RSSRegister your favorite digits now as a URL in the .NU domain
By Tim Conneally | Published June 6, 2008, 5:31 PM
While numerically-named sites such as 123.net and 1337.com already exist, on June 10 the landrush will begin for the .NU domain which is being marketed in the US as the "number domain."
Belonging to the small island nation Niue which is located between New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa, and the Cook Islands, the internationalized domain name has been popular for several years in Scandinavian countries where "nu" translates to "now." Roughly 80% of the registered .nu domains are Swedish.
Niue engaged in an almost three-year long dispute with entrepreneur William Semich -- who was responsible for launching the domain -- over being unfairly cut out of profits. The independent investigation, however, found nothing illicit about Semich's business.
Considering Semich was reported to be contributing 15% of the revenue from .NU directly to the island country, the government of Niue was roundly criticized for its "misdirected campaign to assert sovereignty."
View Larger Map | The tiny island nation of Niue, about 600 miles east-southeast of Samoa. |
Registry of a numeric name with .NU will begin on June 10 at 12:01 UTC, and a name 3-characters long (187.nu, 666.nu, etc.) will be considered a "premium numeric name" and be included in a higher price class. Furthermore, numbers of high public interest (411.nu, 888.nu) will be subject to private auction at a later date.
who.nu ?
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I'd like to have the domain mylove.nu.
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Dibs on 417738881.nu
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Does anyone *really* use these TLDs?
I don't see any value in something other than .com, .net, .org, and maybe something reflecting my country (e.g. a .co.uk). And in that respect I think Niue should make use of the domain. I bet think the numbers thing is going to fall flat on its face.
IMO another case of:
"Hey, how do we make some more money?"
"I know! Let's make a new TLD!"
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With the amount of websites already out there, the need for more domain extensions are still growing exponentially. I’ve always thought that these three would be great:
.inc
.corp
.llc
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How about nahnunah.nu
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how about tu.nu
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Does this mean that 1 or 2 digit domain names will be super premium names and be included in a price class with more digits?
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Wonder who is going to get 42.nu
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I wonder who is going to get 2.nu?
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I just 1.nu to hell with the rest, but seeing how I am not going to spend penny on it, I won't get it.
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Huh what to get? How much does it cost?
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666.nu
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