We are now accepting .US domain name pre-registrations! They are priced at only $14.95 a year.

The Registry is requiring a 5 year initial signup, and the pre-registration phase is available only to trademark holders.

Grab your .US name before the best ones are all taken!

myOstrich Internet Services (http://www.myostrich.net)
When it comes to your eBusiness, we don't have our heads in the sand!"

-t

Aren't .us extensions government-only?

not anymore :)

BTW: Is it possible to get one beeing located in Europe?

Originally posted by Schumi3
not anymore :)

BTW: Is it possible to get one beeing located in Europe?

If you can get a .nu and live in Japan, and a .cc while living in Spain, why couldn't you get a .us and live in Europe? ;)

First, because I tried to order something for a friend in the US and every shop refused my european mastercard. I know, it's not the same thing, but related in a way.

Second, there some extensions, like .fr (France) oder .pl (Poland), for wich you have to live in the country to register a domain with this suffix.

BTW: I'm working on my crappy english, sorry for that.

My friend is living in Japan but she still can register a .fr (France) domain. $$ can do everything

Well, dunno, maybe there are some exceptions, but the rule of thumb is what I've posted above.

All this does not apply to .es domains. You must be a registered company to apply for an .es domain and the domain must match the company name. :o

yeah .ca are the same. you have to live in canada....if you don't live in canada and have one and they find out they simply take it away from you.....its oddly strict here about that

In order to purchase a .us domain, you must meet the Nexus requirements for a US presense.

Nexus Category 1
A natural person (i) who is a United States citizen, (ii) a permanent resident of the United States of America or any of its possessions or territories, or (iii) whose primary place of domicile is in the United States of America or any of its possessions.

Nexus Category 2
An United States entity or organization that is (i) incorporated within one of the fifty (50) U.S. states, the District of Columbia, or any of the United States possessions or territories or organized, or otherwise constituted under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or any of its possessions or (including a federal, state, or local government of the United States, or a political subdivision thereof, and unincorporated organizations based in the United States).

Nexus Category 3
An entity or organization (including a federal, state, or local government of the United States, or a political subdivision thereof) that has a bona fide presence in the United States of America or any of its possessions or territories.

-t

How strictly is this being enforced? .com is the commercial extension, and was *supposed* to be for businesses. However, most people (myself included) have purchased and used .com domains for non commercial purposes.

The registry claims that all registrations will be reviewed and that the Nexus requirements will be strictly enforced. Only time will tell of course.

-t

Generally, if someone is offering these domains where they shouldn't be, they're likely to be a fraudulent organization and you'll end up being screwed.

Originally posted by Devorius
Generally, if someone is offering these domains where they shouldn't be, they're likely to be a fraudulent organization and you'll end up being screwed.
I"m sorry, but I don't understand what you are saying here.

-t

What I mean is: when someone offers domain extensions in ways that violate set regulations, many times it is a fraudulent organization that is doing so. The "take your money and run" type.

Originally posted by Devorius
What I mean is: when someone offers domain extensions in ways that violate set regulations, many times it is a fraudulent organization that is doing so. The "take your money and run" type.
OK. I get that. I'm not sure what it has to do with this thread though - but I get it. Thanks.

-t

Originally posted by Devorius
Aren't .us extensions government-only? Nope. Not now, and never were -- .gov is for government agencies.

.us used to be, though, based on geographic location and some government entities on the local level use them. But registration until recently has been available at no charge to anyone in the US. The recent changes do away with the locality-based naming scheme and institute a registration fee -- and hopefully will result in a more efficient management. In other words, the .us TLD will now be operated in a manner similar to that of any generic TLD.

Originally posted by thewitt
We are now accepting .US domain name pre-registrations! They are priced at only $14.95 a year.

The Registry is requiring a 5 year initial signup, and the pre-registration phase is available only to trademark holders.


Question: I am registered with Enom and they state that the queue only requires a minimum 2 year registration. Where did you get the 5 year minimum from?

DPerley

Question: I am registered with Enom and they state that the queue only requires a minimum 2 year registration. Where did you get the 5 year minimum from?

The 5 year minimum registration requirements are for the pre-registration period for trademark holders. I doubt this is what you have, if you already have one registered, since the .us registry is not live. These are for second level domains, like yourname.us not 3rd or fourth level like city.state.us or whatever.

Hope that helps.

Edit: I just took a look at enom's site. It appears that they are doing pre-registrations for normal .us domains, not the trademark period. You are basically putting your name on a list in hopes that when the registry goes live, you will get it.

-Dan

Originally posted by DPerley
Question: I am registered with Enom and they state that the queue only requires a minimum 2 year registration. Where did you get the 5 year minimum from?

DPerley
This is after the trademark period, which requires a 5 year registration - a registry requirement, not a registrar requirement.

We are not currently taking pre-registrations for the post-trademark period, though we are talking about it.

Once the trademark pre-registration (also called sunrise) period is over, the standard registration periods are 2-10 years for .US domains. This is what eNom is doing now - ie taking your domain order for a non-trademarked us domain, and they will be applying these to the registry when it goes live at the end of April.

-t

Just an update on .us pre-registrations.

We are now taking registrations for the "Landrush" post-trademark registration processing.

Trademark holders will have their pre-registrations processed on April 23rd.

Non-Trademark holders will have their pre-registrations processed on April 24th.

Live/realtime registration should begin shortly after the April 24th Landrush processing is completed.

-t