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Lock Down Your .XXX Domain Before The Land Rush Begins

Lock Down Your .XXX Domain Before The Land Rush Begins

2011-09-08
Source: Tech Crunch

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The vaguely controversial .xxx top-level domain is about to open up to all comers, but before the main event, a little prep work is required. ICM Registry, the company administrating the launch, can’t just let every joker with a GoDaddy account register domains willy-nilly. Not yet, anyway. So today marks the beginning of the “sunrise” period of the TLD launch, when interested or wary parties can begin pre-registering or restricting their brands and names.

If you’re interested in the new TLD, whether for protective or prospective purposes, the process starts now.

It’s not quite as simple as filling out a few fields, though. See this handy flow chart. Right now it’s only open to people who intend to actually register a .xxx domain. I don’t believe there are any restrictions placed on what it means to intend to register and develop, so if you just want to own mysite.xxx and have it redirect to mysite.com, that’s likely an acceptable use, as long as you bring the money....





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