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.SO Sunrise Is Open at EuroDNS

Luxembourg, November 16th, 2010 – EuroDNS is glad to announce that the Sunrise phase for the new .SO extension was successfully opened and is still available until November 30th, 2010.

.SO is a new extension for Internet domain names that will open a brand new Internet gateway with great flexibility. Indeed customers will be able to benefit from .SO domain names without any local presence restriction or any limitation on the number of domain names registered by a given individual or company.

.SO is the Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for The Republic of Somalia. The technical operator of .SO is the Japanese company GMO Registry while the “sponsoring organisation” of the ccTLD is the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of Somalia. GMO registry will be donating a portion of the operating profit to provide necessary aide for Somalia targeting children more specifically.

“This is a great initiative” comments Xavier Buck, EuroDNS CEO, “setting an example of corporate philanthropy in the Domain Name Industry whilst enabling the world to capitalize on the short & catchy .SO extension”

As for other domain name extensions, the .SO registration process is divided in various phases. The Sunrise period, currently held for trademark holders, is open until November 30th, 2010, to give applicants the opportunity to register their brands as .SO names before the system is open to the general public.

The Sunrise period will benefit from the expertise of The IP Clearing House. This independent entity will validate customers’ requests based on their trademark registrations registries, following their submission using the usual EuroDNS.com interface. To be considered as part of the Sunrise Phase, the Trademark must be fully registered by January 1st, 2010.

The Sunrise is not operated on the basis of the first come first served principle but will be followed by a Sunrise Auction Period opening on December 1st where all credible Sunrise applications submitted during the Sunrise Period will be able to bid against other Trademark applicants. This process will be held between December 1st and 15th, 2010 through the Pool.com service.

Sunrise domain names may be registered for a minimum of three years and a maximum of ten years.

Following the Sunrise phase, the .SO Landrush phase will open on December 16th, 2010 and last till February 9th, 2011. The Landrush Period was designed to allow companies and private individuals from all over the world to obtain the very '.SO' domain name they want as soon as possible, in exchange of a premium fee.

As per the Sunrise phase the Landrush is not operated on the basis of the first come, first served principle. Instead a Landrush Auction Period will open on February 10th, 2011 where all identical .SO Domain Names applications submitted during the Landrush Period will be able to bid against one or more applicants for the same .SO Domain Name.

Following the Landrush Auction Period, the Open Registration will be open to everyone on a first-come, first-served basis without any specific requirement. Open Registration starts on March 1st, 2011.

Both Landrush and Open Registration domain names may be registered for a minimum of one year and a maximum of ten years.

.SO domain names must be made up of a minimum of 3 characters and a maximum of 63 characters (excluding the extension). Only the Latin alphabet letters a-z, digits, and hyphens will be accepted. Domain names beginning or ending with hyphens, as well as domain names with hyphens on the third and fourth position are prohibited. The policy for the TLD .SO is liberal, there are no restrictions concerning the registrants, no local presence service is needed.
Go & get your own .SO domain names and while doing SO you’ll be helping out children!

Standard Sunrise Registration Price is 75 €. If you wish to Register several domain names based on the same trademark information, the validation fee decreases to 50 € for the second domain using the same trademark.

Customers who have obtained a CHIP code for a TM already validated in the Clearing House, see the price decrease to 12 €. All Sunrise Prices are on top of a 3-years Registration fee of 132 €.

Each domain name registration during the Landrush and Go Live onwards will cost 18 €.
For more information see our .SO TLD page at http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Somalia/so and don’t hesitate to contact our Sales team at sales(at)eurodns(dot)com.


About EuroDNS
EuroDNS is a Domain name Registrar specialized in International Domain extensions. Based in Luxembourg with branch offices in Europe, the USA and Asia with AsiaDNS, EuroDNS serves a large variety of clients ranging from SMEs to some of the world’s largest Domain Investors and offers dedicated naming solutions to Trademark holders. By strongly participating in leading industry forums including ICANN and the International Trademark Association, EuroDNS seeks to promote e-Commerce and wider Internet adoption. www.eurodns.com

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EuroDNS and Dynamic Network Services Inc. (Dyn Inc.), a leading provider of managed DNS services, are entering into Strategic Partnership.

EuroDNS and Dyn Inc. have similar roots in the domain name industry, and share the same culture of innovation and customer-driven services. Their common paths, coupled with consistent industry involvement, created an organic opportunity to work together.

“We had known about Dyn Inc. for a while and had great relationships with many people on their staff” said Xavier Buck, EuroDNS CEO, “We’re excited that this relationship could evolve into a strong business partnership.”

For more information see Dyn Inc.’s press release.

Luxembourg, October 14th, 2010 - As you have already been duly  notified, the  .CN Registry is conducting a drastic verification of the details provided by .CN holders for their domain name registrations.

In order to operate this verification, CNNIC will soon send an email containing a verification link to the email address appointed to the holder of every .CN domain name.

This being, you/your customer will need to read and click on the verification link provided in the Chinese Registry email.

Please be informed that failing to comply with this verification process will automatically conduct to the deletion of your/ your customer(s) domain name(s).

Should you need further information, please don't hesitate to contact our customer care department using the form reachable at: http://www.eurodns.com/eurodns/contactSupport

Thank you for your trust in EuroDNS.

Best Regards,

EuroDNS Customer Care Department

EuroDNS is happy to announce that the first millionth registrations of .SE domain names has been achieved, and is therefore offering a great promotion on any .SE registered between now and October 31st. Grab this opportunity; register your .SE for only 9 Euro, using the promo code: 1MILSE

You can also now transfer your .SE for free.
The number of .SE domains has now reached an historic level, the one millionth being tolkutbildning.se, which was registered via .SE’s registrar, City Network Hosting AB.
.SE currently accounts for about 75 percent of the net growth of the Swedish domain market. In 2009, .SE had a total market share of 58 percent, and among companies with ten employees or more, with own domain names, 89 percent had a .SE domain.
Last year, 87 percent of all Swedish companies with no fewer than ten employees had a website. This is reflected in the fact that two thirds of the .SE domains are registered by companies. Among private individuals, it is also becoming more common to want to have a separate identity on the Internet. (The Internet Infrastructure Foundation)
Many want to have independent e-mail addresses. Registering a domain name for a private blog has also become twice as common in the past three years and new trends in name registration are emerging. “Part of the new motivations for acquiring a domain name includes registering to achieve more successful search optimization” explains Xavier Buck, CEO of EuroDNS.
Many companies that began with one domain name have since registered new ones for various divisions, departments and products. For example, it is also common to have specific domain names for marketing campaigns.
Take advantage of the .SE promotion & be part of it!

For more information on the .SE, please go to:
http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Sweden/Se

EuroDNS will be present during Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C taking place in Miami, FL on October 17-20, 2010.

EuroDNS is a leading Domain name Registrar specialized in International Domain extensions. Based in Luxembourg with branch offices in Europe, the USA and Asia with AsiaDNS,

EuroDNS serves a large variety of clients ranging from SMEs to some of the world’s largest Domain Investors and offers dedicated naming solutions to Trademark holders. By strongly participating in leading industry forums including ICANN and the International Trademark Association, EuroDNS seeks to promote e-Commerce and wider Internet adoption.

If you are interested to meet us to discuss partnerships, promotion, advertising or more, please contact sales@eurodns.com