Getting a .by domain

http://blog.pitched.in/getting-a-by-domain

by doorty • 16 years ago

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sjs3823• 16 years ago

Whats the cost for one in USD? It says "79 000 rub". I'm sure that means ~2527 USD, but I guess I can hope that it means ~2.50 USD. :)

hippich3• 16 years ago

current exchange rate is ~3100 belarussian rubles for $1.

sjs3823• 16 years ago

The site says "rub" which is the abbreviation for a Russian ruble.

bjonathan• 16 years ago

PRICE AND PAYMENT

Primary registration - 33 USD (1st year).

Renewal of registration per year - 33 USD (2nd and every following year).

source: http://domain.by/instructioneng_new.html

hippich3• 16 years ago

I am from Belarus (country behind this tld).

I'd invest a lot of time into reading all documents before doing some serious project using these top domain names. We still have some problems with corruption and civil rights..

zalew2• 16 years ago

And people should probably be aware that politics can result blocking their domain for any reasons, like the .ly case, shouldn't they?

kmfrk• 16 years ago

Another no-go domain is .mm[1].

The .ly fad aside, using random, unusual TLDs is something I have a lot of problems seeing the point of. Getting a nice shorturl is fine, but you have to make damn sure that the shorturls will always work.

[1] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/.mm

wibblenut• 16 years ago

Quick correction - .by is the ccTLD for Belarus and is not regulated by ICANN.

doorty3• 16 years ago

Interesting. I'll make the change.

tptacek• 16 years ago

You should do some research on Belarus before sending them money.

frb3• 16 years ago

One should definitely be careful when registering domains that belong to countries which not really democracies.

Remember that they can switch off your domain at any moment. And by no means build your business on it.

vb.ly is a good example: http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2010/10/the-ly-domain-space-to-b...

doorty3• 16 years ago

I think this has been blown a little out of proportion. I haven't actually heard of any other .ly domains that this has happened to.

frb3• 16 years ago

No, I haven't neither. I'm not saying don't register any .ly or .by or whatever domain, I'm just saying be cautious. (See my other post with "legal actions".)

jodrellblank• 16 years ago

As if democracy is the property which reveals whether the government employees are good or corrupt.

frb3• 16 years ago

Right, but even if there are corrupt government employees and you are discriminated by the government (employees), you have always the option to take legal actions.

In some countries you can't take legal actions that easy, especially against the government.

Here's another example (coincidentally it's Belarus again): http://snarkerati.com/tv-news/belarus-big-bang-theory-rip-of...

doorty3• 16 years ago

Now I'm hearing that the Nameservers have to be in .by country when you register. What about curated.by? Are there nameservers really in Belarus?

axod• 16 years ago

I tried to register mib.by

They took the money, then a couple of weeks later said it "had been denied" for some reason or other. I think they said that someone local owns a trademark on 'mib' or somesuch.

It's still unregistered and unused.

Trying to register these types of domain is more hassle than it's worth. I did get a refund (after I requested it).

ljf• 16 years ago

Getting a .gd domain from modone.gd was not quite as slow, but was similarly not fully automated - but their service was really good, and I always got a personal reply from their domain manager. I wouldn't dismiss all lesser used TLDs - and .gd has loads of great short names left.

I reg'd we.gd and om.gd - hope to have something interesting up on them both soon.

Getting a .by domain

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