Odd question - Why are there no CC domains

[coldgarb]

Do any of the old guys in here know why are there no CC domains in info,biz&mobi while they are there in other ext?

 

[JMJ]

I'm assuming you mean cc.info .biz etc. Icann has them reserved. .com .net and .org cc's were taken before the registry reserved them all. If one drops now it can't be re-registered.

 

[accent]

Yeah - the odd part is that there are two character .EU domains, released, what, two years ago?

Perhaps that is because .EU is considered a country code. Asia is not considered a country code - go figure.

 

[Rubber Duck]

Yeah - the odd part is that there are two character .EU domains, released, what, two years ago?

Perhaps that is because .EU is considered a country code. Asia is not considered a country code - go figure.

I think you should raise that point in the Asian Parliament!

 

[coldgarb]

hmmm same issue with .in as well

but seems like a loss for domainers who would have traded these names once in a while and made decent profit.
I dont understand what is the need of the registry to reserve these names?how does reserving these names benefit anyone?

 

[Jeff]

Maximizing profits!

I dont understand what is the need of the registry to reserve these names?how does reserving these names benefit anyone?

ICANN and the respective registries can benefit greatly in the future sales (or other "arrangement") of these L/LL domain names! :imho:

-Jeff

 

[Rubber Duck]

hmmm same issue with .in as well

but seems like a loss for domainers who would have traded these names once in a while and made decent profit.
I dont understand what is the need of the registry to reserve these names?how does reserving these names benefit anyone?

The names were reserved because of concerns about possible technical limits on the sizes of registeries. Those issues no longer exist and these will be auctioned off shortly. Expect single character dot coms to go for $10M upwards.

 

[Jeff]

Expect single character dot coms to go for $10M upwards.

Righto, and expect other arrangements with "L" domains in new and newer speculative extensions to fuel more hype and greed, IMHO. :red: :imho:
-Jeff

 

[coldgarb]

ok makes sense now