Start registeri.ng, .NG domains go on sale

http://thenextweb.com/industry/2010/12/30/interesti-ng-nigerian-domains-go-on-sale-so-get-registeri-ng/

by elvirs • 16 years ago

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sova• 16 years ago

The article mentions 27 registration-capable companies but fails to provide any names or links. Any voices of experience for which service should I use for purchasi.ng a Nigerian domain?

davidradcliffe3• 16 years ago

The list of registrars is here: http://www.nira.org.ng/index.php/registrars. I looked through the list of the platinum, gold and silver levels and none of their websites support .ng yet.

pablohoffman• 16 years ago

After checking a few registrars, I found they only sell third-level domains (.com.ng, .net.ng), not second-level domains (like "amazi.ng") which is probably what most people here would be interested in.

Example: http://www.webdomains.com.ng/myaccount/whois.php?step=1

It's a shame they're missing the opportunity to sell such a nice top-level domain - or perhaps it's done on purpose?

elvirs• 16 years ago

I think .com.ng kind of domains have been around for a while, the latest news is that they are going to open .ng domains for everyone, really soon. at least i believe thats whats going to happen.

cjbprime• 16 years ago

People should probably stop voting this story up; the .ng domains are not currently on sale anywhere I can see, and there's no sign that they will be generally available any time soon.

pjeide• 16 years ago

Should have read the comments first. Just wasted 20 minutes trying to find a registrar.

prawn• 16 years ago

This is an example of why 90% of the time, I read the HN comments and then decide whether the story is worth checking.

Vivtek• 16 years ago

And when I don't, I usually regret it. Like now.

It would appear that second-level .ng domains might be available, but only for companies incorporated in Nigeria, which is probably not a bad idea.

jdeeden• 16 years ago

Lame.

brianbreslin• 16 years ago

With the stigma of Nigerian emails scams would you really even want to be associated with .ng?

zavulon• 16 years ago

I guess one of their goals is to change this stigma by having more legitimate Nigerian online presence

ddemchuk• 16 years ago

Nigeria is one of the last countries I would ever trust with any sort of credit card information. However, if namecheap can nab these as an option, I'll probably snag a few of them

davidradcliffe3• 16 years ago

I did a little more research and it looks like the second-level .ng domains are being sold through an auction slot process. The starting bids are around $50,000.

tubecat• 16 years ago

Can you cite the source of that?

davidradcliffe3• 16 years ago

Direct email from Websoft (http://websoft-ng.com)

oewete• 16 years ago

Hi, I happen to be a Platinum Registrar [www.websoft.com.ng] & below are documents regarding the 2nd level .ng domains which are to be auctioned.

http://www.nira.org.ng/index.php/auction

http://nira.org.ng/media/pdf/NIRA%20AUCTION%20PROCESS%20Marc...

Its sad that just a minority of Nigerians [0.05%] of a population of 150million have completely destroyed the reputation of an entire nation. Nonetheless, Websoft has been able to earn the trust of some Fortune 500 companies & hence our selection as the Registrar in Nigeria & we stand committed to building a New Image of Nigeria & flush out these unscrupulous elements.

Start registeri.ng, .NG domains go on sale

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