Initial registration - the "Landrush" - for .NU Domain's numbers-only
domain names will start at 12:01 UTC on June 10, on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Numeric Names Service will have two price-classes for numbers-only domain names:
- Premium Numeric Name consisting of just 3 characters (like 212.nu)
- Standard Numeric Name consisting of any combination of numbers and hyphens up to 63 characters long.
On June 10, customers can start applying to register numeric names
using any of several authorized .NU domain name registrars throughout
the world or at the .NU Domain Ltd website at www.nunames.nu.
"Demand for numbers-only domain names has really taken off in the past
year across several top level domains," said J. William Semich, CEO of
.NU Domain. "We expect to see a lot of activity as customers compete to
get the combination of numbers they want the most."
In February, when SIDN, manager of the .NL top level domain in The
Netherlands, first began accepting registration of numbers-only domain
names, the rush of hopeful registrants almost shut down SIDN's
email-based registration servers. During the first day of open
registration of numeric .nl domains (known as the "Landrush"), SIDN
received 511,274 competing registrations for just 14,409 unique numeric
.nl domain names during the first 24 hours of the Landrush period. See:
http://www.sidn.nl/
The cost of .NU Domain's newly available 3-character Premium Numeric
domain names is 100 EU per year and the cost of registering a Standard
Numeric .nu domain name for one year is 30 EU.
Names that are five numeric characters long, and certain other numeric
names of high public or private interest, including 411.nu, 888.nu and
others, will not be released for registration during the June 10
Landrush period. .NU Domain will make them available for registration
at a later time.