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Having registered a .name extenstion, the webpage now gives me this:

Welcome to .name - This domain name is shared between many people with the
same last name.

The extension ".name" is a NEW Internet space exclusively for individuals'
and individuals' names. Many names on .name are shared, like this one, and
is therefore available to ANYONE. You can own a subdomain on this space by
contacting any .name Accredited Registrar.

For a list of .name Accredited Registrars, please see the .name Registry
website on www.nic.name


Since I own said domain name how can anyone "own a subdomain on this space
by contacting any .name Accredited Registrar."? The domain name was
unregistered before I took it.

Hi,
Did you go and check WHO was/were the "Accredited Registrar(S)"???

"ioweojfiwei" <> wrote in message
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> Having registered a .name extenstion, the webpage now gives me this:
>
> Welcome to .name - This domain name is shared between many people with the
> same last name.
>
> The extension ".name" is a NEW Internet space exclusively for individuals'
> and individuals' names. Many names on .name are shared, like this one, and
> is therefore available to ANYONE. You can own a subdomain on this space by
> contacting any .name Accredited Registrar.
>
> For a list of .name Accredited Registrars, please see the .name Registry
> website on www.nic.name
>
>
> Since I own said domain name how can anyone "own a subdomain on this space
> by contacting any .name Accredited Registrar."? The domain name was
> unregistered before I took it.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

ioweojfiwei wrote:
> Welcome to .name - This domain name is shared between many people
> with the same last name.

I believe that.

> The extension ".name" is a NEW Internet space exclusively for
> individuals' and individuals' names. Many names on .name are shared,
> like this one, and is therefore available to ANYONE. You can own a
> subdomain on this space by contacting any .name Accredited Registrar.

I think it is possible that if you own a 3rd level domain, you might
/actually/ own it.

> For a list of .name Accredited Registrars, please see the .name
> Registry website on www.nic.name

I don't find that site very helpful; I don't like its format/structure
and I don't find its information very useful, especially about this
issue of the limitations and 'meaning' of the 2nd level domainname vs
the 3rd level domainname vs just having an vs owning
3rdlevel.2ndlevel.name for 'your very own'.

> Since I own said domain name

I don't think you 'own' 2ndlevel.name -- I think you are 'sharing' it
with all of the other 2ndlevel.name people who want it. I think you can
have an address and keep it 'forever' - if you
get it before someother YourName 2ndlevel.name gets it.

> how can anyone "own a subdomain on this
> space by contacting any .name Accredited Registrar."? The domain
> name was unregistered before I took it.

Yabbut, they didn't 'need it' until there became /one/ of you. Now they
need it for you and all the other 2ndlevel/s who show up later.

If you really want to own something more personally, you might look into
the 3rdlevel domain and see if that will do what you want. Not all of
the registrars for .name can sell 3rd levels, just the ones listed in
this form: http://www.nic.name/registrarlist.html Listing of all .name
Accredited Registrars and their offerings (in random order)

I looked at one and they 'didn't know' they were selling .name
registrations; now I'm going to look at another one who sells 3rdlevel.

--
Mike Easter

Mike Easter wrote:
>> Registry website on www.nic.name
>
> I don't find that site very helpful;

I found some better stuff there.

Getting rid of some stupid frame management to make a link...:

http://www.nic.name/bf_contact.html <snippages>
Opening the second level on .name

How do the third level and second levels interact? Is this a complicated
rule for Registrars to implement.
It is actually very simple and no rules governing availability should
need to be implemented on the Registrars side. Availability checks
through the Registry will work extremely simply for a Registrar. For a
registrar registering a domain, the .name space has four "kinds" of
objects:

Available third level domains and email addresses (e.g.
john.smith.name and )
Unavailable third level domains and email addresses
Available second level domains (e.g. abc.name)
Unavailable second level domains

So, you /can/ have the email address , but you can't
have the email address but you can have your
chosen nameservers serving 3rdlevel.2ndlevel.name -- so you 'own it'.


--
Mike Easter

ioweojfiwei wrote:

> Having registered a .name extenstion, the webpage now gives me this:

> Welcome to .name - This domain name is shared between many people with the
> same last name.

> The extension ".name" is a NEW Internet space exclusively for individuals'
> and individuals' names. Many names on .name are shared, like this one, and
> is therefore available to ANYONE. You can own a subdomain on this space by
> contacting any .name Accredited Registrar.

> For a list of .name Accredited Registrars, please see the .name Registry
> website on www.nic.name


> Since I own said domain name how can anyone "own a subdomain on this space
> by contacting any .name Accredited Registrar."? The domain name was
> unregistered before I took it.


The dot name tld is being offered much in the same way that the dot US
originally setup.
Your last name is already assumed a part of the DOT name hierarchy.
That is, smith.name is not YOUR registered domain.
In comparison to john.smith.name which IS your registered domain.
If someone else comes along and wants john.smith.name, they can't get it.

Whatever last name you plugin before .name, you will be taken to the same
information page.

In essence, the .name TLD is actually a two part affair.
What you pay for is in effect, a subdomain.