Laibcoms - 1:52 am on Mar 12, 2008 (gmt 0)

The first-come-first-serve registration will start on March 20/21 depending on where you are.

The bids are for domain names with more than one applications (keyword here is application, it is not registration). Those who did not applied for the auctioned domain will not be able to auction for it.

Sunrise is for people and entities who owns trademarks, be it registered or unregistered.

If your domain do not show up, then it is either no one applied for it, or someone will challenge your claim later because they hold the trademark for it (for example). Additionally, you can not expect registrars around the world to provide and receive data updates "live".

You may see your domain being auctioned off for you and the other applicants later. The internet is not perfect, humans are not perfect, technology is not perfect. Expect delays.

Example, we were trying to register a domain name via three popular registrars. Then we received an email that it was cancelled due to the fact that it was been awarded to someone who owns that trademark (although we are going to contest it). It shows how the updates are delayed between dotAsia and the registrars.

TBH, this is a very well thought out process compared to .us and .eu