.jp is an expensive taste

[floatingworld]

I have just registered a .jp domain name with
http://www.jp-domains.com/index.php
The average charge from other registration sites for .jp appears to be in the range $99-$150. An expensive taste I think you will agree.

 

[1rrr1]

expensive for you maybe, but people in japan has high living costs so maybe it doesn't matter too much for them.

 

[MissFlora]

I know that most registered .jp are company names, organisations, schools. Very little do you see personal sites as compared to .com, .net.

Flora.

 

[FedPrimeRate.com]

I'm curious: do you work for jp-domains.com?

What name did you register???

 

[William9]

expensive for you maybe, but people in japan has high living costs so maybe it doesn't matter too much for them.

You are certainly entitled to your opinion 1rrr1, however, I don’t know of any facts that support that reason you give. Here is a quick cost of living graph, not perfect as it is general Cost of Living (not JUST food or health care) from http://www.factbook.net/Cost_of_living.php

Your argument that it relates to cost of living would mean that a United Kingdom CCs (eg. .co.uk) should be five times more expensive than a Tuvalu CC, as the cost of living is more than five times as much? However, the registration cost is the reverse!

I speculate that there are several forces effecting registration fees, however, cost of living is not play a significant factor: The most significant factor is the number of middle men. With those increased middle men layers, the role of competition is all but negated.

Good luck.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

I've never had a referral from a .jp site that I'm aware of. I get some google.co.jp results,I really figured that it was the same in .jp as it was in .uk.
-Allan

 

[floatingworld]

noo I don't work for jp-domains.com. There appear to be only a limited number of .jp domain sellers as they have to be in a position to offer a proxy Japanese address to international buyers who are not resident. jp-domains.com are the cheapest one I can find that's all. For those wanting to build web sites related to Japanese culture or business .jp may have more status than .com as a ccTLD.

 

[FedPrimeRate.com]

what name did you register? I'm curious to know if it is an English word/name or Japanese word/name.

AmCy

 

[floatingworld]

It is an English word/name eg JapaneseArt, but I am also thinking about an English word/Japanese name eg Kimono.

 

[kw31]

A lot of country TLDs still have a lot of restrictions on them
I saw a site that lets you register a one character country TLD, my payment got through and everything was alright, but then 1 week later they refunded and said it's not allowed

 

[floatingworld]

There are no restrictions on international ownership of a .jp domain name and the domain can be hosted anywhere. However if you are not resident in Japan then you are confined to using the few registration providers who can provide a Japanese address for you. From a cultural point of view geisha.jp would carry equal/more cachet than geisha.com. Similarly, berlinwall.de is in my mind a nicer extension than berlinwall.com. The same goes for tajmahal.in. The .com has maybe better short-term value but some ccTLDs have very interesting potential.