Register.com Service Enhancements

[Deb]

Register.com recently announced that they have added the ability to register long domain names (67 characters) and will be adding the ability to lower the cost of domain registration by registering domain names for up to 10 years.[nbsp][nbsp](Ten year registration sounds like a great idea to me if the domain name in question is important to your company or self).

Note: There is the possibility that during the system upgrade, which is expected to occur between approximately 8:00PM and 11:00PM EST on Saturday, January 15th, there may be a brief downtime as register.com upgrades its systems.[nbsp][nbsp]Register.com does not expect this period to last any longer than 10-15 minutes, although the possibility exists that the downtime may last longer than originally intended.

For those, that use Register.com this should be good news :)[nbsp][nbsp]As now you will be able to obtain domain names with *many* different TLDs, for *long* periods of time, up to 67 characters long, from one place :)

For those that do not use Register.com -- well, ummm, there's a back button near the top of your browser that will make this message go *poof* :P

Deb

[JE]

Wow...

I've seen this 67 character around. Now who actually will register a domain name with 67 characters :) :) :)?

This is the new thing in domain names. Now for me as a personal thing, I would not even dare to think of going to ANY website with a domain name 40 characters long much more ;)

can you imagine:

www.thisdomain-nameis-definitely-67-characterslong-and-i-loveit.com (http://www.thisdomain-nameis-definitely-67-characterslong-and-i-loveit.com)

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha. I think i'm gonna register that one.. :)

I think the new limit should have been maybe 36 or 40, but 67?????? who has a name to fit that length?

I know there are some that can. Can anyone else here make up a 67 character long domain name?

Also, can I switch registrars from NSI to Register.com? Do you think it's worth it?

Thanks.
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[Dan Kaplan]

Is there some significance to this weekend, other than MLK Jr?[nbsp][nbsp]First Joker.com, then Register.com...[nbsp][nbsp]Why the very similar changes within hours of each other?[nbsp][nbsp]Any other registrars making similar changes?

Or am I quacking up the wrong tree?[nbsp][nbsp](needed a tie in for my sign-off ;)[nbsp][nbsp])

Duckhunt

[Tatu]

Either because of pure coincidence or then Register had to do something to battle Joker's $15.73 registration fee (sorry for bragging about my registrar). Might as well distract us with 67 character limits (which Joker already had almost if not first :D ), right? :P

I'm just playing with you hardcore NSI/Register-ists' heads, don't take it personally, =)
-Tatu

PS: Deb, do you and Register.com have that $50 per-good-thing-ya'-say-agreement you had FQ hooked on last year? :D

[JE]

Are you that serious or is it something I don't get....
Register.com's new price is somewhat near $15.73 like Jokers'???????? Yipppeeeeeeeee :) This is what I have been waiting for since I'm not rich or anything, this price is right down my street. I think i'm gonna get about 3 more domains. And what's even better is that I can go directly to their offices and pay them in person. :) Yipppeeeeeeeeee :)
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[Tatu]

NO! Don't go register domains thinking they are $15.73!!! I wouldn't want to be responsible for you later realizing they were in fact $70!

I was just saying that the Joker.com, all be it unprofessional and cheap looking, just came out with $15.73 domain registrations for one year (or around $32 for two years) and that is why I was joking around that Register.com came out with this "67 character" limit announcement (to distract the news about $15.73 registrations at a competitor). :D

Sorry for any misunderstandings, and I said the above about Register's tactics in a jokingly manner (NOT TO BE TAKEN PERSONALLY). ;)[nbsp][nbsp]Whew!
-Tatu[nbsp]

[pdstein]

I don't get all the hopla over a 67 character domain name.[nbsp][nbsp]Why would anyone want their users to have to type in 67 characters?[nbsp][nbsp]

http://www.IAmTryingToMakeItAsDifficultAsPossibleToGetToMyWebSite.Com

Also, I would not recommend anyone register their domain name for more than 2 years.[nbsp][nbsp]In the past 6 months, domain name registration has come down from $70 for two years, to $36 for two years, to $16 for one year.[nbsp][nbsp]Would anyone like to wager on what the cost will be in 10 years?[nbsp][nbsp]If you pay for 10 years, that's what you're doing.

[Tatu]

You also don't know whether Joker.com will just go out of business in 4 years and you are stuck with 6 years of paid unregistration or what not!

-Tatu

PS: 67 character domains are to pump them full of keywords to get higher listings in search engines. This of course, has yet to be proven (and we have yet to hear from the people who actually put hundereds of dollars into this).