มีใครได้ลองจดโดเมน .asia บ้างหรือยังคะ ช่วงนี้เป็นช่วงจองโดเมน อยากรู้น่ะค่ะ
.Asia Landrush Closes with Half a Million Applications
13th March 2008
Domain names like buy.asia with most applications in landrush; sex.asia with most applications in sunrise.
DotAsia organisation, today announced 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 declared that it will Go Live on March 26, domain names will be available on a First-Come-First-Served basis.
The registry states that the 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.
“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.”