ON AIR (.asia)

Posted on March 27th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

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It’s been a long wait. New top level domain “.asia” is now open for public registration. The “Go Live!” was on March 26th, i.e. anyone can register an ‘.asia’ domain for themselves.

Aravind Jose T. ON AIR (.asia) asiajw5

“With over 10 million domains registered in China alone and over 150 million worldwide, the potential for .Asia is only now starting to be realized. There are millions of great .Asia domains still available on a first-come-first-served basis,” says Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia.

Among the first to recognize the value of .Asia is Hong Kong Cyberport, who announced today the launch of “www.Cyberport.asia”.

The .asia launch programme received wide appreciation and is said to “pave the way and set a new benchmark for future top-level-domain launches”.

How Can I Get One?

You have to go to an ICANN accredited registrar to get your .asia domain name registered. You can have the list of accredited registrars here.

Pricing

The prices are now a bit high as compared to other top level domains. However, GoDaddy is offering them on a competitive price of about Rs.800/- per year. ($20.00). That seems a lower figure when compared to other registrars’ pricing of about Rs.1500/- per year etc.

In total, .asia is having a great time ahead for sure. If you are planning to have one for yourself, make it fast.
If you register one, feel free to drop a line as a comment.

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