Central Africa does not provide many domain name extensions and this is a great opportunity to expand one’s portfolio. Another advantage is that people often forget to type the ‘o’ when looking for a .com domain name, and having your domain name in .CM could secure a lot of traffic and avoid any misleading use of your name.The launch of .CM is also a key initiative in the battle against poverty in Africa. Indeed, for each domain sold, a certain percentage will go the foundation “Flowers in the Desert”. The .CM will also contribute to the development of Internet and e-commerce on the African market and push its expansion.
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 60 EUR, including a two years term.
The registry will then open the Landrush period from August 10th, 2009, 0:00:01 UTC until August 23rd, 2009, 23:59:59 UTC, during which all applications will be subjected to a premium fee and an auction system, with a minimum registration time of 2 years. Landursh applications will not be processed on a first come, first served basis: indeed, in case there is more than one application per domain, the domain will go into an auction system.Auctions will be handled by NameJet, the Registry’s auction partner, which will communicate the auction dates at a later time. The fee for each domain name application will be 260 EUR, including a two years term. The .CM registry has selected NameJet.com as Auction Provider for the Landrush Period.Each applicant to a Domain Name that has entered in the auction process will receive an email holding its auction credentials from the following address: auto-notification@namejet.com to the email address appointed in its Landrush application. Be sure to whitelist this e-mail address from your spam filter. EuroDNS will only be responsible for the collection of the application fee. The collection of the auction fees shall remain under the sole responsibility of the Auction Provider. For more information on the auction process, please directly refer to NamJet.com website.
The Go Live will begin on August 27th, 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
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To be eligible to apply for a .cm domain name during this period, the applicant shall hold a Trademark identical as the name he applies for. (There is no limitation as to the Country of the Trademark, nor its registration date as long as it has been duly registered) The first-come first served rule will not apply. The registry and the validation agent will accept every application that meet the registry?s requirements. Once the Sunrise period will be over, the Registry and the validation agent will then review every application. In case there will be multiple valid application for the same domain name, it will be the holder of the oldest Trademark that will be granted the domain name.
