Would you register .Wales and .Cymru domain names ?

[rawkinrich]

Anyone know of a database of websites that use .wales?

 

[BeachLife]

The government has switched over to gov.wales, the various Welsh political parties have switched over. Various government or council run sites are badly serving it up on both old and new extensions, see sport.wales and sportwales.org.uk, and the Football Association the same, faw.wales. Some private companies with a Welsh focus, fbagroup.wales, atlantic.wales.

Given the short time it has been available, there seems to be a fair amount of traction, but mostly for those bodies that had Wales in the domain previously.

But as for insurance.wales or sushi.wales, nah, who would be interested?

 

[DaveLeeds]

If anyone has registered any .wales or .cymru through Heart Internet then they should check the Whois. It seems that one I went for through HI was ftr on the 3rd, I received the invoice after payment and now I've found out that they hadn't registered it after all but someone else did on the 5th.

 

[Admin]

If anyone has registered any .wales or .cymru through Heart Internet then they should check the Whois. It seems that one I went for through HI was ftr on the 3rd, I received the invoice after payment and now I've found out that they hadn't registered it after all but someone else did on the 5th.

You should never assume any Registrar has secured your domain. Every time you buy something keep checking the WHOIS at the source i.e. whois.nic.wales until you see your name there. I do this every time.

If you have a lot to check then get a tool to help you.

Admin

 

[DaveLeeds]

Thank you. A lesson learnt and also a warning to anyone who may think they have registered a domain through HI. They can now recheck and try to reg before it's too late.

 

[SF]

Anyone developed thiers yet?

 

[rawkinrich]

Anyone developed thiers yet?

Not yet.

 

[Admin]

Anyone developed thiers yet?

A very basic one: www.name.wales

 

[Retired_member41]

Strange that the premium names will all be released on the 31st on a first come first served basis.

Good, but thought they would auction them or similar.

 

[ian]

Strange that the premium names will all be released on the 31st on a first come first served basis.

Good, but thought they would auction them or similar.

I thought they were going to be auctioned too. So how will these be released, via a drop we can use script to catch, or a manual frenzy?

 

[SF]

A very basic one: www.name.wales

Very impressed admin, looks awesome. Are all the names on there for sale and yours?

 

[Admin]

No, would look too skinny if just mine, I posted everything on SEDO so they are all registered and for sale. If anyone wants to list theirs let me know or send me in an Excel file so I can import.

• Domain
• Anything you want to put in the description
• Sales URL
• End Date (if any)

It's just WP with a custom skin - tried to keep it clean for faster mobile loading.

Admin

 

[SF]

Ive just sent you a PM with mine to add - great idea and use of the domain.

It loads really quick for me, is it mobile friendly?

 

[Admin]

Ive just sent you a PM with mine to add - great idea and use of the domain.

It loads really quick for me, is it mobile friendly?

Yes fully mobile friendly

 

[BeachLife]

Can TAG holders register .wales domains through their normal Nominet system? Could a current drop catching script be able to register .wales for example?

 

[DaveP]

Can TAG holders register .wales domains through their normal Nominet system? Could a current drop catching script be able to register .wales for example?

No. For .wales one needs to be ICANN accredited.

 

[BeachLife]

No. For .wales one needs to be ICANN accredited.

Thanks Dave. So which registrars actually try to register the domain immediately as you request it? Unlike 1and1 who may try some hours later by which time someone else has beaten you to it ..

 

[Retired_member41]

If you sign up to the NRS for wales, you can send epp request to register it immediately yourself.

PS Dave, the auction for casino is still ongoing, so your plural looks like money in the bank.

 

[SF]

Caz where can you see these auctions, does DaveP have casinos.wales?

 

[Retired_member41]

I believe that is one of his gems yes.

You can't see the auction but someone just spoke to nominet asking why it was still showing as available and not on the premium list, turns out two bidders are still bidding.