Nov, 2001 : Tucows Inc. pre-registering .NAME domains

📅 November 8, 2001 - Tucows Inc. (tucows.com), a leading provider of wholesale domain name registrations, announced that it will begin taking pre-registrations on Wednesday, November 7, 2001, for .NAME, the world's only global generic top-level domain (gTLD) exclusively for personal name registrations.

The registry is offering both personal domain name registrations andpersonalized e-mail forwarding. This should significantly increase theaccessibility of personal names for registration by individuals. Tucows'pre-registration period allows individuals to submit requests for domainnames more than four months in advance of the formal registration periodthat begins March 2002. Participation in the pre-registration process doesnot guarantee successful registration of a domain name. Pre-registrationswill be subject to random selection.
"The launch of .NAME demonstrates the continuing evolution of domain namesinto a flexible, mainstream product," says Elliott Noss, President and CEO,Tucows Inc. "Clearly the industry is addressing the needs of registrants byoffering more choice and more customized options."
.NAME is operated by London-based Global Name Registry Ltd., and is thethird of the seven new gTLDs approved by the Internet Corporation forAssigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to offer alternatives to the .com, .net and .org name spaces. The launch of .NAME follows that of .INFO, which went live on October 1, 2001, and .BIZ which is scheduled to go live November 7, 2001.
".NAME represents the third new registry that will become operational in avery short period of time," continues Noss. "Each registry has its ownpolicies, product lines and technical configurations, increasing thecomplexity of the registration process across multiple TLDs. Tucows' uniqueOpenSRS platform offers our resellers one simple, streamlined interface tomultiple systems. Our job is to help our resellers offer choice to theircustomers without having to undertake increased expense and technicalcomplexity."

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