Island nation to launch dot-WTF?

March 26, 2010 by  
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A seriously intriguing idea is brewing a storm of internet interest just over the ocean between Hawaii and New Zealand. Internet news sources report that the catchy ccTLD .WTF might replace the pending .wf for the islands nation of Wallis and Futana in French Polynesia. The island is actually under French Government yet has local customs and tribal royalty.

The launch of a .WTF ccTLD could bring needed revenue to the island nation. A French subcurrency (CPC) and agricultural economy prevail. Assessment of the .WTF market is yet to be determined.  But a piece of legislature to change the name of the place is all that stands between 2 strips of island with little fresh drinking water and a boom of cultural, social, and civil benefits.

Dnforum promotion, offering free platinum membership for all domainstate members

January 13, 2010 by  
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I noticed today that Dnforum had been offering free platinum membership for all domainstate members for one week. I don’t know how the current owners of domainstate will respond to this but the domainstate members would be benefiting free platinum membership at dnforum.

It was stated that “welcoming all current and past Domainstate members to Dnforum.com”.

If someone signs up with Domainstate today and then registers with dnforum, will he or she be eligible? I am not sure. May be possible.

Is there any possiblity that Dnforum would be offering free platinum membership to Nampros members in near future as well?

Country Code Apps Niche Opportunity

Ask not what your country code TLD domain name can do for you, but ask rather what you can do to enhance the value of country code domain property. Setting up global real estate under a foreign country domain name TLD takes pizzazz and killer apps. But who will provide the next universal domaining tools for the huge market of domainers who have lots of ccTLD  real estate in their portfolio but no way to launch it?

Geo TLD Flood Garners Industry Scrutiny

November 24, 2009 by  
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Big new changes regarding geographic markets across the globe have been happening behind the scenes. Only domainers have been watching the flurry of new ICANN based releases with professional regard. This is because their existing domain portfolios may be strengthened or weakened depending on how the markets abroad develop, and what names in foreign languages and other countries explode. Domainers know the “ugly stepchild” of their portfolio can be a favorite son tomorrow, because some guy in Sweden developed the same name they’ve got with a country specific tld code.
Will overexposure of new and competitive name platforms diminish existing value? Will a move toward auctioning or liquidating names weaken the domain name resales market? ICANN’s development strategy had been commented upon and industry watchers are poised to reserve their global reale state or put the domain amrket in free fall before premium domains in current markets dissipate from overdevelopment in other markets.