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Take the first step towards announcing your presence in the Asian region with a .asia domain name. As one of Asia Pacific's largest registrars and an accredited .asia registrar, Melbourne IT is uniquely placed to provide expert advice and registration services.
With increasing technology penetration for the 2 billion people in China and India and the high volume of searches for "Asia" and "Asian", .asia should be an essential part of your online strategy.
asia - who, what and why
.asia is a new generic TLD for individuals or organisations in the vast Asian region.
The ICANN appointed .asia registry is DotAsia Organisation Limited, a membership-based not-for-profit corporation located in Hong Kong.
Based on Internet World Stats nearly 40% of the world's Internet users are located in the Asia Pacific region. The economic boom in China & India is likely to fuel further penetration of this technology in the region.
Who is eligible to apply for a .asia domain name?
Unlike .eu, .asia is taking a different approach opening up the domain to anyone provided at least one domain name contact is a legal entity in the Asia region
Melbourne IT DBS is providing a full registration service for .asia domain names throughout the launch. This includes:
- Helping you plan for .asia (prioritising applications for Sunrise 2R2a, 2R2b, 2R2c) advising you of relevant requirements, processes and timelines
- Submiting your application(s) via our specialised application process (and any necessary documentary evidence required at time of application) to the .asia Registry;
- Advising you of any relevant communications from the Registry (and their agents).
- Additional services including assisting with local presence and auction support services.
How will the names be allocated?
All .asia domain names will be allocated during various prioritised registration phases provided there is no other applicant for the domain name. Where there are multiple applications during the same registration phase, auctions will be held.
Launch phases
The phases and dates are outlined below:
| 9 October 2007 - Landrush | ||
| Sunrise 1 (SR1) | ||
| Government Reserved Names | ||
| 9 October - 30 October 2007 | ||
| Sunrise 2a (SR2a) | ||
| Early Bird Sunrise | ||
| Mark must be applied before 16 March 2004 | ||
| 3 November, 2007 - 31 January, 2008 | ||
| Sunrise 2b (SR2b) | ||
| General Registered Marks | ||
| Mark must be applied before 6 December 2006 | ||
| Sunrise 2c (SR2c) | ||
| Extended Protection | ||
| Domain name applied for may be constituted with Mark plus significant words from the Nice class description. E.g. Mark for XYZ in Nice Class 1: "Chemicals" may apply for XYZChemicals.asia" | ||
| Sunrise 3 (SR3) | ||
| Registered Entity Names | ||
| 20 February 2008 | ||
| Landrush | ||
| 26 March 2008 | ||
| Go Live | ||
Open registration commences in February 2008, allowing anyone meeting some basic requirements to register a .asia domain name that is still available. Open registration will consist of two different phases, the initial 'Landrush' phase and then the 'Go Live' ongoing general operations phase.
Note documentary evidence is not mandatorily required at the time of application for Sunrise SR2.
Submit your interest in a .asia domain name
Please complete the following form to submit your interest in .asia and other Asian country domain names.
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