Hong Kong, 13 March 2008 – DotAsia Organisation announced today that a total of 473,633 domain registration applications were received within the 3-week Landrush period. Including Sunrise and .Asia Pioneer Domains, the number of applications totals to over half a million: 505,838. .Asia registry will Go Live on March 26, domain names will be available on a First-Come-First-Served basis. “The results exceeded our expectations. We are very pleased with the enthusiastic demand for the .Asia domain. This is a testament to the global interest in the thriving Asia Internet marketplace, and the investment appeal for the most prestigious cyber real-estate in Asia,†says Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia. “It will be interesting to see which of the domain names would fetch the highest prices in the auction. I believe we could be in for some surprises.†45,697 domains received more than one application in Landrush and will go to auction. Out of which, “buy.asia†was the most sought after, with over 400 applicants fighting for the name. Others in the top 5 include: hot.asia, gold.asia, fun.asia, girl.asia. 1,051 domain names received more than one application during Sunrise. Among which, “sex.asia†received the most Sunrise applications, with 14 prior-right claims filed. A live ticker and the latest auction results can be found on www.registry.asia. The top registrar in the .Asia Landrush was AsiaDNS (www.asiadns.asia). Others in the top-10 include: Dotalliance (www.dotalliance.asia), Communigal Communications (www.galcomm.asia), GoDaddy.com, Key-Systems (www.domaindiscount24.asia), Gabia, HiChina Web Solutions, DomainPeople (www.domainpeople.asia), Yesnic and NamesBeyond.com. “.Asia opened great opportunities for AsiaDNS. Even with high expectations, our results nearly doubled our expectations! We were able to attract new customers from around the world who understands the value of a .Asia domain.†said Frederick Schiwek, EVP of AsiaDNS. About DotAsia Organisation: DotAsia Organisation is a not-for-profit, community-based organisation incorporated in Hong Kong. Asia has developed into a global force in the international commercial, political and cultural network. The .Asia domain aspires to embrace this dynamism in the Asia Century to become a nucleus, intersection and breeding ground for Internet activity and development in the region. Visit: http://www.registry.asia for more information. http://www.dotasia.org/pressreleases/DotAsia-PR-LRClosed-2008-03-13_EN.pdf
Out of the top 5 i managed to hit the following: hot.asia fun.asia girl.asia Hoping that everyone else who wanted these will miss the auction
Different from registrar to registrar. I picked up most of mine at Eurodns for 4-6 Euro each. Got some at Godaddy also for a higher price. I am just guessing but the price will probably land around $10-$15 per year after this promotion period.
Did anyone reg at eurodns.com...? do you know when/we will be informed if we received the domain/date of auction
Even I had registered at EuroDNS but still didnt receive any notifications. Has anyone got any notification?
Still no notification, but i have not received any from Godaddy either where i also registered a couple of domains.
When I mailed EuroDNS a week back they said I will receive a notification within 1-2 days. But now its been 6 days and still no info.
Yup, i heard the 18th, today is the 21th... Since the general registration opens on the 26th it would have been good to know which domains you get before that...
I just sent new emails asking about this to both EuroDNS and Godaddy. Will post their answers here as soon as i get them.
Got an reply from Godaddy support.. Support people are always helpful and go the extra step for you....
I have now also received an answer from EuroDNS: Lets hope we get them today then.. If Asia registry is located in asia it is actually quite late today already. 17.45 here in Shanghai China....
no answer from euro dns, nothing even shows up in my account as pending or anything.... is it the same for others? my only concern is that i ordered a few hours before the end so i dont know if the application went through....
I have now received the following for two of the 300+ domains i have tried to register in landrush period....
yes that is from EuroDNS, still nothing from Godaddy or for the other domains i ordered from eurodns. The funny thing is that the email says it is from the sunrise period when they were registered in the landrush period.
Oh ok. I still haven't received a mail from them. But most likely the domain I registered will go into an auction!! I saw a site where you can check if the domain you registered has more than one application. Check it out. http://www.rar.info/cgi-bin/asia-online.pl