Posts Tagged ‘domain registrations’

ZA Registrar for domain registrations back up and running


2010
04.13

www.co.za is all up and running and back in business again after their issues on April 7, 2010. whois.co.za, co.za Domains and the South African Domain Registry in general is all back in business.

But you know that already :) Well done for all the hard work!

Domain registrations in China – turning .cn to .can’t


2010
03.24

I’ve been through the domain name registrations in China, in addition to the full documentation to be submitted to the Chinese authorities in order to not have the .cn account suspended.

However, now things have become interesting – registering domain names through non-Chinese registration authorities has been suspended since mid December:

We've disabled the registration of new domains for the moment. CNNIC
changed their rules regarding registration of new domains. Now, they
allow registration just for Chinese companies. Until they clear up
their policies, we've disabled the new domains registration.

That’s what most registrars are coming back with at the moment. However, GoDaddy has suddenly decided that now – 24 March 2010 – they won’t register domains for Civil rights reasons, amongst others. (more…)