Registering something.com.fr domains?

[skidder]

I know that France has a strict nexus requirement. Yet several of you mention that anyone can register a something.com.fr site instead. My question is: where?

Even sites that seem to have it all, like Speednames, don't offer .com.fr.

Am I missing something?

thanks
s

[bill]

Have you checked this thread?:
.fr domains [webmasterworld.com]

[skidder]

yes, it doesn't really mention anything about .com.fr. Just lots of discussion of the .fr nexus requirements.

[kodaks]

This may help:
Google [google.ca]

[skidder]

thanks, but it isn't all that helpful.

in fact, this post is already the #1 result. how ironic.

thanks though
s

[tedster]

several of you mention that anyone can register a something.com.fr site instead.

Well, I've researched a bit and all I can see is that French residence must be established to buy a .com.fr domain. These references were all pretty old - but this was definitely the case when the domains first became available in 1999.

[internetnews.com...]

So unless this regulation has changed, it looks like the best you could do would be some kind of a proxy purchase. Does anyone know differently?