IDN.EU coming, only support Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic characters NOW.

[seesawgame]

Please enter all the eu domains to search for in the box below. Domains can be separated by commas or whitespace.

NOTE: Since the EU central registry does not allow IDNs just yet, we cannot check if this domain is actually available or not. EU IDNs only support Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic characters. To ensure that the IDNs you enter are valid, please check them at www.eurid.eu. Also, please see Who can register an EU domain?

NOTE: There are many preorders for the top domains. Failed preorders will receive an account credit, not a refund.

From Dynadot.com
http://www.dynadot.com/domain/launch.html

[tee1]

From the way I read it unless you are in the EU you watch this one from the sidelines?

what is the going rate for moving in with someone "virtually" or maybe call it a "cyber rental" :D


Who can register an EU domain?
" * An undertaking having their registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the European Community; or,
* An organization established anywhere within the European Community; or,
* A natural person resident within the European Community.

n addition, you must have an EU mailing address for your domain whois, in one of the following countries:

* AT (Austria)
* BE (Belgium)
* CZ (Czech Republic)
* CY (Cyprus)
* DE (Germany)
* DK (Denmark)
* ES (Spain)
* EE (Estonia)
* FI (Finland)
* FR (France)
* GR (Greece)
* GB (Great-Britain)
* HU (Hungary)
* IE (Ireland)
* IT (Italy)
* LT (Lithuania)
* LU (Luxemburg)
* LV (Latvia)
* MT (Malta)
* NL (Netherlands)
* PL (Poland)
* PT (Portugal)
* SE (Sweden)
* SK (Slovak Republic)
* SI (Republic of Slovenia) "

[alpha]

Failed preorders will receive an account credit, not a refund

http://www.idnplanet.com/webimages/YeahRight.gif

[tee1]

I view this as VERY good publicity for IDNs, if nothing else. JMO

they have such a great track record with IDN launches what are you worried about?
http://www.idnplanet.com/webimages/YeahRight.gif

[jacksonm]

what is the going rate for moving in with someone "virtually" or maybe call it a "cyber rental" :D


I am an EU resident, as well a capable DNS admin (a few of you have experience with me hosting very large numbers of your domains in my DNS and web servers).


Here are my prices:


* 1000 USD per domain administration fee per domain caught with back-order, which covers first year administration fee per domain, thereafter yearly administration fee is 50 USD per year per domain.

* 50 USD per year administration fee per domain registered during the first 30 minutes after launch.

* 10 USD per year administration fee per domain registered after 30 minutes from launch.


Contact via PM if you want my services.


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[NameIDN]

Name.com will be participating in the EU IDN launch. The cost at Name.com will be $9.99/year.

How many people have already pre-ordered an EU IDN? We are considering offering a pre-order service if there is interest.

[hatsutane]

Hi,
is there a sunrise period for european idn domains like standard character domains, i.e. some idn domains have been already reserved by trademark holders?
Thank you in advance for your help

[anthony101]

Hello all,

101domain.com supports all languages available for .EU IDNs as well as provides Local Presence services here:

http://www.101domain.com/eu.htm

1 year registrations are $14.95 USD with Local Presence/Trustee Services an additional $30 (for 2yrs.).

For IDNFORUM members, enter coupon code 478249644 through December 15th to receive an additional 20% off your .EU registrations and Trustee Services!

Best,
Anthony
101domain.com

[tee1]

Will you issue a refund for names not acquired during the launch?

The trustee service is very nice, but need I need a guarantee of a refund if not successful. Otherwise I will have to sit this one out.


Hello all,

101domain.com supports all languages available for .EU IDNs as well as provides Local Presence services here:

http://www.101domain.com/eu.htm

1 year registrations are $14.95 USD with Local Presence/Trustee Services an additional $30 (for 2yrs.).

For IDNFORUM members, enter coupon code 478249644 through December 15th to receive an additional 20% off your .EU registrations and Trustee Services!

Best,
Anthony
101domain.com

[anthony101]

Hi Tee1,

Our policy is to issue credits on account for any pre-registrations paid for before the go live date.

After this, if the domain availability or requirements have to be verified with the registry after payment is made, we can issue a credit on your account or a refund if the domain is unable to be registered for any reason - whichever you prefer.


Best,
Anthony
101domain.com

[Rubber Duck]

Probably run by the same umbrella White Supremest Group as Sedo.

Please enter all the eu domains to search for in the box below. Domains can be separated by commas or whitespace.

NOTE: Since the EU central registry does not allow IDNs just yet, we cannot check if this domain is actually available or not. EU IDNs only support Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic characters. To ensure that the IDNs you enter are valid, please check them at www.eurid.eu. Also, please see Who can register an EU domain?

NOTE: There are many preorders for the top domains. Failed preorders will receive an account credit, not a refund.

From Dynadot.com
http://www.dynadot.com/domain/launch.html

[idn]

Hello all,

101domain.com supports all languages available for .EU IDNs as well as provides Local Presence services here:

http://www.101domain.com/eu.htm

1 year registrations are $14.95 USD with Local Presence/Trustee Services an additional $30 (for 2yrs.).

For IDNFORUM members, enter coupon code 478249644 through December 15th to receive an additional 20% off your .EU registrations and Trustee Services!

Best,
Anthony
101domain.com

The local service presence is nice. How do you pre-order? First come, first serve?

[IDNCowboy]

101 mmm very cheap ;-)
Time to scoop up the finnish .eu names for $15

[NameIDN]

Name.com is now taking pre-orders on our EU IDN Launch (http://www.name.com/domains/eu-idn) page.

With regard to our refund policy. We will refund (not issue account credit) for any domains we are unable to acquire on your behalf.

Thanks!

Paul
Name.com

[alexd]

Paul

What happens if you successfully register a domain that was pre-regged by two or more clients ?? Is it first come first served, or some type of random draw as to who gets the domain ??

Alex

[NameIDN]

Paul

What happens if you successfully register a domain that was pre-regged by two or more clients ?? Is it first come first served, or some type of random draw as to who gets the domain ??

Alex

We are offering a first come, first served option as we believe it's the fairest way to handle it.

[Rubber Duck]

Paul

What happens if you successfully register a domain that was pre-regged by two or more clients ?? Is it first come first served, or some type of random draw as to who gets the domain ??

Alex

You will simply get hard cash turned into Registrar Credit, possibly less commission!!!

[alexd]

You will simply get hard cash turned into Registrar Credit, possibly less commission!!!

RD - read Paul's post above - he has said that Name.com will offer a refund, and not account credits !!

Paul - how would we know if we are the first to try and prereg a domain ?? Would it take our order regardless of the case where it has already been submitted earlier by another client ??

Alex

[NameIDN]

You will simply get hard cash turned into Registrar Credit, possibly less commission!!!

We are offering 100% refund for any domains we're unable to register. So if you pre-reg an EU IDN domain for $9.99 on your credit card and we are unable to reg it for you - you'll receive a refund on your credit card for $9.99.

I hope that clears up our refund policy.

Paul
Name.com

[NameIDN]

RD - read Paul's post above - he has said that Name.com will offer a refund, and not account credits !!

Paul - how would we know if we are the first to try and prereg a domain ?? Would it take our order regardless of the case where it has already been submitted earlier by another client ??

Alex

We check our system for already pre-registered domains when you use our pre-order form, so if someone has already pre-ordered the domain it will show as unavailable. If you are able to complete the checkout process then YOU are the client who owns that pre-registration. No one before you placed an order for that domain and no after you will be able to either.

The nice part about that is that the domain will immediately be in your account after launch if we are able to reg it for you, no waiting for a raffle type assignment.

Paul
Name.com

[tee1]

@Anthony
Is it first come first serve, how is 101domain handling multiple requests for the same name. Are you only taking one request per name?

I am getting anxious. The wife vetoed a move to the EU and I love launch day :D

Regards
Tim


Hello all,

101domain.com supports all languages available for .EU IDNs as well as provides Local Presence services here:

http://www.101domain.com/eu.htm

1 year registrations are $14.95 USD with Local Presence/Trustee Services an additional $30 (for 2yrs.).

For IDNFORUM members, enter coupon code 478249644 through December 15th to receive an additional 20% off your .EU registrations and Trustee Services!

Best,
Anthony
101domain.com

[idn]

@Anthony
Is it first come first serve, how is 101domain handling multiple requests for the same name. Are you only taking one request per name?

I am getting anxious. The wife vetoed a move to the EU and I love launch day :D

Regards
Tim

Been waiting for this info myself!

[anthony101]

We are on a first come first serve basis.

You will see on our site when you put a domain in your shopping cart, there will be a note that the domain is already in a shopping cart which tells you that someone else has already reserved with us.


best,
Anthony
101domain.com

[idn]

We are on a first come first serve basis.

You will see on our site when you put a domain in your shopping cart, there will be a note that the domain is already in a shopping cart which tells you that someone else has already reserved with us.


best,
Anthony
101domain.com

Great, well I went for some. Anyone else?

[alpha]

Great, well I went for some. Anyone else?

care to share which languages.. I can't decide.

[idn]

care to share which languages.. I can't decide.

primarily Spanish and a few others. I considered Bulgarian, but just could not pull the trigger. I'm probably just a sucker. Under 10 in total though.

I've never joined in on a domain rush so part of it is for the sport. ha ha.

You should order 1 or 2 just for the hell of it.

[tee1]

Great, well I went for some. Anyone else?

I went for a few myself, might try for a couple more. thanks Anthony.



care to share which languages.. I can't decide.

Right now I am focusing on the English ones, moving to pig Latin next :lol:

[tee1]

I went for a few "Bulgarian" names and a couple of Spanish names, thinking about a French and German as well.

trying to keep it under 10 names as well. I just couldn't lay off the "Bulgarian" ones, like a moth to a flame.

primarily Spanish and a few others. I considered Bulgarian, but just could not pull the trigger. I'm probably just a sucker. Under 10 in total though.

I've never joined in on a domain rush so part of it is for the sport. ha ha.

You should order 1 or 2 just for the hell of it.

[idn]

I went for a few "Bulgarian" names and a couple of Spanish names, thinking about a French and German as well.

trying to keep it under 10 names as well. I just couldn't lay off the "Bulgarian" ones, like a moth to a flame.

Yeah, I could have easily pre-ordered 100 because of that pesky "what if" syndrome.

Thankfully my pizza was delivered.

[tee1]

If 101domain would have offered a refund & the Local Presence/Trustee Services I probably would still be pre-ordering/registering.

[idn]

If 101domain would have offered a refund & the Local Presence/Trustee Services I probably would still be pre-ordering/registering.


I suggest you keep ordering then hand out 101domain credit gift certificates at Christmas.

[tee1]

I suggest you keep ordering then hand out 101domain credit gift certificates at Christmas.

that thought hadn't crossed my mind, one that did was 101domains will probably have this deal for the .asia launch the .org launch I can just build up account credit. :rolleyes:

[sarcle]

Nevermind...

[domainguru]

care to share which languages.. I can't decide.

Which is precisely the problem with .eu IDNs .... ;)

[IDNCowboy]

Which is precisely the problem with .eu IDNs .... ;)

Let us wait til .com .net takes off

.eu now? ;-)

[Fka200]

Well, that was a waste of time.

[alexd]

Well, that was a waste of time.

Meaning that you had about as much luck with PreRegs as I did ??

[Fka200]

Meaning that you had about as much luck with PreRegs as I did ??

I'd assume yes :-).

At least now I'm forced to use my Dynadot credit to renew some domains that have been sitting red for a while now.

Let us wait til .com .net takes off

.eu now? ;-)

I still remember the whole .ws fiasco. I think it was blast that started it.... all that wasted money :-P. All the domains I let go are now taken tho, so hopefully someones having some luck with them, lol.

I do see more of a point to .eu versus .ws... but only targeted languages.



Almost every decent keyword (even some random ones) are now taken in .eu... jeez?! Were that really that successful?

[alexd]

Actually, it seems I did better than I thought.

I had pre-regged 9 IDN.eu domains with Name.com.
In my control panel it shows me that 6 of them are "Pending Submission" whilst the other 3 "Failed".

However, having done a check on the whois ( http://www2.whois.eu ) of the 6 that are "pending", my information is in the whois for 3 of them !!

So I am assuming that out of the 9 pre-regs with Name.com, I was able to get 3 of them. A 30% success rate - which can't be too bad.

Alex

[blastfromthepast]

That whois server sure is slow.

[Fka200]

At least it was somewhat an adventure!

I wonder what the "valuables" were for the .eu tld. Obviously the Latins were probably worth trying, but what about the rest?

[idn]

Big fat zero here.

Same company and same person got most of my pre-orders.

Hopefully I will have better luck during the next .eu domain rush.

[sarcle]

0 for 2. Oh well.... Now gimmie my money back....

[eurumy]

From 15 pre orders I have only one registered on my name
бдсм.eu means "bdsm" in Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian and Serbian, not sure if worth something, just hope

[blastfromthepast]

Got 2 out of 20.

[tee1]

I woke up with as many .eu's as I had when I went to bed ZERO.

although it seems like maybe IDNs are catching on :)

[jacksonm]

I woke up with as many .eu's as I had when I went to bed ZERO.


Same here, because I didn't even attempt to register any. Colossal waste of money, if you ask me. Right up there in the same category as dot asia.

[markits]

O out O here.

[sarcle]

Right up there in the same category as dot asia.

Eh, .eu is at least being adopted, used and an understandable ext. WTF does .ASIA mean to an average asian?

[mulligan]

Didn't go down this route, though out of interest, a short scan says Ireland didn't reserve their name, Greece and Spain did, россия.eu (Not reserved), москва.eu (Not reserved), секс.eu, порно.eu etc were taken on release, didn't go any further than that.

[blastfromthepast]

Only current and candidate countries were reserved. But I read that according to policy, any country can request and take away their geoname in .eu.

[alexd]

Didn't go down this route, though out of interest, a short scan says Ireland didn't reserve their name, Greece and Spain did, россия.eu (Not reserved), москва.eu (Not reserved), секс.eu, порно.eu etc were taken on release, didn't go any further than that.

One thing I did notice for Greek GEOs, was that a large number of Greek cities were unavailable to register, as the domains are "reserved for Member State Greece (GR)". Some such city domains include ...

Αθηνα/Αθήνα.eu ( Athens )
θεσσαλονικη/θεσσαλονίκη.eu ( Thessaloniki )
Βόλος/Βολος.eu ( Volos )

There were also a number of Greek islands as well that we reserved, including ...

Ρόδος/Ροδος.eu ( Rhodes )
Μυκονοσ/Μύκονοσ.eu ( Mykonos )

Out of interest, does anyone know if Eurid reserved such domains for all EU countries, or did the countries in question have to request this ??

Alex

[blastfromthepast]

There is a pdf with the list of reserved names on the EURid website.

[alexd]

There is a pdf with the list of reserved names on the EURid website.

Blast - do you have a link to that PDF. All I could find on the site was a text list of reserved names in Latin !!

No Need - Just found it -http://www.eurid.eu/files/560_2009_EN.pdf - Looks like Greece have reserved a huge number of them !!

Thanks

Alex

[mulligan]

Out of interest, does anyone know if Eurid reserved such domains for all EU countries, or did the countries in question have to request this ??

I think not .. Éire.eu .. registered by a German registrant with a German registrar

[sunsei21]

well German is out in the lead no surprise 900 000+ :)

[dice1116]

1 out of 12 for me.

[davnin]

zero for me :(

[NameIDN]

Those that pre-registered with Name.com, we had an overall success rate of just above 30% for all attempted names. We will be issuing full refunds for all domains we were unable to register later today.

Paul
Name.com

[rofsjan]

Remarkable: According to http://www.eurid.eu/files/560_2009_EN.pdf
Bulgaria didn't reserve София.
Ireland reserved ирландия (Ireland in Russian).
Turkey, which is not an EU-member, reserved a couple of names.

[mulligan]

Ireland reserved ирландия (Ireland in Russian).

Bizarre .. didn't reserve their country name - Éire.eu

Good to know someone is at the steering wheel .. :rolleyes:

[Wot]

Bulgaria +? :)

спорт.eu

блог.eu

карта.eu

компьютер.eu

[Drewbert]

From 15 pre orders I have only one registered on my name
бдсм.eu means "bdsm" in Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian and Serbian, not sure if worth something, just hope

So do I, so do I. :^)

[Drewbert]

Those that pre-registered with Name.com, we had an overall success rate of just above 30% for all attempted names.

That's a pretty good result, I would say.

[Drewbert]

http://www.domainnamenews.com/registries/eu-idn-launch-german-language-domains-top-spots/6797

In the .EU IDN launch today German lanugage .EU domains with Umlauten (special characters) took the top spots. Also the majority of registrants of the newly released domains are from Germany according to EURid , the registry for the regional TLD. The first domain registered was ärzte.eu, meaning Doctors in German.

As expected the majority of names has been registered through the numerous registrars of realtime.at and will be auctioned at Sedo starting 3pm CEST tomorrow.

First 10 IDNs registered...

[bwhhisc]

0 for 0 for me.

After pissing away a bunch of money on the .ws and .biz dirt rushes, i predict the third time will NOT be a charm either with idn.eu.

[idn]

Props to 101domain.com.

Although I did not receive any of my pre-orders (they were quite competitive keywords) I received a monetary refund instead of an account credit. Very nice gesture indeed!

[tee1]

Props to 101domain.com.

Although I did not receive any of my pre-orders (they were quite competitive keywords) I received a monetary refund instead of an account credit. Very nice gesture indeed!

+1

thanks to 101domain.com as well.

[555]

2 of 24 with Dynadot.

[Wot]

Had not realised I got this one until yesterday, quite good I think?

евро.eu

[dice1116]

Had not realised I got this one until yesterday, quite good I think?

евро.eu


Nice one, I got Propriété.eu

[davnin]

Remarkable: According to http://www.eurid.eu/files/560_2009_EN.pdf
Bulgaria didn't reserve София.
Ireland reserved ирландия (Ireland in Russian).
Turkey, which is not an EU-member, reserved a couple of names.

Heheheheh :D
Italy reserved also Valled'Aosta.eu

[Laurense]

I registered only one IDN .eu , új.eu = new (hungarian).

[mkellerman]

I got a few product categories (cosmetics, electronics etc) in French and Spannish.