What to know when registering a .ee?

[kirkins]

Hi all,

Just purchased a .ee domain wth 101domain.com, after going over 100+ potential names for our mobile app we finally landed on a good one with an available clever domain using .ee, thinking we had purchased the domain and all is good we went out to celebrate.

This morning I get an email telling me that our domain is pending approval with the Estonian Internet Authorities. Apparently this process could take up to 30 days!

This posses a major problem for us as we want to start doing some branding around the domain as soon as possible.

So I'm here to ask anyone with experience purchasing .ee domains...

1. What are the chances we get rejected?
2. We realize it's 30 days max, but how long has it taken in your experience?


Cheers!

 

[lincolndsp]

since you are a fan of unknown have you tried .mobi? - it stands for mobile

 

[biggie]

Hi all,

Just purchased a .ee domain wth 101domain.com, after going over 100+ potential names for our mobile app we finally landed on a good one with an available clever domain using .ee, thinking we had purchased the domain and all is good we went out to celebrate.

This morning I get an email telling me that our domain is pending approval with the Estonian Internet Authorities. Apparently this process could take up to 30 days!

This posses a major problem for us as we want to start doing some branding around the domain as soon as possible.

So I'm here to ask anyone with experience purchasing .ee domains...

1. What are the chances we get rejected?
2. We realize it's 30 days max, but how long has it taken in your experience?


Cheers!

:talk:


always best to READ TOS prior to registering anything or signing up for any service.

from 1 & 1:


1. Registration Time Frame
30 days

a. Do I need to provide additional information for Estonia .ee? YES

Government issued company business registration number, any country, or for individuals, a valid government issued ID number. Required representative in Estonia is provided with Trustee Service.

b.Are some .ee domain names restricted?

Names identical to another registration, violating rights to third parties, names contrary to the laws of Estonia. See FAQs for complete restrictions.


c. Trustee / Proxy service offered? Fees? Yes
Details:
Don't Have All of These Requirements for Estonia .ee?
Use Our Trustee / Proxy Service!
Our trustee service provides the required local contact information. Note: Registration for 2 years may be required on some extensions.
Available at Checkout

.ee Trustee / Proxy Fee: 24.00 USD per 1 Year
.ee Trustee / Proxy Setup Fee: 0.00 USD


source: http://www.101domain.com/ee.htm




imo....

 

[kirkins]

Thanks @biggie we had looked at the page but I guess we overlooked the 30 day registration in our excitement.

As far as I can tell we aren't in violation of any of the requirements, and we did pay for the the 'trustee service'. All we can do is hope that they approve us in a week or two.

Why do Europeans have to be so bureaucratic :s

---------- Post added at 11:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:16 AM ----------

since you are a fan of unknown have you tried .mobi? - it stands for mobile

.mobi just seems horrible, I can't imagine a well branded product/site using one of those. Only situation it would be useful is if you had a desktop and mobile version of your website each on their own domain. Site.com and Site.mobi

That being said we did find the '.app' domains to be interesting. Unfortunately they are only taking pre-orders.

http://www.uniteddomains.com/new-top-level-domain/app-domain-registration/

 

[Jotu]

I registered mine with Tantum.ee ; I only had to sign a paper. It didn't took long before the domain got created.
I advise you to contact them, they are reliable and not expensive.