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Interesti.ng. The first .ng domain name has been registered.

25 points by OoTheNigerian 16y ago

tgandrews 16y ago
I didn't see a date when this would become available for everyone. I tried registering an Estonian domain once (.ee TLD), but require the business to be registered there. Don't countries realises domain names are just that, names. The ending really means very little to people. Who thinks all .tv domains are companies from Tuvalu?
- endtime 16y ago
  Well, Tuvalu sold their TLD to a private business...kind of a different situation.
yuvadam 16y ago
It's only a matter of time before the Nigerian authorities realize how much money they can make from allowi.ng TLD registrations.
- sjs 16y ago
  Wonder if they allow single-letter domain names. I'd love to get i.ng and just go nuts with it. ti.ng would be pretty good too.
  - cosmicray 16y ago
    I wanted urm.om, but Oman didn't seem like the kind of place that go there.
    - timparker 16y ago
      omnomn.om would have been the one!
borism 16y ago
yay! let the DNS system abusi.ng begin!
locopati 16y ago
What is the reliability of TLD registrations in other countries? While it seems like a nice idea to have a clever name, have there been problems working with foreign registrars?
- natrius 16y ago
  Your domain name is subject to seizure no matter where you register it, and that was proven to not be theoretical recently in the US.
- scotje 16y ago
  Other than having to mail them a paper check(!), registering js.co.tt with the Trinidad and Tabago NIC was fairly painless. As others have mentioned though, you are pretty much always at the whim of the local government. If you wouldn't trust the local judicial system to fairly adjudicate any disputes, you might want to think twice before basing your business on their TLD.
- olalonde 16y ago
  There has been a number of issues with .ly http://www.domainnamenews.com/cctlds/libyan-government-seizes-url-shorteners-domain/8216 http://www.domainnamenews.com/cctlds/libyan-government-seize...
- burriko 16y ago
  I'm in the UK and recently had a .ca domain name deleted by the registrar after owning it for 3 years. The registrar had been acting as a 'local presence agent' to bypass the requirements that .ca domains be registered by a Canadian citizen or business, of which I am neither. Apparently something changed and they received an official notice from the regulatory authority for .ca domains (CIRA) asking them to stop providing this service. Luckily nothing really became of the domain, so it wasn't a big deal.
robfitz 16y ago
I call bi.ng. Nobody else take it, please. The traditional high-value domains have been nouns, which sort of makes sense because we used to have a 1:1 relationship between companies and their sites. Now it's 1:* relationship, with individual sites for particular actions. Opening up a TLD that fit well with those verbs would be very pleasant. Oo mentioned some company-centric ones in the article (e.g. Googling) but I think much stronger ones would be along the lines of shari.ng and golfi.ng.
- borism 16y ago
  what is bi .ng? nigerian bisexuals association?
  - coderdude 16y ago
    I only accidentally upvoted you. Now everyone is going to think this is worth upvoting since people already started to. I wish we could take our votes back.
    - borism 16y ago
      and now it seems it's yourself who's being "accidentally" upvoted... anyway, do you have anything to say about the topic? do you consider vandalizing local top-level domains with meaningless BS (that local people might have used for something relevant to them) appropriate?
      - coderdude 16y ago
        I don't care if I get up voted or down voted for what I posted. I simply didn't want your retarded comment getting a wave of up votes because I accidentally help start the process. I would do the same to any useless "funny" comment I saw on here.
        borism 16y ago
        at least my "retarded comment" was on topic. usefulness depends on whether you got the idea or not. but as you refuse to comment on topic, I assume you haven't even read what we're talking about.
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abjr 16y ago
Looks like Dyn.com will be managing the .ng TLD. (old press release) http://dyn.com/open-dialogue/press-releases/nigeria-chooses-dyn http://dyn.com/open-dialogue/press-releases/nigeria-chooses-...
- dotglum 16y ago
  this is not for TLD but for ccTLD I guess... may be for both!
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timparker 16y ago
poopi.ng
- dotglum 16y ago
  is there any set date for opening .ng TLD domains for public?

25 points by OoTheNigerian 16y ago

I didn't see a date when this would become available for everyone. I tried registering an Estonian domain once (.ee TLD), but require the business to be registered there. Don't countries realises domain names are just that, names. The ending really means very little to people. Who thinks all .tv domains are companies from Tuvalu?

endtime 16y ago
Well, Tuvalu sold their TLD to a private business...kind of a different situation.

yuvadam 16y ago

It's only a matter of time before the Nigerian authorities realize how much money they can make from allowi.ng TLD registrations.

sjs 16y ago
Wonder if they allow single-letter domain names. I'd love to get i.ng and just go nuts with it. ti.ng would be pretty good too.
- cosmicray 16y ago
  I wanted urm.om, but Oman didn't seem like the kind of place that go there.
  - timparker 16y ago
    omnomn.om would have been the one!

borism 16y ago

yay! let the DNS system abusi.ng begin!

locopati 16y ago

What is the reliability of TLD registrations in other countries? While it seems like a nice idea to have a clever name, have there been problems working with foreign registrars?

natrius 16y ago
Your domain name is subject to seizure no matter where you register it, and that was proven to not be theoretical recently in the US.
scotje 16y ago
Other than having to mail them a paper check(!), registering js.co.tt with the Trinidad and Tabago NIC was fairly painless. As others have mentioned though, you are pretty much always at the whim of the local government. If you wouldn't trust the local judicial system to fairly adjudicate any disputes, you might want to think twice before basing your business on their TLD.
olalonde 16y ago
There has been a number of issues with .ly http://www.domainnamenews.com/cctlds/libyan-government-seizes-url-shorteners-domain/8216 http://www.domainnamenews.com/cctlds/libyan-government-seize...
burriko 16y ago
I'm in the UK and recently had a .ca domain name deleted by the registrar after owning it for 3 years. The registrar had been acting as a 'local presence agent' to bypass the requirements that .ca domains be registered by a Canadian citizen or business, of which I am neither. Apparently something changed and they received an official notice from the regulatory authority for .ca domains (CIRA) asking them to stop providing this service. Luckily nothing really became of the domain, so it wasn't a big deal.

robfitz 16y ago

I call bi.ng. Nobody else take it, please. The traditional high-value domains have been nouns, which sort of makes sense because we used to have a 1:1 relationship between companies and their sites. Now it's 1:* relationship, with individual sites for particular actions. Opening up a TLD that fit well with those verbs would be very pleasant. Oo mentioned some company-centric ones in the article (e.g. Googling) but I think much stronger ones would be along the lines of shari.ng and golfi.ng.

borism 16y ago
what is bi .ng? nigerian bisexuals association?
- coderdude 16y ago
  I only accidentally upvoted you. Now everyone is going to think this is worth upvoting since people already started to. I wish we could take our votes back.
  - borism 16y ago
    and now it seems it's yourself who's being "accidentally" upvoted... anyway, do you have anything to say about the topic? do you consider vandalizing local top-level domains with meaningless BS (that local people might have used for something relevant to them) appropriate?
    - coderdude 16y ago
      I don't care if I get up voted or down voted for what I posted. I simply didn't want your retarded comment getting a wave of up votes because I accidentally help start the process. I would do the same to any useless "funny" comment I saw on here.
      - borism 16y ago
        at least my "retarded comment" was on topic. usefulness depends on whether you got the idea or not. but as you refuse to comment on topic, I assume you haven't even read what we're talking about.

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abjr 16y ago

Looks like Dyn.com will be managing the .ng TLD. (old press release) http://dyn.com/open-dialogue/press-releases/nigeria-chooses-dyn http://dyn.com/open-dialogue/press-releases/nigeria-chooses-...

dotglum 16y ago
this is not for TLD but for ccTLD I guess... may be for both!

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timparker 16y ago

poopi.ng

dotglum 16y ago
is there any set date for opening .ng TLD domains for public?