As I mentioned last night, Eurid have now clarified their transfer policies. Since this is such “virgin” territory I thought I’d give it a try, so I’ve initiated a transfer between registrars. According to the Eurid site this should be quite straightforward, but for some reason I don’t feel so optimistic
Category: Eurid
Eurid Transfer Policies and Procedures Explained
Eurid have finally got round to providing information on transfers, both between registrant and between registrars. If the terminology is a bit confusing: the registrant in simple terms is the domain owner or holder, whereas the registrar is the company that registers or manages domains on behalf of its clients. In both cases the system… Continue reading Eurid Transfer Policies and Procedures Explained
Don’t ask Eurid why your eu domain wasn’t registered?
If you applied for a .eu domain under sunrise one or two you may have been lucky and actually got it. On the other hand you may have received a negative response from Eurid. If you got a negative response then you are in good company, as thousands of applications have been rejected without any… Continue reading Don’t ask Eurid why your eu domain wasn’t registered?
EU Downtime
According to IpWalk the main Eurid website has been down for more than 36 hours since Saturday. Further uptime stats are available via the ipwalk site
Landrush Fiasco Covered by Sunday Business Post
Irish Sunday newspaper The Sunday Business Post’s monthly ICT supplement includes coverage of the EU sunrise fiasco
EU Rollout Good News For Regional TLDs
According to a report in WHIR not everyone sees the EU rollout as a fiasco. A spokesperson for Afilias views the rollout as being generally positive and good news for the growth of regional TLDs. It’s hardly surprising that Afilias would take this view given their involvement in several ccTLDs
Is Eurid Breaking the rules?
By allowing .eu domains to be registered without any nameservers is Eurid breaking the rules?
Eurid To Run Another Landrush
Remember that domain you wanted to get under sunrise 1 or 2 that Eurid rejected? Well it seems those domains are going to be released in a new “landrush” on June 7th. The problem of the squatters and the phantom registrars, however, as not been dealt with, so whether or not anyone will really gain… Continue reading Eurid To Run Another Landrush
Google et al monetise typos
Frank Michlick points to an article in today’s Washington Post that discusses domain typos in more detail. Although the article does not mention .eu domains directly it isn’t hard to see what can happen if the examples cited are to go by: The Post, using a software tool created by the Microsoft Research division, found… Continue reading Google et al monetise typos
Blocked / Reserved Names
According to domain blog it may be possible to register domain names that the Commission has blocked: With a good reason it is possible to ask for reserved names The European Commission has reserved a number of .eu domain names that are consequently not available for registration. However, should there be organisations or private persons… Continue reading Blocked / Reserved Names