ICANN on October 27th 2004 released this:
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Did anyone else see this?
So I called Tralliance and the top level will be released soon... I could not get a date from the guy but did indicate within several months contracts are still being negotiated.
Any opinions on this? I am quite please that I did not let the good names I have expire. I still wonder about .Travel's future.
Same applies here. Do you think anyone is going to start using the ".travel" sites instead of orbitz or expedia? No. I'm not typing in orbitz.travel. I'm still going to type in orbitz.com. I think it is just a waste of time and money.
Do you think anyone is going to start using the ".travel" sites instead of orbitz or expedia? No.
Oh I don't know... First the travel industry is not all about orbitz and expedia. You would be amazed at the travel resources out there that turn in some dollars. Second, I know some big companies who bought up when registration first opened. I really scored on a few during the frenzy when the registration first opened. Checking in, I see several large companies still holding on to their investment.
Knowing the travel industry (Huge as it is) I believed and still do think the .travel will fly (no pun intended) than most extensions submitted for proposal. Why? I believe this supports better branding and communicates at some level to the audience. It is also better for future companies as to those who have been a .com.
I do see the flip side of this, and perhaps it will never take off… which is why I bring it up again... what is the future of the .travel. While a year ago it was not ICANN approved, now it is and there seems to be a serious future.
I am quite please that I did not let the good names I have expire
I think you might be more than a little disappointed
1) .travel is not fully approved, only it has passed the 1st ICANN round/test.
2) .travel you own I guess are from another company - non ICANN approved. These require a pluggin for users to "see" sites with these extensions in their browsers.
3) The New Microsoft ANTI Spyware software does not like these pluggins and will cause the browser to display ICANNs new .travel names instead.
I can't wait for the mid 90s style fake gold rush for domains.
Spain.Travel anyone?
2) .travel you own I guess are from another company - non ICANN approved. These require a pluggin for users to "see" sites with these extensions in their browsers.
You are correct. However a phone call to the woman in charge did the trick. Our domains will be brought in as top level domains once contract negotiations are complete. So we are good to go. Had we waited any later and these would have been lost as she explained.
I don't claim to be a domain wiz, and yes I was familiar with the new.net plug-in. I was assured from the company no plug-in will be required.
(laughin at the 90s thing) Good one...
I was naturally thinking the same thing at the time of buying. Loosing these won't break me and felt the investment was worth a shot.
In sum: there are a lot of dot.whatevers that get put up... seeing .travel over the last year and now making further process I am pleased.
If anyone thinks that owning an unofficial domain gives them a right to anything then I will happily sell them mobi.org.uk so they can start sites such as chat.mobi.org.uk and claim all of the decent .mobi names - does that sound ridiculous? I hope so as it's just the same.
Off soap box now, still seething though.
