".asia" domain applications near 300,000 on opening of registration

Friday, February 29, 2008 

The new generic top-level domain, ".asia", met with an Internet landrush following the February 20 launch of the Asia-Pacific domain. Applications have not only come from Asian countries, but also from Europe and North America. Asia accounted for 35% of all applications with Europe and North America taking 40% and 24% respectively.

According to the DotAsia Organization, global application on launch were approximately 266,700. Currently Dotalliance Inc. & EuroDNS S.A. are the top two registrars.

	We [DotAsia Organization] have reserved several applications for notable small-business companies in the previous sunrise period before this Landrush. This (reservation) take a good effect and several registered organizations all got their wanted websites. With near 300,000 applications anticipated for the ".asia" domain, it demonstrated a strong demand for ".Asia".
—Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia.

With the ".asia" domain having become notable, many more applications are expected before the closing date of March 12.

Source

• ".ASIA申請量 可望突破歐盟.eu 最後階段申請 首日26萬筆 三月底正式上線" — World Journal, February 26, 2008 (Chinese)
• Press Release: ".Asia 開放全球註冊 首日搶灘總量直逼30萬" — .asia, February 22, 2008 (Chinese)
• Press Release: ".Asia Landrush opens with 300,000 Domain Applications Total of 266,663 Applications Received on First Day of Landrush" — .asia, February 21, 2008
• Michael Hatamoto. "The starting gun sounds for the .ASIA domain landrush" — BetaNews, February 20, 2008
• Press Release: "AsiaDNS Commemorates First Day of .Asia Landrush with Special Promotion" — EuroDNS, February 20, 2008

External Links

• ICANNWiki: Landrush
• Dotalliance Inc.
• EuroDNS S.A.