The domain name '.asia' will be available in October

Internet addresses ending in ".asia" will come to governments and businesses starting this October. However, mass registration will have to wait until early 2008.

The " first issue " is limited to governments that want to own a geographic domain name such as "china.asia", or businesses holding proprietary trademarks registered before March 16, 2004 and still active today.

The ".asia" domain name is expected to help unify businesses and users in the Asia-Pacific region. Its role will be similar to the ".eu" domain for European Union member countries, or ".cat" for Catalan language countries.

In the past, domain names often have the same meaning as ".com" for commercial websites, or go into specific countries and territories such as ".fr" to represent France.

However, along with the explosive growth of the Internet and the trend of strong globalization, the demand for geographical partitioning domains such as ".eu" or ".asia" also grows day by day.

Little bridge, but need

Source: Hertelendy Even some experts have asked ICANN to add a new, smaller-scale domain name system, such as ".berlin" for users, organizations and businesses in Berlin. of Germany, or ".nyc" for New York and ".paris" for France's Paris Capital.

Of course, compared to the old domain names like ".com", ".net", the demand for new domain names like ".asia", ".eu" . does not penetrate. However, many foreign businesses think of ".com" as primarily an American domain name, so they still want to search for alternative domain names.

In order to prevent automated domain name registration from blocking the system during the new domain opening date, DotAsia - which manages the domain names in Asia and ".asia" will cancel the model " who comes first served first ".

Instead, all applications sent in the early stages (October 9-16) will be "treated and reviewed equally." If two or three candidates require a domain name, DotAsia will hold an auction.

However, the time to start using a new domain name is not published. In addition, the domain name registration fee will also vary depending on the specific country.

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