Online-Domains sind einen Schritt weiter

Die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) hat in einer weltweit übertragenen Pressekonferenz kürzlich den Start für die neuen Top Level Domains (TLD) gefeiert. Auch die Domains mit der Endung .online sind in der veröffentlichten Liste von rund 1.900 Bewerbungen zu finden. Hans-Peter Oswald von domainregistry.de erklärt dazu: „Tucows und die I-Registry Ltd aus Deutschland haben neben vier weiteren Interessenten die Bewerbungsgebühr für die online-domains entrichtet und eine formgerechte Bewerbung abgegeben. Damit ist zwar noch nicht sicher, ob ICANN auch diese Bewerbung annimmt, aber die online-domains sind einen Schritt weiter.“

Über die Funktion und den Kreis der Nutzer von .online schreibt der Bewerber I-Registry Ltd: „With the TLD .online Registrants can use a broad and global namespace, which has a clear, concise and easy to remember meaning for being online. The TLD .online and its domain names are dedicated and thereby specialized to create content and facilitate communication among Internet users. The benefit for Internet users is a new namespace, which has no barriers and is open to everybody.”

Zu den weiteren Vorteilen der online-domains heißt es bei I-Registry weiter: „Registrants will have unlimited options when registering a domain because .online opens up a completely uninhabited namespace where an unlimited number of domain names is available, and a suitable domain name is easy to find for everybody. According to statistics, ‚online’ is the most frequently used word in domain names. This applies also to domain names on the secondary market. Registrants associate the Internet with ‚Online’ and like to register domain names which contain this string. A new TLD .online could shorten domain names and supplies an intuitive namespace, eliminating the string ‚online’ at the second-level. The SRS of Afilias, the registry service-provider for .online, is already connected to most registrars worldwide. Adding further TLDs and implementing them on the registrars’ systems is therefore simple, proven and eases the provision of .online worldwide.”

I-Registry betont die Qualität der Leistungen, die angeboten werden: “The service level for registrants will be that .online domain names will be available at many ICANN-accredited registrars and their resellers in many countries. Beyond the easy provision of .online the Registry Operator will offer equal access to all registrars worldwide and does not plan to impose unnecessary processes during registration of a domain name to registrars. The wholesale pricing for .online domain names will be attractive, especially in comparison to existing TLDs. Enabled by the easy integration into the registrars’ systems .online domains will be available at many registrars so that registrants can expect a heavy price competition among the registrars which will lead to a competitive pricing. Domain names with a competitive pricing and a clear meaning will attract many registrants to register .online domain names. Thus registrations are expected to rise quickly and Internet users will get used to .online domain names quickly.”

Der selbsterklärende Charakter und die natürliche Nähe des Domainnamens zum Internet sind weitere Vorteile der online-Domain: „The TLD has a clear meaning to registrants and Internet users worldwide. A big difference to all existing TLDs and even to many new gTLDs is, that .online will be a namespace, where all domain names are available for registration except for domain names which are blocked or reserved due to requirements of ICANN. Apart from that all domain names are available to all registrants equally, so buying domain names at the secondary market, negotiating with existing domain registrants or calling a court is not necessary.” I-Registry Ltd hat sich auch für .onl beworben und ist hier der einzige Bewerber.

ICANN-Registrar Secura bietet Interessenten an, bereits jetzt ihre Namen und Begriffe unter den wichtigsten neuen Top Level Domains wie den online-domains vorzuregistrieren. Die Vor-Registrierung ist kostenfrei, aber verbindlich. Wenn Secura den gewünschten Namen sichert, müssen die Kunden die Domaingebühr bezahlen.