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In November 2009 the .uk register passed another significant milestone when it reached eight million registrations.

The 8 millionth domain name lambethsuperhomes.org.uk was registered by Lambeth Super Homes based in London.
This is yet another indicator of continued strong growth in the .uk Top Level Domain, with one million domain names having been registered since August 2008.

For further information and statistics about .uk and global domain name registrations,check out www.nominet.org.uk

EuroDNS has announced one month ago the opening of a pre-registration period for .eu Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), based on a first-come, first-served model. This gives companies and individuals based in the European Union the chance to register domain names that contain non-Latin characters under the .eu domain. 
Until December 10th, benefit from a 50% promotion on your .EU, using the promocode 9EU9.
Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS explains, “the opening of IDNs for the .eu is a huge step forwards for businesses and individuals in Europe. This implementation will support the 23 official languages of the European Union as well as the entire alphabets. However there won’t be any sunrise period and as it is on a first-come, first-served basis, it is crucial that customers and especially the owners of a registered trademark register in advance via our interface, www.eurodns.com, in order to secure their names. There are only 10 days left”. 
IDNs are domain names that contain non-Latin characters. These characters include, for example, the Swedish å, the German ü, the Romanian ș, the Cyrillic й, Latin accents such as é and characters from the Bulgarian and Greek alphabets. The characters that will be supported can be found here: http://www.eurid.eu/en/eu-domain-names/idns-eu/supported-characters
Another important technical aspect is the impossibility to mix scripts or characters from different scripts/alphabets in a single IDN, as some characters can look so similar that they cannot be differentiated. The maximum length of the IDN must be 63 characters after it is converted into the ACE string format needed by the Domain Name. To convert your name, please go to: http://www.eurodns.com/eu-idn-registration/
On receipt of your pre-registration order, EuroDNS will place it in a dedicated queue following the first come first served principle and will endeavor to automatically submit it to the .EU registry on December 10 of 2009. Besides, there is no additional fee to benefit from EuroDNS pre-registration queue. 
 For more information, please check here: http://www.eurodns.com/eu-idn-registration/

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Luxembourg, November 9th 2009 - EuroDNS announces the opening of a pre-registration period for .eu Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), based on a first-come, first-served model. Companies and individuals based in the European Union have now the opportunity to register domain names that contain non-Latin characters under the .eu domain.

Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS states, “the opening of IDNs for the .eu is a huge step forwards for businesses and individuals in Europe. This implementation will support the 23 official languages of the European Union as well as the entire alphabets. However there won’t be any sunrise period and as it is on a first-come, first-served basis, it is crucial that customers and especially the owners of a registered trademark register in advance via our interface, www.eurodns.com, in order to secure their names”. 
IDNs are domain names that contain non-Latin characters. These characters include, for example, the Swedish å, the German ü, the Romanian ș, the Cyrillic й, Latin accents such as é and characters from the Bulgarian and Greek alphabets. The characters that will be supported can be found here: http://www.eurid.eu/en/eu-domain-names/idns-eu/supported-characters
 “IDNs are particularly important for .eu,” notes Marc Van Wesemael, EURid General Manager. “EURid supports all twenty-three official EU languages, and our employees come from twenty of the twenty-seven Member States. Supporting the use and growth of Internationalised Domain Names comes naturally to us.”
Another important technical aspect is the impossibility to mix scripts or characters from different scripts/alphabets in a single IDN, as some characters can look so similar that they cannot be differentiated. The maximum length of the IDN must be 63 characters after it is converted into the ACE string format needed by the Domain Name System (source: http://www.eurid.eu/en/eu-domain-names/idns-eu/idn-technical-limitations). 
The start of the registration for the .eu IDNs is December 10th 2009, during which EuroDNS will submit all domain names being pre-registered.
For more information, please check here: http://www.eurodns.com/eu-idn-registration/

Luxembourg November 3rd, 2009 - To celebrate the first year of the .CO.NL existence, EuroDNS announces a great promotion on the Dutch domain name extension. 
Register now your .CO.NL today for only 9, 99 Euros, using the promo code: CONL999, or click here. This discount is available until the end of December 2009. 
Sander Scholten, .CO.NL General Manager, says “this past year has been really hectic for us and it was interesting to see the gradual growth of the registrations of .CO.NL names. Not only were these names registered but they have also been actively used by their owners. Sub domains with the .CO.NL extension stand as a local alternative to the .NL, which has reached 3,6 Millions of domains. The decreasing availability of .NL names also strongly supports the existence of this alternative local extension. Besides, .CO.NL has some great international potential and traffic, and some of the best Key words for your business might still be available!”.
During the first priority phase, called Sunrise, a number of trademarks were registered such as www.podcast.co.nl, www.heineken.co.nl, www.bacardi.co.nl,www.coach.co.nl and www.google.co.nl. This phase was then followed by a successful Landrush and Go Live.  
The .co.xx extension counts for 20% of the worldwide country code domains and 45 countries are actually promoting their .co.xx actively. For example .co.uk has become a highly commercial and popular domain extension, with more than 7 Millions names registered by 2008. The same goes for.co.nz, the subdomain for .nz, New Zealand. The commercial aim of such a domain name extension is obvious and usually fewer restrictions are associated to a .co.xx, which makes it very attractive for an individual or a company not actually based in the country to which the extension belongs.
For more information on the .CO.NL go here, and benefit from the promo, by clicking on this link.

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EuroDNS announces the opening of a monthly promotion for the .ME domain extension. Get your .ME domain name for only 17 Euros, check here!

At the same time, get also a 50% promotion on the registration of your .COM and .NET!

The strength of the .ME is that the extension is not so much about the country it represents but more about the personal meaning attached to it. .ME registry has summarized the extension in one key sentence, “Me is about You”. There are also plenty of catchy names’ possibilities and marketing potential behind a .ME.  A few examples are : networkwith.me, interact-with.me, registerwith.me.  With more than 260,000 domains registered in less than a year, by people from 182 different countries, .ME has become a successful and popular extension

Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS, comments “we have launched the .ME in May last year and the results have been remarkable.  .ME offers so many possibilities in terms of marketing and innovativeness for companies, organizations and even for personal sites. To follow this positive and ongoing trend, we are launching every month a 2 weeks promotion. We are starting this month with a 30% off, using the promocode: 17ME10”.  .Me is recognized as “a true phenomenon among TLDs because of its unforgettable meaning and limitless word combination possibilities, .Me gives a truly personal tone to your domain name. If you are looking for a name that speaks for itself .Me is your best choice. Let .Me speak for your online business or personal blog”, states the .ME registry, Affilias.

The impact of .ME on businesses has been significant as they count for almost 60% of the totality of the .ME registered. The arguments for businesses to own a .ME include the possibility to protect the brand and to make it stand out more, compared to other competitors.
To register your .ME now, go here!

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Reach the Polish Market with EuroDNS

Luxembourg, September 23rd 2009 - EuroDNS announces a 50% decrease in the .pl and com.pl prices from September 2009 onwards, as well as a great promotion for .pl during the MeetDomainers meeting in Poland. Get your .pl for only 10 Euros, using the promocode: POL4PL, valid from September 25th until October 5th.

.pl is the Top Level Domain Name for Poland, a country with a central position within Eastern Europe, bordered by Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and the Baltic Sea. This central position gives Poland a great dynamism and key connections with the closest countries.

Since its launch in 1990, the .pl registry, NASK, has announced the registration of more than 1 Million 500 domain names. Besides, the growth of .pl extension is regular and ongoing with an average of 3% increase in registrations every month.

Adam Wagner, EuroDNS Account Manager in charge of the Polish market, explains “.pl is an interesting and growing market with great e-commerce potential. The fact that we have decreased the annual price will open more possibilities for our customers. We have also started a 60% promotion on .pl, which cannot be missed. Stay tuned on www.eurodns.com for more upcoming news”.

EuroDNS has become one of the top worldwide domain name Registrars with a steady growth in domain names’ registrations, a success due in part to its highly successful “one-stop-shop” strategy, which allows customers to consolidate their portfolio in Europe (.EU, .FR, .PL, .ES, .RU…), Asia (.ASIA, .KR, .CN), Latin countries and also in the more generic extensions (.Com, .tel, .org, .net, .Mobi…) under one roof.

EuroDNS is Gold Sponsor of the Polish MeetDomainers Conference held in Warsow from September 25th to 27th. Meet us there! Feel free to get in contact with us, just contact awagner@eurodns.com

EuroDNS is delighted to FINALLY announce the successful opening of the .CM Golive period. Come and get your .CM domain at www.eurodns.com! 

After many issues, both technical and political, the .CM Registry finally announced the opening on the landrush with a new and improved system. "After many 'false starts' EuroDNS decided to wait until the landrush finally happened before announcing it and give false hope" commented Stefan Haynes, Customer Care Manager for EuroDNS. The first .CM names were registered this morning.

The domain extension .CM is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Republic of Cameroon. Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS explains, “.CM is a significant extension as it covers the Central African region, which does not usually provide many domain names. It’s an opportunity to expand your portfolio in Africa”.

Registering a .CM also allows to protect your name as it is considered to be a typo of the .COM. Indeed, when typing a .COM domain name, people often forget to type in the ‘o’, which can cause a loss of traffic and also lead to a misleading use of the name if you are not the owner of the corresponding .CM name.

The launch of .CM is also associated to the battle against poverty in Africa and the willingness to expand both e-commerce and Internet on the African territory. The .CM registry has thus decided that for each domain sold, a certain percentage will go the foundation “Flowers in the Desert”: 10% from landrush auction.

The Golive period begun on September 18th, 2009 at 8:00:01 UTC. At this point .CM domains can be registered on a first come, first served basis. The minimum registration term is 1 for 80 EUR . 

To have more information and register your .CM now, just go to: www.eurodns.com, and stay tuned!

EuroDNS is glad to announce the opening of the .MX Landrush phase on September 1st for a start price of 485 Euros, which will decrease gradually until October 31st. See the daily prices here: www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Mexico/Mx.

.MX is the top level domain for Mexico, which has been re-opened by NIC Mexico on the second level following a successful exploitation of .COM.MX domain names.

The opening of the .MX extension at the second level (i.e www.eurodns.mx as opposed to www.eurodns.com.mx), to anyone without any requirement such as a local presence or specific link to the country of Mexico, is a great opportunity for anyone to expand onto the Mexican market and e-commerce platforms.

At present, the .MX Registry has decided not to establish a fixed registration price but rather to use a “Dutch style” process for the Landrush period. Accordingly, .MX prices will start quite high at the beginning to decrease gradually until October 31st when the price could be as low as 44 Euros. Given the Registry operates on a first come, first served basis, it is an opportunity for registrants to determine whether they are willing to pay more to make sure they get the exact name they want or wait until the price drops at the risk of having to change their minds according to the names that are yet unregistered.

Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS explains, “.MX landrush is a great opportunity for our customers, yet this first-ever pricing scheme can be a bit hard to master. In order to facilitate the registration process, EuroDNS has developed a daily RSS flow system that will allow anyone to instantly check the daily .MX price. We will also publish the ‘.MX Quotation’ based on past days pricings in order to give our customers a better feel of the market. Despite its one-of-a-kind methodology, re-opening of the .mx is a real opportunity and cannot be missed, so pre-register your name now if you want to secure it”.

Specific EuroDNS .MX Tools can be found at http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Mexico/Mx.

The landrush will last two months and any eligible person or organization interested can request a .mx domain name. A “first come, first served” basis will apply and the registration period will be for one year.

From November 1st on, the registration fee will be more or less 44 Euros, as will be the fee for all second level registrations in each successive year, of course, pending any price changes in coming years.
Registration fees for .MX domain names at the third level (.COM.MX, .ORG.MX, .EDU.MX, .NET.MX, .GOB.MX) will remain the same.

EuroDNS is glad to announce the opening of the .MX Landrush pre-registration phase from August 25th until September 1st, the latter being the official opening day of the Landrush period, for a price of 485 Euros.

.MX is the top level domain for Mexico, which has been re-opened by NIC Mexico on the second level following a successful exploitation of .COM.MX domain names.

The opening of the .MX extension at the second level (i.e www.eurodns.mx as opposed to www.eurodns.com.mx), to anyone without any requirement such as a local presence or specific link to the country of Mexico, is a great opportunity for anyone to expand onto the Mexican market and e-commerce platforms.

At present, the .MX Registry has decided not to establish a fixed registration price but rather to use a “Dutch style” process for the Landrush period. Accordingly, .MX prices will start quite high at the beginning to decrease gradually until October 31st when the price could be as low as 44 Euros. Given the Registry operates on a first come, first served basis, it is an opportunity for registrants to determine whether they are willing to pay more to make sure they get the exact name they want or wait until the price drops at the risk of having to change their minds according to the names that are yet unregistered.

Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS explains, “.MX landrush is a great opportunity for our customers, yet this first-ever pricing scheme can be a bit hard to master. In order to facilitate the registration process, EuroDNS has developed a daily RSS flow system that will allow anyone to instantly check the daily .MX price. We will also publish the ‘.MX Quotation’ based on past days pricings in order to give our customers a better feel of the market. Despite its one-of-a-kind methodology, re-opening of the .mx is a real opportunity and cannot be missed, so pre-register your name now if you want to secure it”.

Specific EuroDNS .MX Tools can be found at http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Mexico/Mx.

The landrush will last two months and any eligible person or organization interested can request a .mx domain name. A “first come, first served” basis will apply and the registration period will be for one year.

From November 1st on, the registration fee will be more or less 44 Euros, as will be the fee for all second level registrations in each successive year, of course, pending any price changes in coming years.
Registration fees for .MX domain names at the third level (.COM.MX, .ORG.MX, .EDU.MX, .NET.MX, .GOB.MX) will remain the same.

30% off for .DE to celebrate the fact that .DE Registry reached 13 Million domains registered since its opening.
Use the Promocode: 13DE30 (Valid 1 week)

EuroDNS S.A., a worldwide leader in domain registrations, announces partnership with Michau Enterprises Limited – a Cyprus company operating AfterMarket.pl, the largest Polish domain aftermarket website.

Within this partnership, EuroDNS takes a participation in Michau Enterprises Ltd. and license the software that is currently being used on AfterMarket.pl. This software allows the complete management of a marketplace for the buying and selling of domain names, with many additional services such as: domain dropcatching, parking, registration and tasting.

 

“Having access to the domain marketplace software will allow us to rapidly offer various domain aftermarket services to our customers”, says Xavier Buck, Chief Executive Officer of EuroDNS. “The software is already being used successfully in Central European markets, and since it supports multiple languages, currencies and domain registries, it is a perfect solution for our needs”.

 

Michal Pleban from Michau Enterprises Ltd. adds, “partnering with EuroDNS will strengthen our position on the Polish market by bringing foreign investors willing to purchase .pl names. Combining our experience with EuroDNS’s extensive partnerships and worldwide contacts creates a winning environment for all involved parties”.

 

EuroDNS plans to open end of the year several domain aftermarket websites based on the licensed technology, leveraging its long-standing relationships with European domain investors. One of these platforms will be launched under the great and unique domain name: domainauctions.com.

 

EuroDNS is glad to announce the opening of the .IM extension, now available for purchase for only 2 Euros at www.eurodns.com.
.IM is the Country Code Top-Level Domain extension for The Isle of Man, a self-governing crown dependency located within the British Isles, but constitutionally separate from the United Kingdom. The Isle of Man is a "low tax economy" with no capital gains tax, wealth tax, or inheritance tax.
Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS, explains “The .IM extension represents more than just a country code domain available to all Isle of Man’s businesses and residents. It can indeed be used to personalize your web address, as .IM in English phonetically corresponds to “I am”. Therefore, having an address such as YourName.IM could sound really interesting.  .IM is also strongly linked to the social characteristic of Instant Messaging, which allows you to create a website using your instant messaging screen name. The need of unique, specific and personalized domain name extension such as .IM is growing. Don’t miss this opportunity and register your .IM at EuroDNS for 2 Euros. This great offer will only be available for 6 months”. 

.IM extension offers a number of interesting possibilities around the personalization and social aspects of a web address. It is also a way to expend one’s business and e-commerce within The Isle of Man.  For more information on this offer and to get more promotions and an extensive list of available extensions, please go to www.eurodns.com  

EuroDNS announces the opening of the .CM Landrush period, starting today at 0:00:01 UTC and lasting until July 31st. The Sunrise phase of .CM was a real success and a significant number of trademark names have been registered at www.eurodns.com.
During the Sunrise period, all applications will be subjected to a premium fee and an auction system, with a minimum registration time of 2 years. Indeed, in case there is more than one application per domain, the domain will go into an auction system that will be held shortly after the end of the Landrush period. The price for each domain name application will be 260 EUR, including a two years term.   The domain extension .CM is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Republic of Cameroon. Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS explains, “.CM is a significant extension as it covers the Central African region, which does not usually provide many domain names. It’s an opportunity to expand your portfolio in Africa”.

 

 Registering a .CM also allows to protect your name as it is considered to be a typo of the .COM. Indeed, when typing a .COM domain name, people often forget to type in the ‘o’, which can cause a loss of traffic and also lead to a misleading use of the name if you are not the owner of the corresponding .CM name.  The launch of .CM is also associated to the battle against poverty in Africa and the willingness to expand both e-commerce and Internet on the African territory. The .CM registry has thus decided that for each domain sold, a certain percentage will go the foundation “Flowers in the Desert”: 10% from landrush auction.

 

The Go Live will begin on August 1st, 2009 at 0:00:01 UTC. At this point .CM domains can be registered on a first come, first served basis. The minimum registration term is 1 year and the price will be announced soon. The price for the each Go Live registration is 80 EUR.  To have more information and register your .CM now, just go to: www.eurodns.com, and stay tuned!

EuroDNS announces the opening of a monthly promotion for the .ME domain extension. Get your .ME domain name for only 17 Euros, just click here.


The strength of the .ME is that the extension is not so much about the country it represents but more about the personal meaning attached to it. .ME registry has summarized the extension in one key sentence, “Me is about You”. There are also plenty of catchy names’ possibilities and marketing potential behind a .ME.  A few examples are : networkwith.me, interact-with.me, registerwith.me.  With more than 260,000 domains registered in less than a year, by people from 182 different countries, .ME has become a successful and popular extension.  Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS, comments “we have launched the .ME in May last year and the results have been remarkable.  .ME offers so many possibilities in terms of marketing and innovativeness for companies, organizations and even for personal sites. To follow this positive and ongoing trend, we are launching every month a 2 weeks promotion. We are starting this month with a 30% off, using the promocode: MEJU30”.  .Me is recognized as “a true phenomenon among TLDs because of its unforgettable meaning and limitless word combination possibilities, .Me gives a truly personal tone to your domain name. If you are looking for a name that speaks for itself .Me is your best choice. Let .Me speak for your online business or personal blog”, states the .ME registry, Affilias.

 

The impact of .ME on businesses has been significant as they count for almost 60% of the totality of the .ME registered. The arguments for businesses to own a .ME include the possibility to protect the brand and to make it stand out more, compared to other competitors. 
To register your .ME now, just go here!  

EuroDNS is glad to announce a number of new functionalities for the .TEL domain extension. 

The Community Telhosting Platform (CTH) OT&E has been upgraded to a version that supports 10 new languages for both administrator and end user interfaces.

As the .TEL registry, Telnic, explains “This release introduces Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish language versions for both end-users and your administrator areas.   The language shown will be automatically determined from the language settings within the viewer’s browser, so your CTH view will be in French if your browser preferred language is set to French etc, for all available languages”.

Register your .TEL at: www.eurodns.com

EuroDNS/AsiaDNS (www.asiadns.com) is glad to announce today the launch of a 3 months .ASIA campaign, during which every new .Asia domain name registered for a minimum of 2 years will come with a complimentary USB stick.

With around 300,000 .Asia names registered since more than one year, .Asia has become a significant extension worldwide for e-commerce and visibility, with a coverage of 70 countries, from the Middle East, to the Far East and Oceania regions.  Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS/AsiaDNS, comments, “We believe .Asia domain extension has a unique and strong potential as it gives consumers and companies the possibility to largely reach the Asian market and develop their presence on it as well as position their brand. The ranking chance on search engines is also high. This new .Asia campaign is definitively a great opportunity to reach such a new and lively market. The registry will send a free USB key branded EuroDNS and .Asia for each new single registration of 2 years or more, to the contact address given to EuroDNS”.

 

Leona Chen, DotAsia Organisation Ltd., explains “Having a .Asia domain not only improves a company searchabiity and visibility online, but also helps a business save on cost without having to register ALL country code level domains within Asia”. More than 60% of the world population resides in the Asia region and Asian’s governments have been launching initiatives to develop their broadband capability and other leading technologies, which has contributed to position Asia as one of the largest online market. Asia has become one of the most advanced wireless markets in the world and there is a trend towards making Internet functionality available in a wide array of devices beyond the PC.
For more information and to register your .Asia, go here:
www.asiadns.com 

Please contact directly the registry if you don't receive the USB stick.
     
 

The launch of .CM has successfully started with a significant number of trademark names registered during the Sunrise period at www.eurodns.com.
The domain extension .CM is not only the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Republic of Cameroon, but also corresponds to the .COM typo. As Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS explains, “it is important to protect your .COM domain name by registering the corresponding .CM name. Indeed, when typing a .COM domain name, people often forget to type in the ‘o’, which can cause a loss of traffic and also lead to a misleading use of your name if you are not the owner of the corresponding .CM name. Don’t miss this opportunity. The sunrise, which allows all trademark owners to register at the earliest stage, is still running until July 15th”.  The launch of .CM is associated to the battle against poverty in Africa and the willingness to expand both e-commerce and Internet on the African territory. The .CM registry has thus decided that for each domain sold, a certain percentage will go the foundation “Flowers in the Desert”.

 

Moustapha Saya Kaigama, CEO of Netcom.cm, explains “.CM will definitively open the African market in terms of presence, e-commerce and Internet, but our goal is also to contribute to the fight against poverty by giving to the foundation “Flowers in the Desert” a certain percentage for each domain name sold: 10% from landrush auction / and for registration during sunrise and open registration Euro 2.5 per domain and year”.  During the Sunrise phase, the minimum registration period is 2 years and applicants must hold a valid and issued trademark at the time of application. If there is more than one valid Sunrise application for the same domain name, the name will be awarded to the registrant with the oldest registered trademark.

 

Each domain application costs 360 EUR with a non-refundable fee of 60EUR, including a two years term.   The registry will then open the Landrush period from July 15th, 2009, 0:00:01 UTC until July 31st, 2009, 0:00:01 UTC, during which all applications will be subjected to a premium fee and an auction system, with a minimum registration time of 2 years. Indeed, in case there is more than one application per domain, the domain will go into an auction system that will be held shortly after the end of the Landrush period.

 

The price for each domain name application will be 260 EUR, including a two years term.   The Go Live will begin on August 1st, 2009 at 0:00:01 UTC. At this point .CM domains can be registered on a first come, first served basis. The minimum registration term is 1 year and the price will be announced soon. The price for the each Go Live registration is 80 EUR.

 

To have more information and register your .CM now, just go to: www.eurodns.com, and stay tuned!