.de Ownership issue of .de domain and Sedo auction

[alistair80]

hey there,

as we all know .us domains are available for purchase to US residents and business entities. by the same token, .de domains are for German nationals.

now, i understand that neustar has no technical ability to monitor all the ccTLD domains being registered nor can they do spot checks on registrant info.

however, i see .de domains whose owners are not from Germany are sold on auction...

my question is particularly about Sedo (where a large number of .de domains are listed):

does Sedo reject listing requests/ payout of .de domains whose owners are not from Germany (based on unfounded ownership)?

Any feedbacl appreciated

Cheers!

 

[Kate]

.us != .de

Anybody can own a .de, but if the holder does not reside in Germany, then you need to appoint a local admin contact for the domain. But the registrant (holder) can be foreign/non-resident.

For .us it's different, the registrant must satisfy nexus requirements, in practice being a US national or resident, or a local company.
Basically ownership rules are more relaxed in .de.

 

[alistair80]

Anybody can own a .de, but if the holder does not reside in Germany, then you need to appoint a local admin contact for the domain. But the registrant (holder) can be foreign/non-resident.

For .us it's different, the registrant must satisfy nexus requirements, in practice being a US national or resident, or a local company.
Basically ownership rules are more relaxed in .de.

Thank you very much. I am from the US and was thinking of getting a .de domain and was wondering whether or not I can...

As far as .us domains go, I bought a few premium .us domains (strong keyword, cpc, seach volume) but realized that the previous owners werent from the US. I believe it happens on a reseller platform (domain push to another account without any 3rd party monitoring)

So basically what you're saying is that i cannot OWN a .de domain if i dont have a local ( Germany)admin contact.

 

[Kate]

Many registrars can provide you with their local admin contact, even for free. Even godaddy does it I believe.

As for .us I know that many domainers are not in compliance with nexus rules :]