ccTLD The .bz Extension Showcase & Discussion

[VisualArtistFrankBonilla]

What gives with.bz?

I was reading about .bz from Sam (account closed), called .bz Drop Madness:

http://www.namepros.com/domain-appraisals/281407-bz-drop-madness.html?highlight=video.bz

Anyway, I found that Video.bz, Home.bz , Blackjack.bz ,and Movie.bz were available to register, so I regged them.

What is weird is that Home.bz, sold for $1,500 at Sedo.comon 10/29/07, according to www.Namebio.com . Black-jack.bz (the hyphen version) just sold for $3,120 ( why didn't they just register Blackjack.bz?), also at Sedo on 07/23/08, also per Namebio.

There are others that were in Sam's post, that are available to register:

Gas.bz
Property.bz
Oil.bz
Health.bz
Gold.bz
Bonds.bz
Television.bz
Sport.bz
University.bz
Art.bz
USA.bz
Tax.bz
Feel free to register these, as I am only regging the 4 I regged. I still don't have 100% faith in the .bz

Also, 3 other .bz's that have been sold before, per Namebio, are also available to register. These are:

Invest.bz sold 12/12/07 Sedo $160
Ski.bz sold 04/21/07 Sedo $170
eFile.bz sold on Afternic $25
Feel free to register these also.
Anyway, so what gives with .bz? Are people buying them, and then just letting them expire? NO buyers? Were these salesfor real?

Also, I sold News.bz, back in 2005, for $200. I probably could have gotten more, but I was afraid to ask for more, because it was a .bz,and I figured I would scare the buyer away!

Frank

 

[Dean]

wow...crazyness...but they are taken now...

 

[VisualArtistFrankBonilla]

Good

wow...crazyness...but they are taken now...

Ha! Glad someone got them!

Frank

 

[VisualArtistFrankBonilla]

The .bz Extension Showcase!

Even thought most people consider this a lousy extension (and it probably is!), I thought I would start a thread for poor old .bz! It seems as if many good keywords are now available. I was able to register these in the past 2 days:

Home.bz
Blackjack.bz
Search.bz
Porn.bz
Movie.bz
Games.bz
Video.bz

I sold News.bz in 2005 for $200.

Please post any names you have regged, sold, or anything else concerning .bz!
Again, I realize most people consider this a lousy extension, but let's give old .bz a chance!
Feel free to say how lousy this extension is also, if you don't like .bz!

Frank

 

[Michelle]

I just picked up business.bz

Open to offers

 

[Dean]

.bz has serious problems, only Moniker knows the domains are available, not even the NIC does.

 

[webcom]

Are you guys sure you've just picked business.bz, video.bz, etc? Do they resolve? Does the WHOIS show you as registrant anywhere?

The BelizeNIC whois shows them registered in 2001, 2004, etc

 

[MrRhee]

Looks like it may be a temporary registry connection problem. Looks like most, if not all, of those domains have been registered for quite some time.

Only moniker shows them as available... and it is not consistent.

I'm sure you'll get a refund after the weekend once moniker or belizenic corrects the problem.

but, then again, they may be available. good luck. ymmv.

 

[Michelle]

Looks like it may be a temporary registry connection problem. Looks like most, if not all, of those domains have been registered for quite some time.

I'm sure you'll get a refund after the weekend once moniker or belizenic corrects the problem.

.

Bummer I will await my refund then

 

[VisualArtistFrankBonilla]

Boo!

I just picked up business.bz

Open to offers

You rat! When did you get it? When I looked it wasn't available.

Frank

Looks like it may be a temporary registry connection problem. Looks like most, if not all, of those domains have been registered for quite some time.

Only moniker shows them as available... and it is not consistent.

I'm sure you'll get a refund after the weekend once moniker or belizenic corrects the problem.

but, then again, they may be available. good luck. ymmv.

Darn, I was kinda dreading it was something like that. Oh well, we will see. I can honestly say I wasn't planning on getting rich anyway. Has this ever happened before, a registry connection problem?
I thought someone had regged these years ago, but since they were .bz's they could never sell them, and finally let them expire.
The only weird thing is that not all domains show as available.I have submitted a support ticket to Moniker, let's see what they find out.
I checked the whois on all of the above names this morning, they all have blank information, except for Blog.bz, which apparanetly does belong to someone else. Weird.

Frank

Are you guys sure you've just picked business.bz, video.bz, etc? Do they resolve? Does the WHOIS show you as registrant anywhere?

The BelizeNIC whois shows them registered in 2001, 2004, etc

No,but it has only been a day, or two. I figured with a .bz, it would take a day or two. Crap!

 

[dalBono]

Those names were regged in 2007 and sold later to ... check it here

Btw, i have one : Laptop.bz

 

[Dean]

This is weird, have you guys been able to change nameservers successfully and park them? If so then I think they are yours.

 

[VisualArtistFrankBonilla]

Questions

This is weird, have you guys been able to change nameservers successfully and park them? If so then I think they are yours.

Movie.bz, and Vidoe.bz are parked at Sedo. I thought Sedo verified they were your's first, before you could list them? If someone else owned (which they probably do, how could I list them then? I guess none of this matters, unless your name shows up on the whois.
I have a support ticket in to Moniker. As soon as I get an answer, I will let you know what gives.
Frank

 

[Dean]

If you can successfully change where the NS point I think they are yours.

 

[Michelle]

You rat! When did you get it? When I looked it wasn't available.

Frank

!

:p you can always buy it before they take it back

I picked up xxx also gotta be worth $20 for the crack :sold:

 

[l-l-l.com]

i have one

forums.bz

 

[maniacbits]

i thoughtu got them but guess not.!

 

[Shenron]

I believe there is a huge glitch at the database...

Those names are obviously not available, so you'd better start hunting for a refund.

BTW.... I have FV.bz and HOE.bz for a long time now.

 

[Dean]

It might be a mistake or it might not be...we will see...

 

[VisualArtistFrankBonilla]

???

It might be a mistake or it might not be...we will see...

What is strange is not all names show up with a blank whois. If you look the whois for blog.bz, or money.bz, it shows information in the whois, but for others it is blank.
Another member here says he just renewed power.bz , but it has blank whois.
Well,like you say,we will see, hopefully soon.

Frank

 

[Michelle]

xxx and business are still in my moniker account.

:p

 

[maniacbits]

What is strange is not all names show up with a blank whois. If you look the whois for blog.bz, or money.bz, it shows information in the whois, but for others it is blank.
Another member here says he just renewed power.bz , but it has blank whois.
Well,like you say,we will see, hopefully soon.

Frank

It is clear as "MUD"

lol, well, jokes apart, i also regsiter "register.bz" yesterday and have gotten the letter from moniker the domains are successfully placed in to my account, but most likely I think it was done due to registry error, if not, then something went wrong, possibly name could have been dropped, by the registery, or by the person who had held those names reserved may be.

Because All of a sudden, not all the names could have dropped all at once, if it was just an single name then it would make sense, but these all are premium names, so I assume, there could be two possiblities.

1. All these premium names could be owned by "one person" and forgot to renew!! and again were avaliable to reg and may be it takes registry while to upload their whois. data.

2. All the names may be were held back by registry, and were released by some error, or were thrown out to reg.

3. Registry Error.



So cross your fingers mates, most likely we will not get these names, and get our refunds, but hoping for the best and playing a lotto where you get refund for not winning, is always a worth taking a chance.


Like they say.

"Winner never Quits, and Quitter Never Wins"


Good Luck
Regards
Maniacbits.!

 

[MrRhee]

xxx and business are still in my moniker account.

:p

I have several domains in my moniker account that are reg'd elsewhere.
Moniker said they processed, but I suspected a glitch. So I went to godaddy and reg'd what I needed.
for those particular domains, the NIC says that GoDaddy regs were successful, yet Moniker still shows them in my account.

still waiting for a refund too.


re: registry connections
with Moniker I have been able to reg names that were not really available due to registry being down. weird. when it comes to godaddy, when there is a registry non-connection, you can't reg anything in that extension. it won't even show up as available.

this is by no means a gripe against Moniker's service. I use them and have no other problems. Plus, if there is a slight chance that these premium ccTLDs do get reg'd, it's worth a shot.

re: .bz problems.
been like that for at least a week. whois shows up blank and then has data, back and forth. you can run lists of .bz and see names are available, run the same list right away and you'll see the domains are gone, back and forth. go to belizenic.bz and you'll see all the registry problems.

I just gave up.

good luck. ymmv.

 

[Michelle]

I have several domains in my moniker account that are reg'd elsewhere.
Moniker said they processed, but I suspected a glitch. So I went to godaddy and reg'd what I needed.
for those particular domains, the NIC says that GoDaddy regs were successful, yet Moniker still shows them in my account.

still waiting for a refund too.


re: registry connections
with Moniker I have been able to reg names that were not really available due to registry being down. weird. when it comes to godaddy, when there is a registry non-connection, you can't reg anything in that extension. it won't even show up as available.

this is by no means a gripe against Moniker's service. I use them and have no other problems. Plus, if there is a slight chance that these premium ccTLDs do get reg'd, it's worth a shot.

re: .bz problems.
been like that for at least a week. whois shows up blank and then has data, back and forth. you can run lists of .bz and see names are available, run the same list right away and you'll see the domains are gone, back and forth. go to belizenic.bz and you'll see all the registry problems.

I just gave up.

good luck. ymmv.

I dont actually think I own these Im just waiting for moniker to wake up

 

[aceeca]

I've got one: ace.bz , I'm looking for offers