Making way for these were “vodka.asia” (US$25,000), “diamond.asia” (US$28,000) and “spa.asia” (US$23,200). Into the final week of the auctions, “discover.asia” remains at the top having closed at US$112,111. Live auction ticker and commentary can be found on think.asia, as the .Asia Hot-or-Not Domains Appraisal Contest awaits its Grand Prize winner of US$10,000.
"We have seen growing excitement for the .Asia Auctions as the
Hot-or-Not Contest reaches its final stage. Contestants and auction
participants alike are logging on each day to think.asia to check out
the latest development. We believe that the .Asia auction process has
been a great success not only in providing a fairer process to compete
for domain names, but also in building a solid foundation for adoption,
investment and growth value of .Asia domains,” says Edmon Chung, CEO of
DotAsia Organisation.
A quick search on the Internet revealed great headway .Asia is making
to attract businesses and initiatives alike to utilize the domain.
Examples include businesses in the region such as “pingo.asia”,
“isup.asia” and “webit.asia”; multinationals and media groups such as
“ing.asia”, “adversus.asia” and “honda.asia”; as well as events and
regional initiatives such as “gnome.asia”, “childlearn.asia”,
“aibcs.asia”, “bringitalltogether.asia” and “cantonese.asia”, etc.
“We are energized by the adoption of the .Asia domains exemplifying our
philosophy: ‘From Asia, For Asia’. Businesses and initiatives embracing
the .Asia domain are coming from Asia as well as from around the world
who are targeting services for Asia – the Asia market and the Asian
audience,” adds Edmon. “The usage of .Asia domain names by small and
large companies alike demonstrates the value of an Asia centric
Internet web address.”
About DotAsia Organisation:
DotAsia Organisation is the Sponsoring Organisation and Registry
Operator for the .Asia Sponsored Generic Top Level Domain. DotAsia is a
not-for-profit, community-based organisation incorporated in Hong Kong.
Asia has developed into a global force in the international commercial,
political and cultural network. The .Asia domain aspires to embrace
this dynamism in the Asia Century to become a nucleus, intersection and
breeding ground for Internet activity and development in the region. To
learn more about DotAsia, please visit: registry.asia.
To register your .asia domain name, check out EuroDNS here.