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RegistryPro hopes to get more professionals will get with its .pro program

Written by on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 in internet corporation for assigned names and numbers, internet corporation for assigned names, new domain names, new top level domains, top level domains, registrypro, doctors and lawyers, american bar association, domains, domain, registrars, top level domain, .pro, Domain Names.

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The company, which is the official administrator of the new .pro top-level domain, is trying to drum up business among professionals for the new domain names.The company is hoping to lure qualified professionals to the domain by offering a combination of a specialised domain name and a digital certificate designed to authenticate identity, Sloan Gaon, chief operating officer at RegistryPro, said on Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Bar Association in San Francisco.

“Anyone can get a .com name with 48 characters in it — or they can get a simple .pro name that’s trusted by their peers, colleagues and — hopefully — consumers,” he said.

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Google Offers $10 Domain Registration with Gmail and all the Google App Support

Written by on Friday, December 15th, 2006 in enom, godaddy, domain registration services, accredited registrar, Google, registrars, ICANN.

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Google yesterday (14 Dec ‘06) anounced that Google has partnered with GoDaddy.com and eNom, two leading domain registration services, to offer domains for $10 per year which includes private registration to protect your personal information.

Now you’ve got one-stop shopping for all the services currently on the Google Apps for Your Domain platform — just find a domain, buy it, and get started. We’ll do all the behind-the-scenes configuration work for you. For now this is available for .com, .net,.org, .biz, and .info domains, but we’re working on bringing it elsewhere soon.

I believe the domain is actually provided by the two registrars eNom and Godaddy , I wonder why Google didn’t offer registration itself, its been an ICANN accredited registrar for almost 2 years now.
If you look carefully into it, its nothing but addtion of domain regitration process through Google instead of other registrars to its exisiting Google Apps service.

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.EU domains will get a price reduction as of Jan ‘07

Written by on Friday, December 1st, 2006 in registering a domain name, registrars, registering a domain, registrations, european internet, eurid, domain, Articles, email, .eu, Domain Names.

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From of Jan 2007, .eu domain will have 5 - 10 euro price reduction. . Apparently this is to cover both registration and renewal. EURid lowers the registration and renewal fee for .eu domain names from 10 to 5 euro.

EURid, the registry for .eu domain names, has decided to lower the fees associated with owning a .eu domain name. As of January 1st 2007, the price for registering a domain name and the annual renewal fee will be 5 euro as opposed to today’s 10 euro.

This substantial reduction is possible thanks to the huge interest in .eu and the high number of registrations. Note that this fee, set by EURid, is charged to the accredited .eu registrars and that they in turn set the prices for their customers. Many registrars bundle their services also to include web hosting and email packages, for instance. However, EURid is convinced that the price reduction will be carried forward and that end users will also benefit from reduced registration and renewal rates, given the competition between registrars.

“EURid is now following up on its promise to reduce the fees after one year of operation. We hope this will stimulate more users to see the advantage of having a true European Internet presence by choosing a .eu domain name,” says Marc Van Wesemael, managing Director of EURid.

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.EU domains will get a price reduction from Jan 2007

Written by on Thursday, November 30th, 2006 in registering a domain name, registrars, substantial reduction, marc van, january 1st, .eu, eurid, european internet, Domain Names.

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EURid lowers the registration and renewal fee for .eu domain names. The lowered amount is from 5 - 10 euro.EURid, the registry for .eu domain names, has decided to lower the fees associated with owning a .eu domain name. As of January 1st 2007, the price for registering a domain name and the annual renewal fee will be 5 euro as opposed to today’s 10 euro.

This substantial reduction is possible thanks to the huge interest in .eu and the high number of registrations. Note that this fee, set by EURid, is charged to the accredited .eu registrars and that they in turn set the prices for their customers. Many registrars bundle their services also to include web hosting and email packages, for instance. However, EURid is convinced that the price reduction will be carried forward and that end users will also benefit from reduced registration and renewal rates, given the competition between registrars.

“EURid is now following up on its promise to reduce the fees after one year of operation. We hope this will stimulate more users to see the advantage of having a true European Internet presence by choosing a .eu domain name,” says Marc Van Wesemael, managing Director of EURid.

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