Hi,

I am wondering if someone can register domain like solution.name or xpuppy.name?

I got the following message when trying to register a name that is not a company name nor a person's name.

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To register a .name top level domain (TLD) it must come from a person’s name. This is either the legal name of a person or the name the person is professionally known by, for example a pseudonym or a stage name. This name must be the personal name of a natural being or a fictitious character of which you possess a registered copyright or trademark. It may begin or end with numbers to set it apart from other people with the same name. I hereby confirm that I have read and understood the above and confirm that I have a right to register this .name domain.
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- Anthony

That's kinda interesting. I now have two .name domains for personal use. One I registered as new and the other I grabbed after it expired. Neither time did I see anything like what you just posted. One I can honestly say is my name but the other one is the name of a city I don't live in. If my registrar had asked me to abide by that rule I would not have registered the city .name domain. Who is your registrar?

really interesting, so does that mean i can use my name after the "." ?

tanks

really interesting, so does that mean i can use my name after the "." ?

tanks

The TLD is .name just like .com and .net. So it would be YourName.name. In other words bob.name or smith.name.

I am using 1and1.com. This may involve with deep legal issue. I would not know. What happen if I register "XWoman.name" the time that "XWoman" was not a popular name, but later, it becomes popular as a Rock Roll band?

In the middle of my typing of this post, 1and1.com on the phone that the name that I registered is legal since it is generic. :)

I guess it would not be "legal" for me to register something like GeorgeBush.name? ;)

I think it is not legal too unless your name is called George Bush.

The name I registered was ipc.name.

The representative told me that it is perfectly legal for me to register for the name. However, this is probably the last .name domain that I will reserve since I found them not very valuable through a domain sold price list.