[ncdnhc-discuss] .NU is a "commercial TLD" ???

[Jim Fleming]

.NU is a "commercial TLD" ???

Jim Fleming
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> Hello;
>
> You may be familiar with my company, .NU Domain Ltd, at www.nunames.nu .
>
> We are the exclusive Registry for the .NU ccTLD. We've been in business
for
> nearly 5 years and have built a solid (but relatively modest) commercial
> TLD. Right now, we have about 110,000 domain names registered, including
> multilingual names (European, Arabic and Asian) that actually work on the
> Internet.
>
> You can test these at http://www.nunames.nu/Local-Language.cfm (European)
> and at
> http://www.worldnames.net/pages/demo.cfm (Asian and Arabic).
>
> Last summer, we signed an agreement with Verisign Registry for Verisign to
> make available our standard ASCII .NU registrations to its Certified ICANN
> Registrars, like NSI, Register.com, MelbourneIT and Tucows, at a reduced
> price. It has taken Verisign Registry a while to get our system up and
> running, but it is now active. NSI will start accepting .NU registrations
> some time next week at
> www.netsol.com, their retail site, and several other ICANN Registrars
are
> already registering .NU domain names through the Verisign RRP system.
>
> However, Tucows has been dragging its feet and will probably not launch
> support for .NU for quite a while.
>
> So my tech staff here has developed an OpenSRS server for Tucows Resellers
> to use who are interested in accepting .NU registrations right away, at a
> lower cost. Anyone using the OpenSRS client can start registering .NU
> domain names right now, directly through us. We even have a simple patch
> which you can use with your current OpenSRS client software to start
> registering .NU domain names instantly.
>
> I'd like to talk with you - via email or phone - about your interest in
> doing that on a trial basis. If you would like to give .NU a try, I'd be
> willing to let you start registering names for a one-year period on a
> 30-day trial basis at no charge to you - regardless of how many names you
> register during that trial period. After the free trial period ends, we
> would also grant you a greatly reduced price from our current 25% discount
> for .NU Certified Registrars as an introductory offer for OpenSRS
resellers.
>
> Right now, our Registrars can accept 2-year registrations only, at our
> retail price of $60 for two years. We receive $45 from these Registrars
for
> each registration. So OpenSRS Resellers could get a significant price
> advantage if you sign up today.
>
> Basically, I'm interested in expanding our Registrar base to include
> resellers who use OpenSRS and I am willing to be very flexible in order to
> start the process rolling.
>
> You can read a bit more about our basic Registrar program at:
> http://www.nunames.nu/partners/registrar.cfm
>
> I'd really appreciate the opportunity to discuss this further with you.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Bill Semich
> President and CEO
> .NU Domain Ltd
> http://www.nunames.nu
> bill at mail.nic.nu
> +1 508 359 5600 ext 110