domain TESTMY.IQ

[Saif Al Mashhadi]

Great domain hack. Should get good money from the right buyer. Everyone wants an IQ test done and this is a really descriptive domain hack.

 

[AstoundingDesigns]

Worth about $20. Reg fee is $35.

 

[ImageAuthors]

This is not directly from CMC , communication and media commission the real price is 35 USD/ year CMC dot iq

From what I can tell, residency requirements get in the way. So registrars like 101Domain or Marcaria may be charging extra for a trustee service.

With an ongoing cost of $199 per year for non-Iraqis, this domain is too big a liability for anyone except an end user.

 

[ImageAuthors]

IQTest is available in many TLDs much cheaper than $35

Really? What TLDs? It's registered in .COM / .NET / .ORG. And even IQTest.me is listed by the .ME registry as a premium domain.

I suppose a person could register IQTest.country or IQTest.plumbing.

To be fair, TestMy.IQ would be worth something if it weren't for the high renewal cost.

 

[Saif Al Mashhadi]

Is 101domain or maracria are .iq accredited registrar !?, no they are not, you should get the price and the requirements from an accredited registrar .
No resedncy requirement for .iq , it is only for 3rd level domain com or net ..etc

 

[matrigaldo]

Really? What TLDs? It's registered in .COM / .NET / .ORG. And even IQTest.me is listed by the .ME registry as a premium domain.

I suppose a person could register IQTest.country or IQTest.plumbing.

To be fair, TestMy.IQ would be worth something if it weren't for the high renewal cost.

On CMC dot IQ the renewal cost is really $35/year, just checked. High, but not as high as other ccTLDs.

 

[ImageAuthors]

@matrigaldo

You're right. I've been looking over the CMC.iq documentation, and they do state $35 per year.

Unfortunately, I have not found any accredited registrars where I can buy or renew .IQ domains at $35 -- or even below $199. Maybe if I spent hours looking, I'd find them. But I have other things to do with my time.

The CMC does have a table of accredited registrars here:

http://www.cmc.iq/en/pdfcmc/IQ/EN/Registration Procedures for Normal Registrars.pdf

And? It's completely empty.

They also have some worrisome verbiage:

"The following should meet eligibility requirements in order to apply for (.iq) domain :
- commercial commissions.
- IT companies and service providers .
- Natural individuals, citizens, or residents in Iraq.
- Non-profitable organizations.
- Schools and private institutions recognized by Higher Education."

I'm none of those things. The requirements for third-level domains are more stringent even than that.

With so many obstacles, the domain is worth less. If the seller wants to encourage bidding in an auction, he should find a simple way for people to feel secure buying.

 

[Saif Al Mashhadi]

The table of accredited registrar are available on arabic site,
In your request for .iq if you are stated that you are school or organization you should give the papers and documents that support your request,
You can renew your domain through CMC since I applied my request through CMC.

 

[-EM-]

Really? What TLDs? It's registered in .COM / .NET / .ORG. And even IQTest.me is listed by the .ME registry as a premium domain.

I suppose a person could register IQTest.country or IQTest.plumbing.

To be fair, TestMy.IQ would be worth something if it weren't for the high renewal cost.

Those are the only TLDs you know?
.im, .fr, .li, .pm .re and many others are available.

 

[Saif Al Mashhadi]

Those are the only TLDs you know?
.im, .fr, .li, .pm .re and many others are available.

Im agree with you but how will be the domain testmy,im , testmy.pm tesmy.li , these are should be worthless , cheap domains

 

[RogueWriter]

I like the play on words, nice hack, but I would never build anything of worth on the .iq extension. Just uncomfortable with investing time/effort/money on an extension emanating out of an unstable region.

 

[-EM-]

Im agree with you but how will be the domain testmy,im , testmy.pm tesmy.li , these are should be worthless , cheap domains

Seriously? I hope you are joking.
I'd rather get IQTest.im than Testmy.iq.
test.iq would be the domain hack, testmy.iq is simply worthless in term of value and time.

 

[Saif Al Mashhadi]

Seriously? I hope you are joking.
I'd rather get IQTest.im than Testmy.iq.
test.iq would be the domain hack, testmy.iq is simply worthless in term of value and time.

so just get it

 

[RogueWriter]

Hey, you posted in the domain appraisal forum, these guys are giving you their appraisal. Saying, "so just get it" is not helpful. They aren't trying to buy a domain, they are trying to tell you that they believe this domain does not hold as much value as you think it does.

 

[ImageAuthors]

Those are the only TLDs you know?
.im, .fr, .li, .pm .re and many others are available.

You have opened my eyes. All these years working as a full time domain investor, and nobody ever told me there were more than 3 TLDs in the world. Thank you! Thank you! Let me kiss your hands!!!

I'd rather get IQTest.im than Testmy.iq.

.IM isn't relevant and gets in the way. I'm confident that 99% of the general public would prefer TestMy.IQ as an intuitive domain name to "test their IQ" rather than the nonsense you claim to find preferable:

TestIQ.fr
(as if the ccTLD for France were ideal for an English SLD?)

TestIQ.im
(instant messaging IQ tests? Huh?)

TestIQ.pm
(only in the afternoon?)

TestIQ.re
(for realtors?)

TestIQ.li
(You're seriously proposing an abbreviation for the world's tiniest country, Liechtenstein, as being more meaningful for IQ tests than the letters "IQ" themselves?)

Some domainers are so eager to find fault with other people's domains that they go out of their way to make ridiculous assertions.

@-EM-

Come on! Any fool can see that "Test my IQ" is a natural phrase whereas "IQ Test Li" is gibberish.

 

[RogueWriter]

Come on! Any fool can see that "Test my IQ" is a natural phrase whereas "IQ Test Li" is gibberish.

That's not the point. The point is that .IQ represents an unstable country. Part of Iraq has fallen to insurgents who are beheading people, for God's sake.

 

[ImageAuthors]

That's not the point. The point is that .IQ represents an unstable country.

More than one point has been made in this thread. If I respond to one, that doesn't mean I've ignored the other.

 

[N-A]

I think IQTest.LINK is more valuable for under 10 bucks than this domain with the instability in the region (again, thanks Obama) and restrictions placed on the .iq registrations (a trustee is a joke in the region right now, sorry).

 

[Saif Al Mashhadi]

That's not the point. The point is that .IQ represents an unstable country. Part of Iraq has fallen to insurgents who are beheading people, for God's sake

I may agree with you that Iraq unstable country , but .iq ccTLD are stable and no any technical issue noticed since it back to Iraq at 2005, you will not buy a home or a shop inside Iraq . you are purchasing domain have a dns servers world wide distributed

 

[Saif Al Mashhadi]

I think IQTest.LINK is more valuable for under 10 bucks than this domain with the instability in the region (again, thanks Obama) and restrictions placed on the .iq registrations (a trustee is a joke in the region right now, sorry).

No any restriction or trustee needed to register .IQ domain , domain registration are open for all

 

[N-A]

IQTest.LINK for under $10 is a viable and cheaper solution.