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08-25-2008, 10:13 PM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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.sg
Just wanted to share...
there is a promotion for .sg names at S$5 (about US$3.50) but it is on until end of August
apparently the 100Kth name will be registered soon and that person wins a $2,000 prize
more importantly, there are a number of generic, one word names and numbers available that were already taken elsewhere
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sgnic.sg is the regulating body and you might like to check there first
i went through the entire list of their partners and found that instra.com.sg, an australian company with a presence in singapore, has the cheapest price for renewals
the renewal prices of instra.com.sg appears to be the most reasonable at S$39, about US$26
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for non-singaporeans wanting the .sg, you might like to look at this:
.SG - Second-Level Domain Name Under Top-Level
.SG: All individuals and entities are eligible to apply for any second-level domain name under .sg. Applicants which are not resident in Singapore, however, must appoint a local agent having a valid Singapore postal address as the Administrative Contact for the domain name, who shall also be authorized to receive all communications from SGNIC relating to the application. Applicants must in submitting their applications also abide by and observe the RPPG and, if the application is made during the Soft Launch Period, the SLG.
Local Presence option:
Applicants based outside of Singapore may still apply for a .SG domain name. Instra Corporation will act as your Administrative Contact for no additional cost to fulfill the registration requirement for this domain.
If you are based outside of Singapore, you will be given the option of electing us as your Administrative Agent during the application process.
source: http://instra.com.sg/domains/sg-domains.htm#com_sg
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regards
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08-25-2008, 11:52 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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Why $26 for such an unpopular domain suffix?
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08-26-2008, 12:36 AM #3Junior Guru Wannabe
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I have no idea of its unpopularity...do you?
anyway everyone is proud of their own country's suffix
I think it is more a matter of developing the ccTLD....maybe in time it will become better known?
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08-26-2008, 04:54 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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Singapore is a very small country. As I've just explained in another thread, if you're a small registry serving a small community you can't charge .com-type prices because your overheads per domain are that much higher. Last time I looked the average annual fee for small-country registries was somewhere around USD 50.
Country code registries are there to serve their local communities, and most country-code prefixes are in common use within their own country. Calling a ccTLD "unpopular" just because it has chosen not to market itself as a pretend GTLD (like .tv or .ws) is almost an insult to the country concerned.