.asia Domain Registration

EMW Domains is accepting landrush applications for .ASIA domains as of Monday February 18th 2008.

The price for .ASIA domains is $49.95 AUD for 2 years including GST. The .ASIA is available in 2 year blocks between 2 and 10 years.

Eligibility Criteria

Note that as part of the eligibility criteria for .ASIA domains, at least one of the domain contacts must be part of the 'ASIA community' which includes Australia and New Zealand.

Registrants must confirm their eligibility by supplying either a Company or Business number (such as an ACN or ABN) for companies, or a passport, drivers license number or other form of valid identification number as specified by the .ASIA registry.

.ASIA Landrush Pre-registration and Auction process

The .ASIA Landrush is the registration period beginning on February 20th 2008 on 12:00 Noon UTC and ending on March 12th 2008 on 24:00 Midnight UTC.

During this time, requests to register a domain will be submitted to the registry. If any other interested party also applies for the domain during the landrush period, it will go to Auction where the customer applying for the domain can place bids on the domain.

Just like any other Auction, the highest bidder wins and secures the domain. If there is only one request for the domain during the landrush, it will be granted to the customer at the normal registration price after March 12th. If an applicant is outbid and they do not successfully register the domain, their registration is fully refunded and they will not be charged for the auction.

EMW will be accepting pre-registrations for .ASIA domains from Monday 18th February 2008, and will queue registrations to be submitted on day one of the landrush (20th Feb 2008 after 12:00 Noon UTC).

The Auction Process

The auction process will be run by an external auction-house selected by the .ASIA registry, and will be held at an external website: http://planetdomain.asia.pool.com/ where applicants may check the status of their domain application. Other participating .ASIA registrars will also have access to the auction process, and their customers will also be entering bids for domains they have applied for as well.

The auction process facilitiated by Pool will be executed at the end of the landrush during the quiet period. Participants in the landrush will be contacted by Pool via email with details of how to participate.

.ASIA GoLive

After the initial landrush phase, the registry will stop accepting new registrations for a period of two weeks, and will re-open on the "GoLive" date at 12:00 Noon UTC on March 26th. All new domain registrations from this point-forward will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis. The normal registration fees will still apply.

The .ASIA Event Calendar

• Landrush Begins 20th February 2008 at 12:00 Noon UTC
  • Note, in Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time, (AEDT), this is 23:00 (11PM) on Feb 20th

• Day One LandRush Promotion Ends 21st February 2008 at 12:00 Noon UTC
  • Note, in Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time, (AEDT), this is 23:00 (11PM) on Feb 21st

• Landrush Ends 12th March 2008 at 24:00 Midnight UTC
  • Note, in Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time, (AEDT), this is 11:00 (11AM) on Mar 13th

• GoLive Begins 26th March 2008 at 12:00 Noon UTC
  • Note, in Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time, (AEDT), this is 23:00 (11PM) on Mar 13th