ccTLD dot al domains value

[Edi]

Dear members,
I have some keyword domain names with extension .al (Albania)
Does this extension worth any bucks?

Some of my domains are:
magic.al (also can be used as a domain hack "magical")
channel.al
photos.al
maps.al
construction.al

Could you give me any valuation how much worth those domains?
What do you suggest to do, better to keep them or to sell them?

 

[Animator]

It says: Registrant must have a copy of the company registration in Albania and passport number of contact person.

So in other words, your company name must be called "magic" and must be registered in Albania and also be an Albanian citizen plus $194/year

If it was as easy as you think i would get the politic.al (available) domain in a heart beat.

 

[Edi]

Animator,Time passes and thinks change. Lately ccTLD .al changed its policies.
The new rules are: Every Albanian citizen and companies registered in Albania can register as many domains as they want.
The official price now is $10/year or $20/2 years
Don't try to register from companies asking you $194/year. I think they are cheating you.
Try HOST.AL Domaine .al, .com domains 15 Euro they are good company and are very reliable. I have 6 domains registered through them.
They ask you €16/year and you can pay via Credit card, Alertpay and Moneybookers.
But please be patient registration takes time.

Any good suggestion for domain hack would be welcome.

 

[Animator]

But please be patient registration takes time.

How much time does it take?

At godaddy it says 12 weeks.

That's crazy.

 

[Edi]

How much time does it take?

At godaddy it says 12 weeks.

That's crazy.

I could not find any info at godaddy website.
May you send me any link?
May be they aren't yet accredited registrar for .al and are registering domains with a third part company registered here.
I usually register them within 1-2 weeks

 

[nothere]

Dear members,
I have some keyword domain names with extension .al (Albania)
Does this extension worth any bucks?

Some of my domains are:
magic.al (also can be used as a domain hack "magical")
channel.al
photos.al
maps.al
construction.al

Could you give me any valuation how much worth those domains?
What do you suggest to do, better to keep them or to sell them?

Maps has some value, the rest do not imo. Maybe use it for Alabama maps

 

[Pichichi]

is there any way of registering .al names withoug being albanian citizen?

 

[nothere]

is there any way of registering .al names withoug being albanian citizen?

Yes, through a proxy. They seem very reliable HOST.AL Domaine .al, .com domains 15 Euro Total yearly price is about $20 a year.

 

[Animator]

Im still waiting for host.al to change my name server... it's been 15 days now and they keep telling me:

"We will try tomorrow for change the name server."

2 days later...

"We are waiting tomorrow some news about this process."

And tomorrow... another tomorrow... another tomorrow...

I hope this is not a scam.

 

[Kate]

I heard that the registry is not automated yet, changes must be processed manually.

 

[nothere]

It's not their fault and Host.al is not a scam. They submit the changes but it takes a while now (2-4 weeks) with the rush in regs and since it's done manually by the Government. On the positive side, you are able to register some very good names, names that a registry would have reserved.

 

[Animator]

As anyone lost a domain name at Host.al ?

 

[nothere]

As anyone lost a domain name at Host.al ?

What do you mean lose? Applied for a name and denied?

 

[Animator]

What do you mean lose? Applied for a name and denied?

I mean Active and then Terminated.

 

[nothere]

I mean Active and then Terminated.

I think those are done manually. You apply and it shows automatically. But if it's approved, they make it manually show as green. Maybe they made a mistake to green it out? I had some names taken by others (applied before me) and they disappeared from my account. Some now are green and I am waiting for the the government to activate them.

All you have to do is open a ticket and ask, it can be frustrating but it will become automatic this year they say. I look on the positive side, I am able to register many good names at $20 /year.

Look on their announcements and see if your name shows https://support.host.al/announcements.php

 

[smalltime]

I unfortunately had tradition.al listed as green and active in "my domains". It was pointing to a welcome page in German. I contacted Host.al and they responded with a big "Im sorry letter".

In all fairness to host.al, it was a manual mistake and they immediately refunded my money once i brought the mistake to their attention. I believe Nikolin just turned all of my sites active because I bugged him so much. He must have accidentally jumped the gun on that one.

https://support.host.al/announcements.php is somewhat useless because it does not show who was awarded the domain it just says it was approved for host.al.

I would not get your hopes up until the names point to your chosen nameservers.

 

[nothere]

They just got today the notice of rejections for tradition.al (someone else got it first) https://support.host.al/announcements.php?id=26
NUK PRANOHET aplikimi juaj per regjistrim e emrit te domainit: express.al , tradition.al

Informacion: Domain name e kerkuar nga ju jane te proceduara per subjekte te tjere.

I think that their system (host.al) only allows a person to order a domain that is not in the host.al system already so tradition.al must have been ordered from another site or directly through the Gov. To test, I tried ordering a name registered with them and got this "# The domain you entered is already registered with us - you will need to cancel it prior to placing a new order # " so if you ordered through host.al and your info is in the bottom part (see shes.al Rezulton i rregjistruar ) it's yours.


As for they happen when it's done manually. They need to automate this...and not make any mistakes when transferring the data to the computers

I unfortunately had tradition.al listed as green and active in "my domains". It was pointing to a welcome page in German. I contacted Host.al and they responded with a big "Im sorry letter".

In all fairness to host.al, it was a manual mistake and they immediately refunded my money once i brought the mistake to their attention. I believe Nikolin just turned all of my sites active because I bugged him so much. He must have accidentally jumped the gun on that one.

https://support.host.al/announcements.php is somewhat useless because it does not show who was awarded the domain it just says it was approved for host.al.

I would not get your hopes up until the names point to your chosen nameservers.