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Start registeri.ng, .NG domains go on sale

19 points by elvirs 16y ago

sova 16y ago
The article mentions 27 registration-capable companies but fails to provide any names or links. Any voices of experience for which service should I use for purchasi.ng a Nigerian domain?
- davidradcliffe 16y ago
  The list of registrars is here: http://www.nira.org.ng/index.php/registrars http://www.nira.org.ng/index.php/registrars. I looked through the list of the platinum, gold and silver levels and none of their websites support .ng yet.
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pablohoffman 16y ago
After checking a few registrars, I found they only sell third-level domains (.com.ng, .net.ng), not second-level domains (like "amazi.ng") which is probably what most people here would be interested in. Example: http://www.webdomains.com.ng/myaccount/whois.php?step=1 http://www.webdomains.com.ng/myaccount/whois.php?step=1 It's a shame they're missing the opportunity to sell such a nice top-level domain - or perhaps it's done on purpose?
- elvirs 16y ago
  I think .com.ng kind of domains have been around for a while, the latest news is that they are going to open .ng domains for everyone, really soon. at least i believe thats whats going to happen.
cjbprime 16y ago
People should probably stop voting this story up; the .ng domains are not currently on sale anywhere I can see, and there's no sign that they will be generally available any time soon.
pjeide 16y ago
Should have read the comments first. Just wasted 20 minutes trying to find a registrar.
- prawn 16y ago
  This is an example of why 90% of the time, I read the HN comments and then decide whether the story is worth checking.
  - Vivtek 16y ago
    And when I don't, I usually regret it. Like now. It would appear that second-level .ng domains might be available, but only for companies incorporated in Nigeria, which is probably not a bad idea.
    - consultutah 16y ago
      I went searching for a registrar as well. There are a couple of ng domains that might be interesting to use though I'd still be worried about the Nigerian scam stigma.
    - andre 16y ago
      but look at how much revenue they're going to lose by not making .ng available.... .ly is a good example
jdeeden 16y ago
Lame.
brianbreslin 16y ago
With the stigma of Nigerian emails scams would you really even want to be associated with .ng?
- zavulon 16y ago
  I guess one of their goals is to change this stigma by having more legitimate Nigerian online presence
ddemchuk 16y ago
Nigeria is one of the last countries I would ever trust with any sort of credit card information. However, if namecheap can nab these as an option, I'll probably snag a few of them
davidradcliffe 16y ago
I did a little more research and it looks like the second-level .ng domains are being sold through an auction slot process. The starting bids are around $50,000.
- tubecat 16y ago
  Can you cite the source of that?
  - davidradcliffe 16y ago
    Direct email from Websoft (http://websoft-ng.com http://websoft-ng.com)
oewete 16y ago
Hi, I happen to be a Platinum Registrar [www.websoft.com.ng] & below are documents regarding the 2nd level .ng domains which are to be auctioned. http://www.nira.org.ng/index.php/auction http://www.nira.org.ng/index.php/auction http://nira.org.ng/media/pdf/NIRA%20AUCTION%20PROCESS%20March%202010%20v1.pdf http://nira.org.ng/media/pdf/NIRA%20AUCTION%20PROCESS%20Marc... Its sad that just a minority of Nigerians [0.05%] of a population of 150million have completely destroyed the reputation of an entire nation. Nonetheless, Websoft has been able to earn the trust of some Fortune 500 companies & hence our selection as the Registrar in Nigeria & we stand committed to building a New Image of Nigeria & flush out these unscrupulous elements.

19 points by elvirs 16y ago

sova 16y ago

The article mentions 27 registration-capable companies but fails to provide any names or links. Any voices of experience for which service should I use for purchasi.ng a Nigerian domain?

davidradcliffe 16y ago
The list of registrars is here: http://www.nira.org.ng/index.php/registrars http://www.nira.org.ng/index.php/registrars. I looked through the list of the platinum, gold and silver levels and none of their websites support .ng yet.

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pablohoffman 16y ago

After checking a few registrars, I found they only sell third-level domains (.com.ng, .net.ng), not second-level domains (like "amazi.ng") which is probably what most people here would be interested in. Example: http://www.webdomains.com.ng/myaccount/whois.php?step=1 http://www.webdomains.com.ng/myaccount/whois.php?step=1 It's a shame they're missing the opportunity to sell such a nice top-level domain - or perhaps it's done on purpose?

elvirs 16y ago
I think .com.ng kind of domains have been around for a while, the latest news is that they are going to open .ng domains for everyone, really soon. at least i believe thats whats going to happen.

cjbprime 16y ago

People should probably stop voting this story up; the .ng domains are not currently on sale anywhere I can see, and there's no sign that they will be generally available any time soon.

pjeide 16y ago

Should have read the comments first. Just wasted 20 minutes trying to find a registrar.

prawn 16y ago
This is an example of why 90% of the time, I read the HN comments and then decide whether the story is worth checking.
- Vivtek 16y ago
  And when I don't, I usually regret it. Like now. It would appear that second-level .ng domains might be available, but only for companies incorporated in Nigeria, which is probably not a bad idea.
  - consultutah 16y ago
    I went searching for a registrar as well. There are a couple of ng domains that might be interesting to use though I'd still be worried about the Nigerian scam stigma.
  - andre 16y ago
    but look at how much revenue they're going to lose by not making .ng available.... .ly is a good example

jdeeden 16y ago

Lame.

brianbreslin 16y ago

With the stigma of Nigerian emails scams would you really even want to be associated with .ng?

zavulon 16y ago
I guess one of their goals is to change this stigma by having more legitimate Nigerian online presence

ddemchuk 16y ago

Nigeria is one of the last countries I would ever trust with any sort of credit card information. However, if namecheap can nab these as an option, I'll probably snag a few of them

davidradcliffe 16y ago

I did a little more research and it looks like the second-level .ng domains are being sold through an auction slot process. The starting bids are around $50,000.

tubecat 16y ago
Can you cite the source of that?
- davidradcliffe 16y ago
  Direct email from Websoft (http://websoft-ng.com http://websoft-ng.com)

oewete 16y ago

Hi, I happen to be a Platinum Registrar [www.websoft.com.ng] & below are documents regarding the 2nd level .ng domains which are to be auctioned. http://www.nira.org.ng/index.php/auction http://www.nira.org.ng/index.php/auction http://nira.org.ng/media/pdf/NIRA%20AUCTION%20PROCESS%20March%202010%20v1.pdf http://nira.org.ng/media/pdf/NIRA%20AUCTION%20PROCESS%20Marc... Its sad that just a minority of Nigerians [0.05%] of a population of 150million have completely destroyed the reputation of an entire nation. Nonetheless, Websoft has been able to earn the trust of some Fortune 500 companies & hence our selection as the Registrar in Nigeria & we stand committed to building a New Image of Nigeria & flush out these unscrupulous elements.