Warning for buyers of Japanese .com - buy now or lose priority access

[Jay]

According to the matching-domain rules:

Registrants of a second-level domain name (in ASCII or IDN script) in the .com top-level domain that registered their domain name prior to the start date of the Priority Access Program Period for .コムon March 15, 2016 at 12:00 a.m. UTC (the“Existing .com Second Level Domain Name”) and that have held the registration of the Existing .com Second Level Domain Name for longer than the Add Grace Period (i.e. the Add Grace Period for .com registry is five calendar days), shall have the exclusive right during the .コム Priority Access Program Period to register the exact match of the Existing .com

So according to this, if you purchase a .com name after March 14, you will not be eligible for priority access to the .コム equivalent.

If you are thinking about buying a Japanese .com in the hope of getting the equivalent during priority access, you have one week left to do it!

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by Jay

According to the matching-domain rules:



So according to this, if you purchase a .com name after March 14, you will not be eligible for priority access to the .コム equivalent.

If you are thinking about buying a Japanese .com in the hope of getting the equivalent during priority access, you have one week left to do it!

Yes, but probably dodgy after the 9th depending on how intelligent your Registrar is.

[mxfusion]

Hi Jay, thanks. I misread it as buy .コム now before losing priority access!!

By the way, does anyone knows when can we buy .コム on name.com?