because Marcaria will eventually tell you that you need a trademark prior to registration.
of course Marcaria will offer you a service to register a trademark for “meta” in Saudi Arabia doc $2700+ on top of the $300+
and even then you still can’t secure the domain Meta.sa because it takes 1 year to register a Saudi trademark.
in the meantime meta.sa is free to register.
even by Facebook or Saudi resident?
I give up. Too rich for my blood. Maybe someone can make use of this info.
Good luck to whomever finally lands this gem. Do let us know here. I got my refund.
thanks