WolfLover - 4:38 pm on Sep 1, 2006 (gmt 0)

Exactly what does this mean? WHO reserved it? Can you reserve it and not actually lease it? I noticed this too, though through a different route - WHOIS. I did a WHOIS on <my zipcode>. I expected to see the registrarant for the scheme announced in this post. Instead, it's listed as registered to: NeuStar .US Reserved Domain There's an IP address, and it resolves to a web server that is serving a blank page. On the other hand, the specific examples cited in this post are listed as registered to: Vendare Media Corporation So, it looks like they didn't snag ALL of the US zip codes.

jtara, actually, it is the same company, just a different name in the whois. If you click on the link in this paragraph:

Note: You must have a .us domain name to be part of the directory. If you would like to register a .us domain mame, visit getmy us.

Above quoted from that site, but removed dots so no actual url listed.

If you go to their link of the getmy dot us you are redirected to neustarDotUs to a "register page" with all these different well known registrars listed with their links.

Seems to me a huge deal made what with them linking to all these registrars and you can only be listed in their directory if you have a .us domain name.

Again, VERY clever indeed. What I also wonder though in light of all ICANN's doings, I wonder if this company with various names involved somehow with close ties to the registrars? Just a good business idea and they made a deal to reserve all those .us zip codes OR something nasty afoot? Not being paranoid here, just wondering outloud. :-)