My ultimate goal is to get a .ly domain, 'cause my last name is Ly. But anyway, I was looking around for .ly registrars and it's so expensive and confusing, because some registrars will charge you $100 just for .ly, while others will charge $500. :eek: I think that includes the .com/net/org.ly, but I just want the .ly.

I'm looking at lydomains.com (http://www.lydomains.com/about_regs.asp) and they have their prices listed as $100 registration fee for .com/net/org.ly with $50 renewal. The .ly itself costs $500 to register and $50/year to renew.

Meanwhile, lyregistry.com (http://lyregistry.com/index.html) has their .ly priced at $100/year. But I don't think I want to use them... And here's the official registry (http://www.nic.ly/). That's all I've been able to find via Google.

Having your last name as a TLD is rare in itself...but I don't think it's worth it to pay $500 registration fee. I'm willing to fork over $100, maybe, but not $500. Register.com used to offer .ly registrations but they don't anymore, at least when I check their main page.

I guess the point of this post is to ask if anyone has any experience registering .ly domains :)

Do you know.....
that .ly stands for Libya? The super famous terrorist country! :blush:

Well if the "official" place is selling them for $500 each and then you go to the other place and it's only $100, it makes you wonder if there was a typo there (one that can cost you waaay too much more). It's too much of a rip-off in my opinion. Oooh look at their contact us link. You get to e-mail what appears to be a personal e-mail address for support. :| Also, technically the .org/.net/.com + .ly domains are $50/year with 2 year minimum purchase upfront... just .ly is $500 for 1 year.

Well I'm not going near .ly domains now, or ever.

Go to the source: http://www.nic.ly/

I went to the source. For $500/year you get .com/net/org.ly and .ly itself. Thanks, but no thanks >_< It says that native Libyans get free .ly registrations and webspace. And not all Libyans are terrorists :emlaugh:

Oh wow, can I steal this smilie? >> :emlaugh: It's the perfect emoticon for this ^_^;