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[DotUs]

Thought it may be helpfull if we were all to post 1 fact/rule we know about .us,

I'll go first.

Reserved number names:

All domains of any length beginning with 18XX or 1-8XX or 8XX
where X = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 (EG: 1800flowers/1800business - reserved)

all 5 number names (any combination) all zip codes are taken (and are partially developed) 90210 , 90324 , 99999 etc etc etc...

any nnnnn.us that are not zip codes forward to there directory.

and 247.us was the highest reported nnn.us sale $8,201 (2007)

[alanj878]

Like me go next DotUs and Ron from Dnjournal are the most popular two .us domainers online right now

[DotUs]

Video.us was the highest reported sale,

Sold for $75,000

Got deleted (nexus problems)

Sold for $18,000

Got deleted again (nexus problems)

Sold for $12,000

[floES]

Domains which contain the "7 bad words" may be deleted by the registry.

[floES]

I just wonder what that passage means?

Registrant agrees not to resell the Registered Name without the RA’s prior express written consent.

[floES]

Originally Posted by floES

I just wonder what that passage means?

Am I the only one who stumbled across that passage?

[floES]

Sorry for pushing again, but I am really interested in what that passage means... Is there no one to answer?

[DotUs]

where did you find that passage ?

had a look on nic.us but could not find anything for you,

the way the passage is it seems that you have to have written permisiion to sell/buy a dot us from the original owner.

this is not the case,

you can buy and sell .us freely, no paperwork involved, your name your choice.

let me know if it's something else i'm missing.

[floES]

Originally Posted by DotUs

where did you find that passage ?

http://www.neustar.us/policies/docs/...trar_terms.pdf
Paragraph 22

the way the passage is it seems that you have to have written permisiion to sell/buy a dot us from the original owner.

this is not the case,

Practically I already bought one, but I thoug maybe theoretically it was forbidden (and no one cares about it)?!

[Dominik]

As somebody based outside the United States, I have the following question:

How secure is it to invest in .US domains? Apart from the strange paragraph already posted above, which may or may not forbid the buying and reselling of .US domains, I'd also like to know whether Neustar can take .US domains away from non-US investors if it wishes to do so?

Ownership is an important issue to think about before investing in any ccTLD, because the rules vary from country to country. For example, .DE may officially only be owned by Germans, but so far it is allowed for foreign investors to hold .US domains. Is it likely that these rules will change in the future, hence forbidding the registration of .US domains by entities without offices in the United States?

I'm considering to buy a few .US domains now that prices are low, but investing $x,xxx+ in domains only to lose them at some point in the future would just be too risky.

Thanks in advance for any replies!