.Ca & .Us

[inflames]

if .ca ext's are only allowed to be registered by canada residents , are .us only allowed to be registered by united states residents ????

 

[Delete]

that is how it supposed to be but of course there are canadians regging .us & vise versa. I own a couple .ca names myself.

 

[Kodeking]

Its a written rule, but hey, rules are meant to be broken

 

[DSL]

yes but you always gamble by registering country domains unless you are of that country because for example china just made a couple new rules for .cn i forgot what they are though.

 

[Coastalguy]

It's like finding a needle in a haystack.
Have you heard of anyone getting "caught"? No seriously, has anyone ever been caught?

ST

 

[Wilfredo]

Its never good to brake the rules in these cases cause someone maybe would report you or something ?

But hey everyone does it so if you want to gamble go ahead ;D

 

[Darren]

I live in Northern Ireland and own .us domains. One of them I registared myself at NameCheap.

Would this same rule apply for .co.uk domains then?

 

[jane118]

I live in canada...

I own

.ca, .us, .de, .co.uk, domains.

.de domains require the admin contact to be german...u can put the registrars...

.ca requires canadian presence...same as us....


but there are ways around

 

[g0ldy]

anyone can register any lol.

Im in sydney nad got a .us name

 

[Darren]

When you registar a .co.uk domain you are sent a Registratant Notes form from Nominet.uk... You need to send this back to comfirm your domain name.

I can't remember, but can you put in an address outside of the UK when registering a .co.uk domain?

 

[jane118]

i havent gotten any letter!!!
:P

 

[Delete]

worst case scenario is you lose reg fee. I'm sure most registrars rather have you spend more $ then lose you.

 

[armstrong]

I own .us domains. Well, technically my Delaware corporation owns the domains, which is good enough justification to own .us domains legally.

If you invest in a good a mount of valuable .us domains, it would be advisable to get a similar legal setup. Otherwise, anyone coveting your names can fire off a simple complaint to the registry and get your domain cancelled. Hasn't happened yet, but that's only because the .us namespace isn't very popular yet.

 

[Chris_C]

I don't see any problems with registering .us regardless of your nationality. Whenever I've reg'd .us it's been using the following criteria:

Category 3 - Bona Fide U.S. Presence
Regularly engages in lawful activities (sales of good or services or other business, commercial or non-commercial, including not-for-profit relations in the United States).