short of knowing someone in europe, is there another way to register a .eu domain if you live in the us?
there are a lot of good names to register with the .eu extension. I don't have any, but I believe in it in the medium run.
I suppose, there should be some registrars offering a proxy service for .eu names. Another option is to ask someone living in the European Union to help.
I saw a domain I liked, but the only extension that was left was .eu. Not something I would try and build on, but for resale.
it is unlawful to register for a .eu domain without being resident here. If you want to be on the safe side you should set up an EU company to register the sites. However, that cost ($300-600) is likely to put most people off.
Will .eu fail? For most of us who bought .eu domains when they were first released it has been a long and slow path. EU European domains have a number of obvious natural hurdles: 1. Europe does not share the same language; 2. European countries have hundreds or thousands of being nation states vying with each other for land, wealth and intellectual dominance (both at home and abroad). Each State has a very strong national identity which it fears giving up to join the wider EU community; 3. The US has been the internet powerhouse of the world. This means that the necessary technical challenges a multi-lingual site faces have only recently begun to be addressed by a minority of sites that have a global audience. It has just not been necessary in terms of cost benefit to face the challenges when lower hanging fruit has existed. Eurid Eurid has also made a number of significant mistakes in its handling of the sunrise period and claims for domains by bogus IP holders (usually holding some Benelux document to verify that they have the right to e.g. business.eu). .EU Despite the above many people think .eu will be successful (it is a slow slow burner). In my opinion it will, not least because I am going to try and make this .eu site successful!, because many consumers are tired of going to .com sites to discover that .com really means .US. Often when buying goods or services online you reach a .com site which advises at checkout (only) that they hadn't considered you might not actually be American and therefore they have no way of delivering your goods, or allowing you to pay in a different currency or even allowing you to download the products (often due to licensing agreements between European and US licence holders). The European consumer is there for the taking....we just need some European online entrepreneurs to step forward and take them. clickco.eu