Just wanted to update everyone
on timelines for .info. Afilias has officially slated September 19,
2001 as the start date for real-time registrations. The Landrush
period is still expected to start on September 12, 2001...so this essentially
means that once the processing for Landrush begins (probably on September 19),
the names will resolve shortly thereafter.
In addition, I encourage
everyone to submit their Landrush pre-registrations to the OpenSRS database from
now until September 12. There is no disadvantage to submitting now (your
registrants chances of getting the domain they pre-register for are just as
good) and more importantly, it will give Tucows the visibility of what the
market is like so that we can better service you.
Further to that...INFO has been
HOT! Our current database is showing that .INFO pre-registrations are
eclipsing .BIZ pre-registrations by more than 2 to 1. There is some great
interest out there for .INFO...make sure to get your campaigns started for
.INFO! If you need any assistance in selling, you can find white label
emails, banner ads, and FAQ's here: http://www.opensrs.org/saleskits_info.shtml
We are constantly updating this to provide you with more tools (and just
received some material from Afilias) so keep checking back. I have also
been talking with many resellers...I know of at least one success story of
a reseller that sent out a direct mail to all registrants on Friday, July 6,
2001. This reseller has since received more than 1500 pre-reg requests for
.info...clear evidence of the impact a mailout like this can
make.
Great work to date! Keep it
coming!
Rick Baraniuk
Product Manager
Registrar Integrations
Tucows Inc.
p.416.535.0123x1336
c.416.346.0385
