"in.fo" domain hack now available

[Matthew Doucette]

I looked into getting "in.fo" a long time ago, but it was not allowed as a .fo domain had to be three (3) characters long (or five (5) characters long including the ".fo".) I've looked into getting a lot of these domain hacks as I wrote a search utility to help find them. Anyways, out of the blue, I just received this email:

Today, 1. May, it is allowed to apply for the domain in.fo.

If you want to apply for this domain, then it is important, that you send your application today. If not, you can risk that someone else will take the name. You need to do this:

1) register the domain on 2 nameservers
2) make an application on www.nic.fo
3) sign the document, which will be sent to you, and fax it back to FO-Operator



regards

Petur Kirke
FO-umsitingin
Tinghúsvegur 9, Postbox 233
FO-110 Tórshavn
Faroe Islands
_________________________
tlf: +298 322400
fax: +298 322401
e-mail: [email protected]
site: www.nic.fo

So, it may be available. I was told a long time ago that I was #2 on the list. Just thought I'd share this with you all as I am no longer interested in it. Sorry if it is already taken.

...

Just looked up the change in .fo regulations:

A domain name shall consist of at least two characters (in
addition to .FO) and not more than 63 characters.

So they've dropped it down to two (2) characters from three (3). But you still cannot register a one (1) character. So a really short domain like "u.fo" is not a possibility yet...

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Are these domains even worth anything anyway?

 

[dnb8]

Fees

excl.
MVG

incl.
MVG

Registration fee for a Group A Application ( group A are trademark owners )

320,00

400,00

Registration fee for a Group B Application ( groub B are others )

720,00

900,00

Annual fee

360,00

450,00

Extra fee for temporary permission to use a Domain Name

960,00

1.200,00

Fee for notice warning

160,00

200,00

Fee for appeal to FO Council

480,00

600,00
prices in DKK
nice domain but fees are big, 6,5 DKK is 1 USD

 

[FanCube]

nice domain but fees are big, 6,5 DKK is 1 USD

Actually 1 USD is 5,9 DKK but still a huge registration fee.

 

[Kate]

It is difficult to register .fo.
Unless you are resident in the Faroese Islands I think your best bet would be to get a Danish trademark

 

[Matthew Doucette]

I'm not sure if they are worth anything, but I thought I would share, just in case. I'm sure "in.fo" is worth something to someone.

I was going to register http://ma.tt/ a long time ago, but the fees were too high and I already had a personal website that had PageRank and whatnot.

Maybe prices will decrease as time goes on. Regulations on ccTLDs in general certainly has.