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[DomainInvesting]

Anyone have any experience with the .no TLD? I would be interested to know if there is much potential with this extension - words ending in "no" are an obvious target.

[Alfredo]

It's very complicate cctld.

You need trademark, a local address and a companie.

Individual persons can't register domains .no. They have a third level for persons.

[Daniel Dryzek]

Is it still actual that you can register maximum 20 .no domains per company or has it changed recently?

DD

[Alfredo]

Originally Posted by Daniel Dryzek

Is it still actual that you can register maximum 20 .no domains per company or has it changed recently?

DD

The quota of 20 domain names is active. Norid makes no exceptions from this rule.

[Daniel Dryzek]

Originally Posted by Alfredo

The quota of 20 domain names is active. Norid makes no exceptions from this rule.

I heard from some Norwegian domainers that it is quote easy to avoid this limit (you need additional entities) but it is still quite odd that you can register only 20 domains The fact that you can't register as an individual is strange as well.

Have you heard about any plans to change this?

How about trademarks? You need it to register domain or not? If yes - international trademarks are also accepted?

DD

[Alfredo]

Originally Posted by Daniel Dryzek

I heard from some Norwegian domainers that it is quote easy to avoid this limit (you need additional entities) but it is still quite odd that you can register only 20 domains The fact that you can't register as an individual is strange as well.

Have you heard about any plans to change this?

How about trademarks? You need it to register domain or not? If yes - international trademarks are also accepted?

DD

The trick is create new companies. But it's expensive.
Usually the registrars have different companies and register domains for foreigners with this method.

I don't heard news about this.

The trademark doesn't mandatory but the company must are registered in the a Register Centre. You need a company with address in Norway.

Also Norwegian law forbids the advertisement for gambling in Norway, this includes the use of .no domains.

[Daniel Dryzek]

Is there ANY aftermarket in Norway then? Are there ANY domainers? Is it possible to buy good keyword domain name at secondary market?

Do you know any .no domains parked?

DD

[Alfredo]

Originally Posted by Daniel Dryzek

Is there ANY aftermarket in Norway then? Are there ANY domainers? Is it possible to buy good keyword domain name at secondary market?

Do you know any .no domains parked?

DD

I know this sales:
nav.no 550.000€
18.no 17.150$

The aftermarket isn't representative. I haven't information about local domainers or .no domains parked.

I have .no domains for development own proyects.

[Daniel Dryzek]

Originally Posted by Alfredo

I know this sales:
nav.no 550.000€
18.no 17.150$

The aftermarket isn't representative. I haven't information about local domainers or .no domains parked.

I have .no domains for development own proyects.

Nice price for nav.no. Is there any forum dedicated domain market in Norway or at least some thread at webmaster / hosting forum? There are 424,000 .no domains registered, so it's not so bad as for 5 million people country and so much restrictive registry..

DD

[Germain01]

Does anyone know of any registrar that registers.no for a foreigners for a decent price?

[snicksnack]

Originally Posted by Daniel Dryzek

Is there ANY aftermarket in Norway then? Are there ANY domainers? Is it possible to buy good keyword domain name at secondary market?

Do you know any .no domains parked?

DD

I own a few .no which are parked.

[Alfredo]

Originally Posted by Daniel Dryzek

Nice price for nav.no. Is there any forum dedicated domain market in Norway or at least some thread at webmaster / hosting forum? There are 424,000 .no domains registered, so it's not so bad as for 5 million people country and so much restrictive registry..

DD

http://itpro.no/supportforum/

It isn't a domainer forum. But they have some thread about domaining. Exactly in "Generelt om webutvikling".

[Alfredo]

Originally Posted by Germain01

Does anyone know of any registrar that registers.no for a foreigners for a decent price?

Write to www.crystone.com.

They have this option for foreigners.

[Germain01]

Ok I have done, I'll let you guys know if I get the registration!

[Alfredo]

Originally Posted by Germain01

Ok I have done, I'll let you guys know if I get the registration!

I asked time ago. The fee was 100 euros + reg fee.

Luck

[Daniel Dryzek]

Originally Posted by snicksnack

I own a few .no which are parked.

Do they have any traffic and revenue? Can you post those names here?

@Alfredo - thanks, I will look at this forum and try to understand using Google Translate

DD

[Alfredo]

Søk is search.

Search: namedrive, sedo or similar. You can find some post about domaining. Later Google Translate

[Germain01]

they said that norid doesnt let them register .no for foreigners...

[Alfredo]

Originally Posted by Germain01

they said that norid doesnt let them register .no for foreigners...

marcaria.com 260 USD

It's a cctld very expensive.

Maybe in local registrar.

[Z-Domain]

To answer your question: no.

I had to do it... I wish I had yes.no though.

[Daniel Dryzek]

Originally Posted by Alfredo

marcaria.com 260 USD

It's a cctld very expensive.

Maybe in local registrar.

It's not so expensive for local companies. You can buy .no domain for 129.00 NOK = 20 USD (active24.no)

DD

[Cato]

Yes, you do need a "organisation number" to be able to register a .no, but those are quite easy (and free) to get from the Company Registry (Brønnøysundregistrene - registeretat og datakilde). It doesn't have to be a company, it can be a union or an organisation of some sort as well. The latter is free to register.

The cheapest place to buy .no in English is Domainnameshop. They are the largest registrar in Norway and co-operates with SEDO for aftermarket purposes. The price varies according to currecy rates but it's £10.45 right now.

I have and have sold quite a few .no domains and the price is generally higher than .com or other TLD's.

It's definately more work than .com or .co.uk though.

FYI

[Alfredo]

Originally Posted by Cato

Yes, you do need a "organisation number" to be able to register a .no, but those are quite easy (and free) to get from the Company Registry (Brønnøysundregistrene - registeretat og datakilde). It doesn't have to be a company, it can be a union or an organisation of some sort as well. The latter is free to register.

Can a foreigner company sign in in brreg.no? Or it's only for local companies?

[Cato]

Yes, I believe foreigners can register.

Another thing I forgot to address is the trademark issue. There is no regulation on that part except if you do register cocacola.no you would probably be forced to hand it over to Coca Cola since it's obvious that you're infringing on somebodys trademark.

Most anything can be registered - just like .com