Did .asia screw over their registrants?

[alpha]

• First, dot asia launch ascii.asia via sunrise and auction
• Then they grandfather in ascii.asia to IDN.asia via sunrise and auction
• Then they publicly say they will apply for at least 4 new gtLD transliterations of "asia", suggesting that there will be an opportunity to again be grandfathered in (cough hack: auction) to the full idn.idn

Originally Posted by from dot Asia website

Hong Kong, 2011 July 12 - Following the approval from ICANN for the implementation of the new gTLD (Generic Top-Level Domain) program, DotAsia today announces its plans to support new gTLDs from Asia, including its own IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) TLDs: ".亚洲/.亞洲 ", ".アジア", ".아시아", etc. and applications from other Asian new gTLD applicants.

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no doubt a bunch of the above were sold and bought in auction based on the idea they would apply for these.

thing is, i don't remember seeing a gTLD application for any of these?

[tee1]

did they say they were going to apply in first round for the various .asia gtlds? My initial thought was maybe they missed the date/forgot about it ect. Except Mr. Edmon Chung is the contact for 14 new gtld apps hmmmmm. Maybe a different "Edmon Chung" although the email listed is info"@"tld.asia

They seem to be apps for 3rd parties so maybe they didn't have the funds.

string applicant location Contact
BOX NS1 Limited HK Mr. Edmon Chung
HKT PCCW-HKT DataCom Services Limited HK Mr. Edmon Chung
INC GTLD Limited HK Mr. Edmon Chung
KIDS DotKids Foundation Limited HK Mr. Edmon Chung
NOW Starbucks (HK) Limited HK Mr. Edmon Chung
NOWTV Starbucks (HK) Limited HK Mr. Edmon Chung
PCCW PCCW Enterprises Limited HK Mr. Edmon Chung
RICHARDLI Pacific Century Asset Management (HK) Limited HK Mr. Edmon Chung
SPA Asia Spa and Wellness Promotion Council Limited MY Mr. Edmon Chung
STUDIO Namesphere Limited HK Mr. Edmon Chung
广东 Xinhua News Agency Guangdong Branch 新华通讯社广东分社 CN Mr. Edmon Chung
新闻 Xinhua News Agency Guangdong Branch 新华通讯社广东分社 CN Mr. Edmon Chung
電訊盈科 PCCW Enterprises Limited HK Mr. Edmon Chung
香港電訊 PCCW-HKT DataCom Services Limited HK Mr. Edmon Chung

[alpha]

Originally Posted by tee1

did they say they were going to apply in first round for the various .asia gtlds? My initial thought was maybe they missed the date/forgot about it ect. Except Mr. Edmon Chung is the contact for 14 new gtld apps hmmmmm. Maybe a different "Edmon Chung" although the email listed is info"@"tld.asia

yep, that's it, must of slipped his mind.

[squirrel]

who here owns .asia domains

[bumblebee man]

Originally Posted by alpha

yep, that's it, must of slipped his mind.

Well, you can easily forget that .asia actually exists.

[alpha]

Originally Posted by squirrel

who here owns .asia domains

I have 1 ascii.asia, and 1 matching grandfathered idn.asia

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by alpha

I have 1 ascii.asia, and 1 matching grandfathered idn.asia

1 Born every 1 Minute.

[alpha]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

1 Born every 1 Minute.

I've bought crazier things when I've been bored.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by alpha

I've bought crazier things when I've been bored.

I know what you mean. Since packing in work, Lenka has acquired an obcession for Ebay.

Mind you, she has yet to bid on a dot Asia.

[tee1]

Originally Posted by alpha

I have 1 ascii.asia, and 1 matching grandfathered idn.asia

so lets see you bought 1 matching idn.asia, I will admit I regged around 10 so that would make 11 registered. One other note, wasn't last spring the 1 year anniversary of their "grandfathering" announcement, so if others were like me and didn't renew........ I bet they looked at their current registrations/drops last spring and said nah, not going to drop the 185,000, btw is there anyway to tell if actually applied and then they asked for a refund?


we should start a poll what is the "worst" extensions.... I got it "top " extensions? although we would need to remove .ws or it wouldn't be worth it because we all know who would win. No offense to anyone who has actually registered /renewed one of those "Western Samoan", extensions.

[yanni]

Originally Posted by tee1

we should start a poll what is the "worst" extensions.... I got it "top " extensions? although we would need to remove .ws or it wouldn't be worth it because we all know who would win. No offense to anyone who has actually registered /renewed one of those "Western Samoan", extensions.

I have a "developed" .ws and it brings in a few bucks monthly
This still doesn't take away the sh*tiness of the extension.

[Drewbert]

Originally Posted by alpha

I've bought crazier things when I've been bored.

We need to get you a 2nd job.

[bwhhisc]

Originally Posted by yanni

I have a "developed" .ws and it brings in a few bucks monthly
This still doesn't take away the sh*tiness of the extension.

Perhaps things would go better if they got "Western Samoa" to change the name of their country to "Web Site".

[mulligan]

Originally Posted by yanni

I have a "developed" .ws and it brings in a few bucks monthly
This still doesn't take away the sh*tiness of the extension.

Same here, abt $250ish a year now, used to do a lot better
Anyway, it gets renewed every year.

[yanni]

Originally Posted by bwhhisc

Perhaps things would go better if they got "Western Samoa" to change the name of their country to "Web Site".

There was a small town in the US West Coast(?) that changed their name to smalltown.com a few years back. So, there is hope for W. Samoa.

[yanni]

Originally Posted by mulligan

Same here, abt $250ish a year now, used to do a lot better
Anyway, it gets renewed every year.

Mine's a bit less successful.