Dear Customer,
We are glad to announce the official CO.NL registration dates and prices for the Grandfather, Trademark Sunrise, Landrush and Go Live periods, which are also available at www.eurodns.com.
The CO.NL extension, which was announced last June, offers new possibilities for companies and individuals to get larger visibility and great international impact, with a Dutch flavor.
The CO.NL space is open to anyone, with no requirement of local presence or tie with the Netherlands. Several steps have been taken to ensure protection of third parties’ rights: if you currently have .NL Domain Names in your EuroDNS account, you can benefit from the dedicated Grandfather period.
But Grandfather is only the first part of the CO.NL Trademark proctection scheme, which goes as follows:
A Grandfather period, from the 18th November to the 15th January, which provides the holders of a “.nl” domain name a temporarily and exclusive right to register the same name with a “.CO.NL” ending. The set up fee for a domain name registered during Grandfather is 90 Euros in addition to 14 Euros per year (2 years minimum).
A Sunrise period is held for trademark holders, from the 10th February until the 26th February 2009, to give applicants the opportunity to register their brands as CO.NL names before the system is open to the general public. A Trademark domain can be registered with a set up fee of only 120 Euros, plus 14 Euros per year (2 years minimum), on the first come, first served basis.
Deloitte and Laga, frequent validation agents for other TLDs (including .EU and more recently .Asia), will use their expertise to assess your co.nl requests during the Grandfather and Sunrise Periods.
The Landrush starts on Tuesday 17th march until Tuesday 31st March 2009, and the Go Live period from Wednesday the 15th of April 2009 onward. These two last stages offer all applicants the opportunity to have their CO.NL domain name. The domain names registered during Landrush cost 16 Euros as a set up fee, with an additional 14 Euros per year (2 years minimum). The applicant will obtain the requested CO.NL domain name on a priority basis decided by the registrar. Each domain name registration during Go Live costs 14 Euros (1 Year minimum), and will be allocated on the first come, first served principle.
For more information, check www.eurodns.com and don’t hesitate to contact our Customer Care team at support@eurodns.com.