Domains: May 2006 Archives
Eurid have now decided that they won't be publishing a list of domain releases. Instead they are opting to include the release date in the whois:
The first names unsuccessfully applied for during Sunrise will be released on June 7. Names released will include all expired domain names and those for which the last application in the queue for that name was rejected 45 days prior to May 24. Only names which are subject to ADR proceedings will not be released. EURid has decided to publish the release dates for domain names in the Sunrise WHOIS database (www.whois.eu). If you are interested in one of these names, please contact a registrar who will be able to try to register it for you on the 7th of June. Each entry in the Sunrise WHOIS database will be accompanied by a foreseen release date. Please note, however, that this date is provisional and is subject to the initiation of ADR proceedings The remainder of the domain names that were rejected during Sunrise, and that will not be available for registration on the 7th of June, will be released on a weekly basis on Tuesdays at 11:00 (Belgian Time) starting on June 13. These Tuesday releases will continue until all domain names, applied for during Sunrise but not granted to any applicants, have been released. By publishing the release dates for the relevant domain names in the web Sunrise WHOIS database, EURid avoids publishing a full list of names to be released and in doing so does not assist cyber squatters.Unfortunately they haven't made the data available using command line whois, so you have to go through the web interface with its captcha protection..
According to the main page of Sedo they have 124986 .eu domains on offer at present.
If you combine the numbers from Sedo with those you get from a quick search on say Afternic then the number climbs to close to 200 000 domains...
If you then add the domains that don't even have dns or anything else and have simply been "dumped" in a corner, how many active .eu domains are you left with?
The Eurid ADR site now lists a total of three decisions, with all three complaints being denied.
The Eurostar debacle had already been subject of a French court hearing earlier this year.
On both occassions Eurid's awarding of the domain in question was upheld on the basis of the "first come, first served" rule.
3 days later and still no sign of any emails either from the current registrar or from Eurid..
Considering how quickly the .eu zone has grown you would think that the zone would be reloaded every few minutes... However that does not seem to be the case. Even though whois etc., will update new zones and changes do not seem to be going live in anything close to realtime.
As I mentioned last night, Eurid have now clarified their transfer policies. Since this is such "virgin" territory I thought I'd give it a try, so I've initiated a transfer between registrars.
According to the Eurid site this should be quite straightforward, but for some reason I don't feel so optimistic
Eurid have finally got round to providing information on transfers, both between registrant and between registrars.
If the terminology is a bit confusing:
the registrant in simple terms is the domain owner or holder, whereas the registrar is the company that registers or manages domains on behalf of its clients.
In both cases the system is email based and involves a confirmation step via the Eurid website
If you applied for a .eu domain under sunrise one or two you may have been lucky and actually got it. On the other hand you may have received a negative response from Eurid.
If you got a negative response then you are in good company, as thousands of applications have been rejected without any proper explanation:
Dear Sir, Madame, We regret to inform you that your application for the Domain Name xxxx.eu has been rejected. The documentary evidence that we received did not sufficiently prove the right claimed. However, we inform you of the possibility to initiate an ADR Proceeding against this decision on the grounds of non-compliance of that decision with the Regulations. According to the Sunrise Rules, you have forty (40) calendar days following a decision by the Registry to register or not to register a Domain Name to start this procedure. (see Sunrise Rules, section 26) Kind regards, The EURid teamSo what does that mean exactly? Your guess is as good as mine. And there's no point hassling the registrars for more details, as Eurid don't seem to deem it necessary to provide more details............
According to IpWalk the main Eurid website has been down for more than 36 hours since Saturday.
Further uptime stats are available via the ipwalk site
Irish Sunday newspaper The Sunday Business Post's monthly ICT supplement includes coverage of the EU sunrise fiasco
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