How do you buy international domains without residing in that country?

[prouser01]

I live in the usa. I want to buy .de .cn domain names, but it says you have to be residing in that country to buy them. Therefore, how do you buy them without having your domain away taken away from you for not living in that country? Because, there has to be a way to get them legally even if it is to sell them within a few months. So if anyone knows and have done this before, please let me know how do you carry this out!

Thanks in advance!

 

[mis_chiff]

Certain registrars will act as the "Required Contact" for you.

Godaddy used to do the .de - not sure if they still do.

Lots out there :gl:

 

[tkstark]

i've bought .de at moniker, .cn at name.

 

[Kate]

Anybody can own a .de, it's just the admin-c contact that must be a German resident. Some registrars will provide you with one, often for free.
As for .cn foreign registrations are presently halted.

 

[prouser01]

Certain registrars will act as the "Required Contact" for you.

Can you please name a few ones that do? (I am having trouble finding it, so please help me out!)

 

[mis_chiff]

Can you please name a few ones that do? (I am having trouble finding it, so please help me out!)

You'll have to google for others, I mentioned the only one I've used.... godaddy

 

[CanSpace]

You won't be able to get a .cn period. You have to manually send in documentation to prove you are entitled to the domain.

 

[thomassius]

Registering .cn:

I have some registered at name.com

Requirements:

I heard last month that China Gobernment is going to increase its control on domain name registration, and will ask for hand in written application forms.

Global Times - All .cn websites require business license

When I registered them I wasn't asked for it. Now, I still haven't been asked, but wouldn' be surprised if I was.

 

[Gerrit]

So .cn is no longer open to anyone? That's news to me, as long as I've known the extention they have been open to anyone in the world, with or without local presence. What will happen with the thousands of existing .CN domains owned by people who reside outside of China?


Anyways, to answer more generically to the opening question... First, verify if local presence is required. For some it is not (.co.uk, .be, .es, .in, .tv, ...) , for some it is but rarely enforced (examples would include .us) and some others are very strict in local presence (the Scandinavian countries come into mind)

Some registrars will offer local presence but it may cost you a lot and ALWAYS doublecheck that you are the owner and that the registrar only acts as a third party providing the local address, don't let the registrar own the domain you paid for.
Another option is to search for a trustworthy local who wants to register the domain for you and in whom you have faith that he will really let you use the domain as if you own it instead of him.

Not sure which registrars offer local presences but I own one .nl domain (anyone can own it, only for administration one Dutch address --not necessarily the domain owner-- is needed) and in my case I registered at United-Domains.net. They let me be the domain owner so that I am in full control, while they provided a Dutch address in one of the other fields. Price was 19 € per annum so I'd say that's a good deal.

 

[TLDrobi]

Certain registrars will act as the "Required Contact" for you.

Godaddy used to do the .de - not sure if they still do.

Lots out there :gl:

For registration a *.de domain, you need a "ADMIN-C", a natural person, what living in Germany. The problems with *.de domains is, that the german law is so quirly of your website content. The "ADMIN-C" is a contact person in Germany, which received your letters, if anybody (adwocat) find a mistake at your website. The "mistakes" are not for "free" in Germany. This is the backround of german domains ...

 

[mis_chiff]

For registration a *.de domain, you need a "ADMIN-C", a natural person, what living in Germany. The problems with *.de domains is, that the german law is so quirly of your website content. The "ADMIN-C" is a contact person in Germany, which received your letters, if anybody (adwocat) find a mistake at your website. The "mistakes" are not for "free" in Germany. This is the backround of german domains ...

Thanks for explaining that, I never did understand what was behind
the guys name on my whois - and ironically back then - godaddy had to
look into "why" someone else's name was there :lol: