.asia registration

[mitok]

As far as i know, .asia is not ccTLD, it is gTLD.

When i try to register .asia at Dynadot, i am asked to choose Asian country from which i am, and to write number of ID. As i am not from Asia, i stopped registration. Any experience with this?
And is it possible to reg legally .asia? Thanks

 

[DorianGray]

hi,

yes, this is the case with .asia domain registrations. a similar restriction applies also to .eu domains. so you can consider these two as semi-generic tlds. i registered some .asia domains before, and it was easy because my country has territories in the asian continent. nevertheless there must be a way around, and I really don't know wether they check those IDs or not. anyway the safest way is to find a real and trusted ID for sure.

cheers.

 

[mitok]

Thanks for your reply.
Anyone know some any way of legal registering .asia without involving some other person who is from Asia, as i am not? Thanks

 

[Joep]

I use DomainMonster for .asia domains.
They have an office in New Zealand so that info is used for the reg part where an asian address is needed.

 

[mitok]

Thank you. I opened an account there few minutes before so will try them. Just didnt liked that i had to type my credit card number just to open account, but heard for them many times so i believe i will not be scammed.

Thank you both, rep added.

 

[Joep]

Thank you. I opened an account there few minutes before so will try them. Just didnt liked that i had to type my credit card number just to open account, but heard for them many times so i believe i will not be scammed.

Thank you both, rep added.

Glad I could help.
If you don't like to make creditcard payments you can make a deposit (wire or so) which will be stored in your account.
Whenever you are charged for regs/hosting you can pay with this 'prepaid amount'.

 

[SiberForum]

Why should you be scammed. They are legit domain name registrar. I do not think you will have any problems with them.

 

[vitalir]

people do you still have faith in .asia?
I dropped all 3 of mine this year - total dead-end IMHO

 

[mitok]

Well, i dont like to give my credit card number just for registration, but ok, i heard for them a lot of times so it is ok.

 

[glaxxon]

It's actually good companies require credit card no.'s for registration.
This provides for security against scammers and fraudsters. Though obviously you shouldn't submit your info to untrusted websites.

 

[dtommy79]

Hi Mitok,

Did you have any luck with DomainMonster?

I'm also interested in buying .asia domains, but I'm not from an asian country either.