.ac domains...

[X_GuardiaN_X]

I know it's hard to put a price on .ac domains since they aren't very common. I'm aware that they usually aren't worth much. Just to get an idea though, for example, how much would you say premium one words generally go for (e.g. games.ac, money.ac, music.ac, etc.)? I have a domain in mind and just want to make sure I'm not blowing the money since they are expensive. Thanks!

 

[polin]

Reg Fee to low $xxx without development.

 

[X_GuardiaN_X]

So basically the best you could do in most cases is make back the reg fee?

 

[holeinone]

Except for generic names , i doubt whether sub-standard names will go for even the reg fee

 

[khuldun]

werent the .ac domains basically the academic domains? or is this a new tld?

 

[holeinone]

They are branded as academic, just like .WS for website, .TV for television, .CC for creditcards etc..

 

[Ben]

.ac is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ascension Island. It is administered by NIC.AC, a subsidiary of the Internet Computer Bureau based in the United Kingdom. Registration for this domain is open to anyone.

.ac is also a second level domain for academic establishments, such as Universities, in a number of countries, such as the United Kingdom (.ac.uk), Japan (.ac.jp), Austria (.ac.at), and many many more. Many countries use .edu for the same purpose, for example .edu.au in Australia, .edu.my in Malaysia. Still other countries (examples include France and Switzerland), do not maintain a second level domain specifically for academic institutions. Rather, each institution will have its own second-level domain (such as sorbonne.fr for the Sorbonne, or tum.de for the Technical University of Munich).

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