.asia (your opinion)

[likepeas]

.asia !!!! post your comments and opinions.

1)What you think of .asia ?
2)Do you think there are gonna be some great sales in .asia ?
3)Is there a future in .asia ?
4)Will it be better than .in or .eu ?
5)Are you gonna buy a .asia ?
6)Is there actually a future in .asia or is it a .tv case ?
7)Have you bought a .asia ?




Taken from godaddy.

General Registered
Marks 11/13/2007 – 1/15/2008
Registered Trademarks applied before 12/6/2006.


Extended Protection 11/13/2007 – 1/15/2008
Register any domain name containing registered trademarks. For example, if company "XYZ" has a trademark, it can apply for "XYZchemicals.asia".


Registered Entity Names 11/13/2007 – 1/15/2008
Domain name applied for must correspond with the registered entity name.


Landrush
Pre-Registration 11/13/2007 – 1/31/2008
Pre-register any name not containing a trademark or any name containing a trademark applied for after 12/6/2006. A trademark is not required to pre-register for the landrush period.


Landrush February 2008
General registration.

 

[domainer50]

1. Just another ccTLD
2. Yes, as always
3. Not the brightest but it will have high points.
4. No
5. No
6. I would say its got the .tv syndrome
7. No

 

[Kate]

I don't think it's a good TLD at all
.in or .eu look like more solid investments to me :imho:

 

[Alan Glennon]

I love loaded questions.

6)Is there actually a future in .asia or is it a .tv case ?

 

[XJ]

1) Just another TDL, and a greedy one at that.
2) There are more people with money than with experience, so yes.
3) Yes.
4) Only the fox knows.
5) Yes.
6) Long-term, there is a future.
7) Yes.

 

[Name Trader]

I see .asia more like .eu. Asia is made up of many countries speaking different languages. Just like Europe. Both have the potential of being a unifying web presence. Both will stumble on this point. The bigger countries like China and India are unlikely to accept .asia as their tld when they already have strong tld's of their own. Just like UK and Germany. You may find smaller countries may more readily accept .asia/.eu than the bigger countries. It may work best for intra-eu/asia trading from the smaller to bigger countries. The bigger companies will want the .asia names and trademarks.

I think it's a bit of a damp-squid launch. ONLY 15,000 applications is ridiculously small. How many people and companies in Asia? Billions.

I do like the way that if there is more than 1 pre-registration on a name, then the domain goes to auction. That's much fairer than they way .eu handled their launch (which was awful all round).

 

[WolfMother]

Is there actually a future in .asia or is it a .tv case ?

Please elaborate on what the ".TV case" is.

 

[domainer50]

Please elaborate on what the ".TV case" is.

Overpriced and undersold.

 

[skylineleong]

Yes, .asia is long term investment.
Buy if can register premium .asia. It good investment.
Example : casino, poker, movie, music, xXx , sexy, mobile, phone.

But register .asia limit to domainer.

* Afghanistan, Antarctica, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Georgia, Heard and McDonald Islands, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga Islands, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Yemen.

 

[DnEbook]

i think the countries that it caters for will embrass it quickly (united asia) ??????

 

[likepeas]

Q20.  	When will .ASIA TLD be available?
	
  	

It is planned that .ASIA TLD will be launched within 6-9 months after the agreement between ICANN and DotAsia is signed. The initial launch will be phased to take into consideration intellectual property considerations as well as the best interests of the rights of others in the community. The first stage will be the Sunrise Period for trademark owners. .ASIA TLD will then be generally available to eligible customers after the Sunrise Period. Details of the arrangements will be announced as they become confirmed. Please stay tuned.

http://www.dotasia.org/

 

[likepeas]

any one else ?

 

[onewordonly]

I'll buy a few just for specuation