This is how our company .TEL website ideegeo.tel looks like:
.TEL is a simple and affordable solution to own and manage a website without the need of having additional webhosting. You can even update your contact information and location from your iPhone. The new design and personalization options make .TEL pages much more interesting for both individuals and businesses.
Check if your personal or company name is still available with our domain search.
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Flavors.me takes all your content feeds from around the web and displays it on a single homepage which makes it an ideal tool for hosting your own domain name. As soon as you publish or create entries on services like Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm, Flickr or Tumblr it will automatically show up on your Flavors.me page.
Designing your website is plain fun with hundreds of customization options including fonts, background images and different layouts. The premium version offers the possibility to use custom domains, a contact form and website statistics. See the video below to see how to create your Flavors.me page:
Setting up domains for Flavors.me with iWantMyName does not require any technical skills and takes just 60 seconds. If you do not own your name on the internet yet, Flavors.me is one of the best reasons to buy your personal domain name.
]]>.LT also supports Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) with the special Lithuanian characters (ą, č, ę, ė, į, š, ų, ū, ž). There are currently 111,767 registered domains in total (Statistics).
Search for your desired domain name now.
New features of My.tel 2.0 include:
Look for the built-in "buy a .tel" link to purchase new domains directly from your iPhone. Both the My.tel and our DomainApp can be downloaded for free on the iTunes App Store.
Many thanks to the Telnic team for integrating DomainApp and placing their trust in iWantMyName!
]]>In addition to our special offer for .CN.COM domains, we will also run a promotion for the .ASIA extension. All new registrations will only be $14.90 USD from March 1st, 2010. Go and get your .ASIA domain now!
Consequently, we have decided not to offer .CN domains as long as any restrictions are in place. However, if China is your destination market, we would like to suggest two alternative solutions: .CN.COM and .ASIA web addresses.
The alternative .CN.COM internet extension is managed by CentralNic, the registry for .LA (Laos) and many other popular second-level domain suffixes such as .EU.COM (European Union) or .US.COM (United States). Domains under .CN.COM are completely unrestricted, enabled for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), including Chinese character sets, and can be registered by anybody worldwide. This makes it the perfect web address if you do not want a domain name that is heavily regulated.
We have now enabled .CN.COM at iWantMyName with a special introductory offer. All new registrations are only $19.90 USD until the end of April. Please see our domain promotions for further details.
In our next article about .CN domain alternatives we will talk about .ASIA, the new generic top-level domain (gTLD) for the Asian community.
]]>Whether it be Facebook, Twitter, Ning or any other service provider, they all have a point in common. You cannot own a web address such as http://facebook.com/yourusername or http://yourusername.tumblr.com because it is tied to THEIR domain name. If the domain (or company) fails for some reason you are not in control of your user-name and your content. Folks invest a lot of time building their online content and a deletion can be horrifying. So how does one go about protecting digital identity?
The domain name system (DNS) was invented in 1983 and .COM celebrates its 25th birthday this year. By 2012 there will be over 200 million domain names in use. Despite its age the DNS continues to provide reliable service to domain owners who enjoy complete control over how they use and manage their own domains. Unlike usernames, a domain is a secure asset whose operation is governed by a universal set of rules that registrars must operate within. The rules not only protect ownership, but also allow for full portability. You can transfer to a better registrar at any time and you can redirect your domain to any online service that you like.
Source: http://www.identitywoman.net/personal-anchors-on-the-web-for-digital-identities
With the full implementation of internationalized domain names (IDNs) and the introduction of new top-level domains the diversity of available domain branding options will continue to grow. Many companies keep a small portfolio of branded domains for future use and to protect their digital identity from being misused. Under the domain industry rules a user may secure their personal domain without any obligation to apply it immediately. If an ownership dispute arises, there are rules governing this as well.
If you think your preferred user name might be controversial, at risk or already taken, why not choose a more generic name and then register a domain to control your digital identity instead?
]]>They are getting scarce so don't wait too long to register your own tiny domain! Here's a free list of some nice available short domain names for inspiration:
aj.vg, ap.vg, ay.vg, ez.vg, fc.vg, gi.tc, hq.vg, ia.vg, ia.tc, iu.tc, ix.vg, ja.vg, ol.vg, tu.vg, uc.vg, ze.gd, zo.gd, zu.gd, zy.tc, aa.ht, ak.mu, al.mu, an.tl, an.mu, ao.mu, ap.ht, ap.mu, as.ht, ax.mu, ay.tl, az.mu, ba.ht, ba.mu, bb.ht, be.mu, bt.tl, bu.tl, ce.gs, ci.tl, cu.gs, cu.tl, cy.gs, cy.mu, di.tl, di.mu, do.tl, du.tl, ee.mu, ef.mu, eh.mu, ei.cx, ei.mu, ei.ht, ei.tl, el.mu, er.gs, er.mu, er.tl, fa.tl, fe.mu, fi.mu, ga.tl, ga.cx, ga.mu, gg.tl, gg.mu, gg.ht, gu.gs, gu.tl, gy.gs, ho.mu, hy.gs, if.ht, if.tl, if.mu, ig.gs, ii.tl, ii.ht, je.gs, jo.tl, ka.gs, ke.tl, ki.gs, ki.tl, ku.gs, li.mu, lo.mu, ni.mu, oa.gs, oc.cx, ok.ht, on.ht, oo.ht, ou.tl, ou.gs, ox.mu, pa.tl, pa.mu, pi.tl, qa.mu, qi.mu, qu.mu, qu.gs, ra.mu, se.mu, so.mu, ta.mu, te.gs, ug.gs, wi.mu, wo.mu, ze.gs, zi.mu
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]]>There will also be an Enterprise edition with support for multiple domains, advanced dashboard features, full end-to-end branding and a customer service support plan.
We have some domain name ideas for you to find a memorable short domain. You should try to keep it simple yet still readable. Do not obsess to much about the length, 5-7 characters will still work fine. It is not so much the brevity that is important but the recognition value of your brand.
With iWantMyName you can easily find and set up domains for bit.ly. Start branding your links and register your own short domain today!
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]]>This new rule allows us to reduce the price for our valued customers. All new domain registrations and renewals will be reduced from $59.00 to $49.00 USD.
The .LU registry also announced the introduction of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) starting in April. More details on this coming soon.
]]>If you would like to secure your online identity in China, we recommend registering a .COM / .NET Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) or soon to be available .ORG IDNs with Chinese characters instead. The registry for .ORG, PIR, is allowing IDNs with the Chinese and Traditional Chinese character sets from January 23rd 2010, 19:00 UTC. Please note that .ORG Chinese IDNs registered in the first 30 days, will have restriction placed upon them by the registry to allow for intellectual property interests to file UDRP actions if warranted. You will not be able to delete, transfer or update a domain during this time.
Chinese character .ORG domains can be registered through our standard domain search which is already fully IDN enabled.
中国当局最近更改了.CN 域名注册规则。由于这些变更我们不得不暂时将 .CN 域名从我们的网站上移除。但是，如果阁下希望确保您在中国的在线身份，我们建议阁下用中文汉字注册 .COM / .NET 域名。同时 .ORG 域名也将作为国际域名 (IDN) 很快开放。敦请阁下注意，中文 IDNs 的 .ORG 域名自注册之日起30天内会受到限制。期间您将无法删除，传输或者上传。中文汉字域名 .ORG 可以通过我们的带有完整 IDN 功能的标准域名搜索来注册。例如 阳光.org
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QR Code example for the iWantMyName homepage:
Your domain QR code can be obtained by clicking on the respective domain name in the iWantMyName dashboard. Feel free to download, print or put it on a sticker.
There are many use cases for QR codes. One of our favorite blogs ReadWriteWeb had an excellent article series on "The Scannable World":
The iWantMyName crew will be at the LCA2010 Open Day on Saturday 23rd January at the Wellington Town Hall. Be sure to stop by our booth, supply us with your favourite URL address and we will print a free QR code sticker for you.
]]>So why is a commercial developer of domain registrar software supporting an open source event? Perhaps that question is best answered by our chief technologist Lenz Gschwendtner who will be speaking at the LCA Miniconf on Parallel Computing 10.30am Tuesday 18th January. Lenz recently wrote an article explaining how we managed to roll out the iWantMyName platform into three new destination markets in the short space of just a few weeks. Being a modular platform, we make use of some fantastic open source projects (such as CouchDB, RabbitMQ, Catalyst) to implement and run the system. But we also give back to the community, by adding various source libraries to CPAN and GitHub as we extend our skill set and progressively develop the platform further.
The business of open source is an important theme that cuts across the entire conference this year and that is another reason why iWantMyName is supporting this event. We think it's cool that the acceptance of open source technology is growing across business and government in Australia and New Zealand. Not only will it lead to greater business productivity, but it will almost certainly allow much greater innovation and diversity as developer communities flourish. In fact our parent company ideegeo set up an Erlang user group in 2008 and we are very active in other ICT groups around Wellington. No doubt many new ideas will be born in the conference hallways this week as various global communities come together.
To help these ideas along we are running some great offers on our newly launched Kiwi iWantMyName site. Of course we have a great deal for our homegrown and much loved .geek.nz domain or if you need a domain for a community project, check out what we can offer for .org or .org.nz domains. For perl hackers we offer .pl and for the enthusiasts amongst you .io (input/output) or .sh (shell). Use our domain search to run a name check on over 80 different domain extensions - the best selection available by far Down Under. Then you can use our great management dashboard to hook your new domain up to any of the popular hosted services we feature such as GMail, Zoho and Blogger. Bingo! Your own customised office within a few minutes.
We are very keen to get feedback on our site and meet some of our customers in person. So please look out for the big red and white iWantMyName banner at the LCA2010 Open Day on Saturday. You can also find us at Monday evening's Tweetup at the Green Man pub or catch us on Twitter @ideegeo & @iwmn.
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