Well the last 48hrs were interesting for us here. As most of you know we had to pull the plug on the free .be registrations here last night. Being on the ‘most popular’ list of del.icio.us / digg and 100+ blogs /forums can take quite a toll on a server, and put unfair pressure on our other services. The form finished the day a feather off 20’000 sessions.
The other problem came from the other registrars dropping out of the promotion as their resources failed. There seemed a mad rush to find 
someone still putting through applications and the last man standing seemed to be us.
There has been a lot of talk at the Registry level about this promotion in the last 24hrs. The Belgium Registry didn’t seem to appreciate the level of interest in .be domains. In fact they started the promotion on a National holiday…
The other problem was that no one had been told how many domains an individual could register. We took the safe option at 10. However their were rumours suggesting that people “not take more than 500 per user id”. This put a lot of strain on the system. The Belgium Registry has around 480’000 .be registrations, an estimated 17’000 came in on Tuesday.
Registration progress has been slow today. It is obvious we need a faster form to handle the pressure of this promotion, and we have already started moving across to a new platform. The Belgium Registry have also been busy trying to shut that stable door.
Anyone who they consider to have been ‘warehousing’ domains, i.e. keeping them without intent to use, will have them taken away. Many people have received an email today informing them that the domain(s) they registered have been put back into the pool.
They have also released further guidelines to registrars, which we will be following:
Registrars must check for abuses by implementing:
- Unique ids
- Control that one registrant does not abuse and order excessive quantities of domain
- Check this through unique ID and IP address level
- Limit quantities per registrant
Our new scripts will be taking these factors into account. Now the good and bad news. The bad first, this may mean that we have to disregard the applications we have in our queue. They have not been subject to these conditions. The good news, with so many domains thrown back into the pool, everything is there to play for again.
Domains that have been successfully registered by us are ok. That is unless you have already been emailed by the Belgium Registry directly. Less than 10 domains though – you are fine.
I hope this explains the situation to everyone. I will post here again once we re-open the promotion. We need time to make these updates to our scripts, so it’s looking like tomorrow now.
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136 responses so far ↓
1 chino // Nov 2, 2005 at 10:42 pm
Ha! zero comments, when the sh*t hits the fan, everyone scatters…
No mention of how long the registration is valid for. I wonder if you have to pay to re-register after a year or something….
2 chino // Nov 2, 2005 at 11:34 pm
doh! how about reading before posting… right? Anyway, I hope this is back up soon….
3 Joildo Santos // Nov 2, 2005 at 11:58 pm
I wait the promotion again.
4 Nick // Nov 3, 2005 at 10:41 am
Hi Chino,
Yes we’re trying to get this up today, my guys have to make sure our scripts comply with the new rules by the Belgium Registry. The promotion will be restricted to 10 domains per person over the 2 month period.
The registration is for 1 year, normal fees would apply then if you wish to renew the domain. We usually charge £16.50 but based on discussions here I think we’ll be reducing that. I’ll keep you posted. We never charge for changing your nameservers or for transfers away. You can read our full policy here. Thanks
5 Grey Hodge // Nov 3, 2005 at 7:07 pm
Free registration for only a year is perfectly reasonable for a promotion. if it were for life, then it would be a giveaway, not just a promotion. :)
6 chino // Nov 3, 2005 at 7:20 pm
yeah, no doubt. But the stampede of applications makes it feel like it’s a free lunch you know? It makes you wonder if most people are really going to keep them afterwards, or a just doing it for the fun of registering some “stupidascan.be” domain name.
I suppose that’s the hook though. If a million fools register a domain, at least 1 is bound to re-register after a year… right?;-)
sincerily,
a fool.
7 Son Nguyen // Nov 3, 2005 at 8:24 pm
This does sound like a good promotion (1st yr free). Don’t know how many good .be left however.
8 pocket // Nov 3, 2005 at 9:54 pm
This sucks. The domain cabal sucks a lot. Every possible URL should go up on ebay every year. If you aren’t willing to pay, you lose it.
9 bill // Nov 3, 2005 at 11:33 pm
Every domain should go on ebay every year? That doesn’t really make sense. So you’re the rightful owner of mydomain.com, and someone else with more money can just snatch it from you in twelve months. Wow, yeah… good thing that’s not the case. I’m keeping my domains for $8 /year.
10 Grey Hodge // Nov 4, 2005 at 12:39 am
I wanted a .be domain a while ago, but had a very hard time finding registrars that seemed both reasonably priced and reputable (I’m wary of businesses that must use Paypal, and also don’t even have an automated system to manage the Paypal transaction). This will definitely go a long way to showing me the registrars are healthier now than before, and chances are I’ll keep it, too.
As for pocket’s reply, that’s kind of dumb. I bet he’d change his mind if his home or cell phone number went up for auction every year, or if he had to change email every eyar because someone else bought the domain name.
11 Anonymous // Nov 4, 2005 at 4:27 am
I think pocket meant the squatted domains. Either that or he just wasn’t thinking clearly.
12 'Thena // Nov 4, 2005 at 8:37 am
Yeah, I think the price to renew the domain should be a bit cheaper…like USD10 :P
Cheaper = more people renew = more profits.
*is poor -__-*
13 bill // Nov 4, 2005 at 6:03 pm
Any idea when the e3 is going to start accepting .be registrations? Are other registrar’s that are participating in the free .be domain program already up and running? Thanks again!
14 Boris // Nov 4, 2005 at 8:22 pm
hi
Is this offer still running.
Or is this already outdated?
The admin said he will update the release date tonight . He didnt give us a date when tonight is.
Anyone got any ideas ?
15 Nick // Nov 4, 2005 at 9:51 pm
Hi Boris /Bill
Yes the promotion will be running. Just made an update here.
16 Vic // Nov 4, 2005 at 9:55 pm
So will the people that have already submitted need to resubmit it? Or will you be nice and process the orders that were already submited?
17 Nick // Nov 4, 2005 at 10:49 pm
Hi Vic,
We have been submitting the backlog for the last 4 days here! However our system was overwhelmed by the volume. We had nearly 14’000 domain requests come in over a period of 4hrs.
The new system we have built, should (hopefully) handle the volume better. We have also relaunched this in cooporation with Tucows.
The Belgium Registry have requested we delete our outstanding queue of applications. We have been trying to find a way round this. One way maybe to feed them all back into our new system. I’ll know tomorrow if that is possible and give everyone advice then. Thanks – Nick
18 Vic // Nov 5, 2005 at 7:52 am
So should I just wake up at 2am? *4hrs* to re-register the domain names again?
19 Vic // Nov 5, 2005 at 12:11 pm
So it is at launch time…past a few minutes….is it going to start or anything?
20 Vic // Nov 5, 2005 at 12:16 pm
ok nvm it says open now…then it said give us 20 now it says give us 30..its 2am where i am at :(
21 danielcole // Nov 5, 2005 at 12:22 pm
Vic: it’s 4:15am here. patiently waiting…
22 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 12:38 pm
You’ve had your 30 minutes. Stand and Deliver! :P
23 Vic // Nov 5, 2005 at 12:51 pm
been 45 mins now :)
24 Nick // Nov 5, 2005 at 12:52 pm
Sorry Vic/Daniel/Tim
We had a last minute problem – lots of people are here working on it! We’ll be up very shortly.
25 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 12:52 pm
How long is very shortly?
26 Vic // Nov 5, 2005 at 12:53 pm
Yes lol i was wondering that too. Since it is 3am and i have to be at work at 6am and I havent even slept at all
27 K // Nov 5, 2005 at 12:54 pm
*waiting*
28 danielcole // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:02 pm
geez. people can be antsy when the word ‘free’ gets thrown around ;)
Now, I’m rereshing this page: http://www.e3internet.com/domain-registration/#regnow
there’s not a seperate .be registration page that I missed or anything is there? I’d hate to spend the rest of the night standing in the wrong line
29 shai m. // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:06 pm
i feel like 30 have past? whats going on ?
30 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:09 pm
I beleive there will be a seperate form that allows you to select your domains.
31 shai m. // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:12 pm
actually it says GMT +3 and its 1 o’clock according to the system.. but its 11:05 in London which is GMT so its only +2!
32 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:12 pm
You’ve had an hour, how much longer?
33 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:23 pm
Come on, it’ difficult waiting, can’t you just put it up please?
34 Vic // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:27 pm
lol its been over and hr its been hr and 30 mins
35 flyman // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:29 pm
Well, it’s been well over an hour… an hour and 23mins…
36 bill // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:31 pm
“Come on, it’ difficult waiting, can’t you just put it up please?”
Wow… some people’s live’s are really pathetic… if waiting for a free belgian domain name is ‘difficult’.
and by the way everyone, you should appreciate wht e3 is doing. GoDaddy.com and other big chumps can be doing the SAME THING… they have chosen not to, and pocket the difference.
remember, beggars can’t be choosers.
37 flyman // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:38 pm
bill, just because you arent getting overly exciting pasting that you are and showing you are in support of this new extention, doesn’t mean you aren’t just ‘AS’ pathetic as the rest of us, you too are online waiting, an don’t tell me otherwise!
38 Nick // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:46 pm
5 programmers, all running around and yelling at each other in Russian…believe me, it’s not a pretty sight ;)
We’re running the last test guys. Thanks for your patience. You’ve got work Vic? Sorry, I’ll be running yours through myself.
39 Grey Hodge // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:47 pm
Sure he’s excited, so am I, but we’re understanding that they’re going through a lot of work to GIVE us something free, so we’re waiting patiently. Beggars can’t be choosers. :)
40 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:48 pm
How long does the last test take? And why russian? LOL
41 Vic // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:49 pm
Cool thanks Nick. How long do you think? 10 minutes?
42 Nick // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:49 pm
Thanks Bill
Yes this is a whole new system, on a new dedicated server. This has a direct API connection to the Registry. We’re not running this through our existing setup. (Hopefully) this one will take the load.
43 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:50 pm
I can’t wait for this, thanks Nick, will we be allowed to cancel it after a year? But don’t worry, I’m guranteed to buy at least one of them for another year :)
44 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:51 pm
Will the domains by virtually instance, as the direct API connection suggests?
45 Nick // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:52 pm
All my programmers are Russian, we’re based out here near Moscow. This post explains it better than I can here. That should keep you busy for 10 minutes….
They think 10-15mins Vic. It’s the last test to make sure everyone can confirm their order by email.
46 Nick // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:55 pm
Hi Tim, we don’t do automatic renewals. If you choose to let it go after the year that is fine. We also don’t charge for name server changes or transfers away (cutely called ‘leaving fees’ by some Registrars).
Yes, the new API connection should significantly speed things up. There’s still chaos at the Belgium Registry but at least we can give them more work faster… ho hum…
47 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 1:59 pm
No doubt this promotion is murdering your servers :P
48 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:00 pm
/me hopes that it’s still at least 5 :P I know a definete 5 that I want :P
49 flyman // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:03 pm
I need just my companys name, and my personal name (which will be affiliated to company)…
Then 1 extra one for a travel agency that is multi-linguil ^.^
50 a // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:05 pm
happy birthday ;p
51 flyman // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:06 pm
a: Thank you!!! However wasn’t so happy since I was in a car accident! ^.^
52 flyman // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:08 pm
Tim: thank you too! I apperciate it!! :):)
53 flyman // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:09 pm
Tim: True, however I have had worse!!
54 flyman // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:11 pm
Tim: I know the feeling, I’ve had to pee for the past hour :X
55 Vic // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:15 pm
Ready yet Nick? It has been 20 mins about :( and its 4:10am
56 flyman // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:16 pm
I been waiting for 5 hours, lol… yet the promo didnt say it was open till 2 hours into my 5
57 shai m. // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:31 pm
guyz nick is fast asleep… please come back after I have registered my domains so the the browser wont crash on me :D
58 Nick // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:39 pm
Ok guys – HERE
59 Vic // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:43 pm
That link is only a whois’er? or am I wrong?
60 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:47 pm
Nick, if we type in the same username on all of the domain, will you add them together? By the way, the server has just gone to a halt :(
61 Keito // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:47 pm
It keeps telling me that I need to fill in all the fiels… Though I’m not with an organization nor do I have a 2nd or 3rd address… are these rquired?
62 Trix // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:47 pm
it sends me the confirmation email but theres no link!
63 Nick // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:49 pm
It’s OK Trix, that is the part we had trouble with. We’ll be approving all applications as the moment, we can’t make you wait any longer.
64 Keito // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:51 pm
Do I need to fill in all the fields? Because some I cannot fill in because of the fact I don’t have them… i.e. 2nd address / fax number etc.
65 danielcole // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:52 pm
it’s worked for me twice. I got “Your request was put in a pending queue.”. I’m guessing that I’ll get an email sometime soon?
66 Martin // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:52 pm
Ive filled in the application but it keeps telling me to fill all the fields in, i cant see any that would need to be?
67 Keito // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:53 pm
I’m experiencing the same problem, Martin. Really annoying since some fields just aren’t applicable to me.
68 Vic // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:54 pm
My username was thehacker11 and my name is victor.. Also the confirmation email had no link
69 Grey Hodge // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:56 pm
For useless fields like address 2 and 3, I just put in a dash to fill it in. Try that.
70 Nick // Nov 5, 2005 at 2:59 pm
Martin – IE bug, now fixed, thanks.
Tim, counter is based on IP. We have to do this for the Registry. If you are on a dial up or AOL you have a new IP every page reload. Lots of possible issues here.
We’re getting a lot of orders in now.
There are no confirmation emails currently. That was the issue we were having with the system but I can’t make anyone wait anymore. You’ve been very patient, thank you all.
71 Hans // Nov 5, 2005 at 3:00 pm
What is the Nameserver1 and Nameserver2 fields for?
72 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 3:02 pm
You need to put a DNS in, maybe Nick can suggest one to put in?
73 flyman // Nov 5, 2005 at 3:02 pm
Hello, I didn’t get any emails saying anything… An when will i find out if my name(s) were registered to me?
74 Nick // Nov 5, 2005 at 3:04 pm
If you don’t know your name servers, leave that field blank. Our default ones will be used until you update the domain(s)
75 Vic // Nov 5, 2005 at 3:11 pm
Yes, Thank you Nick. I finally got my domains registered :) stayed up till 5am lol might as well stay up less than an hr before i have to goto work. how long will it take you to process my orders nick? name Victor and username thehacker11. Thanks
76 Hans // Nov 5, 2005 at 3:15 pm
So I got just 2 confirm mails with a link, the rest is empty jsut the a text saying “Follow the link below to confirm your request” without a link, is my registrations going to be made?
77 Nick // Nov 5, 2005 at 3:37 pm
I’ll pull yours out of the list myself Vic and make sure they go through. Have a good day at work, and thanks for being so patient.
/think coffee ;)
78 Nick // Nov 5, 2005 at 3:49 pm
have you added the .be on the end echo?
79 Nick // Nov 5, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Hi Tim,
We’re feeding them through to the Belgium Registry now. We can’t make any promises on how quickly they will deal with them. Some have gone through in 2-5hrs, some 20+.
I’ve always been led to believe the Registry deals with applications on a first lodged basis. The important thing is that your application is in their system and time stamped. Everyone will get an email from us here, on failure or success.
80 kac // Nov 5, 2005 at 4:43 pm
Hi!
You said: “When hosting your domain, the web hosting company will give you values for these boxes. Once you put these in, your domain will be pointed to their hosting servers”
when and how will it be posible to change those values?
Thanks again for your support!
KAC
81 Boris // Nov 5, 2005 at 5:09 pm
Hello again.
I am very impressed with this new .be deal!!
But i am very new to this sort of thing. So i have a question about the name servers. How could i get one. Sorry if this question is quite stupid.
82 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 5:26 pm
Have any applications been proccessed and approved yet?
83 Boris // Nov 5, 2005 at 7:02 pm
hi .
One more quick question about the Dns server.
I have found myself a DNS server . But when i registered the site i didnt give a valid dns server(because i wasnt sure what a name server was) shall i register the same domain name again. or will i be able to transfer onto a different dns server later on.
Thank you
Regards,
Boris
84 TimRogers // Nov 5, 2005 at 7:33 pm
Is it OK if we’ve had no confirmation email? Or any link etc?
85 nphase // Nov 5, 2005 at 7:59 pm
my username is nphase, how would i be able to see if any of the orders ive made have gone through?
86 nphase // Nov 5, 2005 at 9:11 pm
Error
The error which occurred was:
Error: Domain nphase.be does not exist with OpenSRS
Please contact Support for assistance.
(one out of the 10 domains I registered)
87 Grey Hodge // Nov 5, 2005 at 10:00 pm
Folks, eh made it pretty celar here, several times. The submissions are being processed by the registry, it could take anywhere from 2 to 12 hours, probably closer to the latter due to the huge number of requests. Be patient.
88 Lance Seidman // Nov 5, 2005 at 11:50 pm
Hey Nick, first off I want to thank you an your company for this great opportunity for us who have business’s an to start out having a “trial” period with our names to see if we like having the .be extention or not (going to be honest, sorry).
However, I have read over the comments on this page, an I can see you are definately SWAMPED… but! I do have a question, which is below:
I went to the login url “Manage Your Domain” and type in the correct values, an I get an error saying:
Error: Domain .be does not exist with OpenSRS
Please contact Support for assistance.
Any ideas?
89 Ryan // Nov 6, 2005 at 2:18 am
Just thought I’d say thanks. still waiting, did the domains @ about 10am CENTRAL and 6pm CENTRAL now..
90 Brendan // Nov 6, 2005 at 11:50 am
Thanks for all of your hard work guys, I’m glad i managed to grab the domain I wanted and with so little hassle (After the past 4 days of you all programming like crazy) .. keep up the good work!@
91 Boris // Nov 6, 2005 at 5:42 pm
hi again.
How de we know is we managed to obtain the host name?
I have applied for one http://www.spunky.be
When i log onto tucows portal https://rr-n1-tor.opensrs.net/xpackmanage/ it gives me an openSRS error.
Which i have no idea about.
Does it mean somone already registered with that host name
92 Boris // Nov 6, 2005 at 6:37 pm
Can you give me a link of the belgium registry
93 nphase // Nov 6, 2005 at 8:36 pm
I’m having the same problem… still nothing
94 Tim Rogers // Nov 7, 2005 at 3:33 pm
I’m sure I put 2 :S Well anyway, I hope they come through soon, thanks for your trouble nick!
95 Vic // Nov 7, 2005 at 4:31 pm
Errr. When you said viv. Did you accidently mis-spell my name or did you mean someone else? If you ment me, I am pretty sure I had both my name servers in each :(
96 Vic // Nov 7, 2005 at 4:36 pm
Ok, Thanks. I was just wondering, not to be rude or anything, how long do you think it will it take before I will get my domains?
97 luxur // Nov 7, 2005 at 11:39 pm
Hi i have try to register my own domain in date 05/11/2005 but
i haven’t news yet, there are problem?
98 nphase // Nov 8, 2005 at 2:03 am
been 4 days, still nothing on my domains?
99 nphase // Nov 8, 2005 at 2:43 am
Bill:
yes, Yes YES, I have been following this thread the ENTIRE TIME.
I am being patient, I haven’t been forceful or demanding at all, I just want to let the right people know whats going on.
Please do not get on my case, you are not my mother.
100 Nick // Nov 8, 2005 at 8:58 am
Hi all,
nphase – I have seen your domains going through the queue. They should come out shortly.
Vic /Tim, it’s good to see you have your first ones! I’ve been tracking them too.
Yes it would be nice if a few people posted here when they received their domains. We have successfully registered over 900 now! Thanks though for all the emails of thanks, the girls here really appreciate it after spending so many hours on the API queue!
Thanks for the support Bill. The Belgium Registry are working but it’s not fast. We’re doing everything we can here to speed things up, but the number of applications they are dealing with are huge.
101 Tim Rogers // Nov 8, 2005 at 10:31 am
A few of mine are done, but the login information I imputted isn’t working. One of domains I asked for (the first one in fact) hasn’t been registered, and it says it’s not available – is it in progress?
102 nphase // Nov 8, 2005 at 11:20 am
nick, i’m a programmer, what if I help write something like that, to view and/or track them? I’m capable.. and you have my email address here in the comments.
Thanks for the heads up on the pricing, 20 sounds very fair.
103 Nick // Nov 8, 2005 at 8:09 pm
Actually the successful emails are sent out pretty instantly by the Registry. That may mean the domain you wanted may have been gone for some time (even before this promotion).
Can you send me an email with your domain name filipe?
104 Nick // Nov 8, 2005 at 8:12 pm
Send it through our web site form I’ll grab it out of the ticketing system.
105 nphase // Nov 8, 2005 at 11:24 pm
Nick, is there any way you could tell me the domains that I put through? I kind of forget all but the one that is my username :-/, figured there would be a way to go look at the orders after making them.
Also, http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/lookup.ch?name=nphase.be&type=A … I don’tknow when it all went through, but od you have any idea when that will show my NS?
106 Nikolai // Nov 8, 2005 at 11:53 pm
Hallo, I registered a couple o different .be domains. As of now
I have only received 1 confirmation e-mail. When I try to check
the other unconfirmed domains in the “all who is” service they
come up as taken. But when I scroll down all the way in the
results box it says that these domains are Free.
Any clue?
Best regards
Nikolai
107 Lone // Nov 9, 2005 at 2:09 am
i only submited one domain i wanted the day of the second wave hitting.. (with in 6 hours of it starting) and i have yet to get a email reguarding it and when i do whois look ups on it, it still says its avalable..
was the forum not processed?
- Lone ‘-.-’
108 Bill // Nov 9, 2005 at 4:20 am
I think that if you register SO MANY domains, that you can not register them all, you DO NOT need them and you WILL NOT use them all. “I have more domains than you” is NOT a cool bragging right, just so you know :). Again, be respectful of others, as was stated many times in this thread.
Now to answer a few questions:
If you registered a domain on E3, and it is still showing up as ‘available’ on E3′s registration site, chances are something didn’t work right, and your registration did not go through.
If you registered a domain on E3, and it says ‘unavailable’ or ‘taken’ or something along those lines on E3′s registration site, chances are it is still in processing, and your submission was received.
If your domain on http://www.dns.be is showing as ‘unavailable’ then it is most likely registered, check the whois to see if it is you :)
If your domain on http://www.dns.be is showing up as ‘free’, but it is ‘unavailable’ on E3′s registration site, then the Belgian registry is still processing your domain.
My first domain was processed in 5 days, and I registered the first day. I did not get a ‘successful’ e-mail, but it DOES show up as registered to me on dns.be’s whois page, and it points to my DNS servers (it works.). So if this is your case, you’re all set, just wait for a ‘registration successful’ e-mail and you can then use the CPanel.
Best of luck everyone!
-Bill
109 Boris // Nov 9, 2005 at 12:39 pm
Hi
I have just received my first .be domain !!!!!
It works fine
Apart from i cant change the nameservers
When i try to It says
Failed attempt: Contact is not valid for requested types to modify: Missing required field: admin org_name
110 Boris // Nov 9, 2005 at 3:18 pm
Hi luxur
i have registered my three domains on the second day of the promotion. So i think on the 5th of November
Right now only one of them has been registered and i am still waiting for the other two
.
Does anyone know about the error when nameservers are edited?
Failed attempt: Contact is not valid for requested types to modify: Missing required field: admin org_name
111 Ryan // Nov 10, 2005 at 3:57 am
Ok, one went through it seems.. 4-5 got registered before me somehow (wasn’t reg’ed on dns.be). Still waiting on a few others. Thanks!
112 David Z. // Nov 10, 2005 at 5:43 am
Grey, you are completly correct, I read your comment ran over to freebe.be and was up and changing my nameservers in under 10 minutes. This delay is crazy…tell us the truth!
113 Grey Hodge // Nov 10, 2005 at 2:41 pm
I think everyone can appreciate the amount of work you’ve done, but if Tucows is the bottleneck, for your own sakes you should look into why they are so slow, or even alternative registrars. I’m not willing to point the finger at your guys because there is a chain of people involved, and it could be that dns.be is preferring to clear local registrars first, it could be tucows, etc. But it’s in your own best interest to find out who is making you look bad. :)
114 Nick // Nov 10, 2005 at 3:31 pm
Hi Greg
I hear what you are saying Grey. I want this moving faster as much as you do. I’ve been on the butt-kicking round ;)
I’ve been promised things will get better (by tonight). I still don’t think we can complete with the processing time the others seem to have over our queue in the meantime.
Luxur, did you read my post?
We’ve given out more than 1700* free domains here. I’m proud of the way my staff have handled this and worked answering all your support questions and emails. As I write above, we’re still working on this at the moment and will continue until we’ve dealt with every registration that has been given to us.
* just had an update from Tucows with a list of 784 successful registrations.
115 Nick // Nov 10, 2005 at 6:31 pm
Hi Lone,
Can you send me an email and I’ll follow that up.
I know that Tucows are reserving names for us, while my staff correct errors in the data of the applications. This is then forced through with the corrections. It maybe that they don’t send an email in this case, only when the domain actually enters our account.
Anyway, send me your name and I’ll try and find that out. Thanks.
116 eighteensweb.com » Get your own HTTP://NAME.BE for free! // Nov 11, 2005 at 6:05 am
[...] Expect that your request will take more than 24 hours. At the moment, registrants are clogging the system who are being really greedy and trying to request hundreds of domains. [...]
117 Nick // Nov 11, 2005 at 12:48 pm
Hi Luxur,
Can you send me an email with your details.
Thanks
Nick
118 minhthanh // Nov 14, 2005 at 1:58 am
I want a domain. Name domain is : sinhvienlove.be
thanks admin
send email to me : minhthanh_hb@yahoo.com
119 Trix // Nov 14, 2005 at 3:05 pm
i got the last of mine a few hours ago, so just be patient you’ll get them soon :)
120 Nick // Nov 14, 2005 at 3:54 pm
Hi Luxur
I’ve put yours into the queue again. It was bounced out the first time and/or deleted.
Please can everyone make sure you have full and accurate data in the fields (i.e. not ABC street or Nowhere Town). These get bounced back out of the queue to us. The Belgium Registry only registers domains using (in their words) real information.
As a Registrar we are responsible for providing applicantions with real information. False WHOIS can lead to the domain being deleted.
If you want to obsure your personal information then you will have to use a WHOIS protection service. I will publish some suppliers for this (us included) tomorrow.
We’re trying to send back incorrect applications to the owners so they can update them but our focus is on pushing through the main queue. We can’t promise you will get a update notice. Of course, those people who didn’t use a real email we can’t even contact.
If you fill your application out properly then it will go through very fast now. We’re well under the 3 day limit at the moment.
Glad to hear you got yours Trix.
121 luxur // Nov 14, 2005 at 4:49 pm
what is the problem? My dates ar bogus?
122 Colic // Nov 15, 2005 at 1:41 am
Hi,
when i try to change de nameserver, i get a message of waiting request (1)
But this night i saw that my waiting request (0), and nothing is changed
Why could be this?
I’m using my own nameserver (bind) and i fill it with ns.myfreedomain.be | ip of my server
123 Nick // Nov 15, 2005 at 2:58 pm
Hi Colic,
Have you got any notes there on your domain. You will see this at the top with a number next to it. It may be that your name servers were rejected. If you using this domain you have just got as your name server then it needs to be set up slightly differently.
Go to this URL https://rr-n1-tor.opensrs.net/manage/
Login as normal. Then go to the name servers section. Then scroll down to the ‘Create Name Server’ part. Here you can put in your hostname and IP.
This is only for people wishing to use their new .be domain as a name server
I hope that helps. I can’t give you support on setting up your own hosting at home but it sounds like you have that part under control.
Hi Jim,
Yes free for 1st year, then renewal at $20. Check our FAQ’s for more information.
124 Nick // Nov 15, 2005 at 3:26 pm
Hi Luxur,
That state means the domain is reserved by Tucows while they push through the application. It has not yet been registered in your name. When this is fully registered you will get a confirmation email and can then login normally. You have the right URL there.
Should be very soon then for you.
125 Apoc // Nov 16, 2005 at 12:21 am
I have not had any notices of my domains. I only got the confirmation mail. Do you know what happens to them?
126 luxur // Nov 17, 2005 at 11:51 pm
i can’t log in my account with my dates… :|
127 Harry // Nov 18, 2005 at 1:29 am
I’ve registered some domains and the 4th one, 6th one, 7th one, and 8th one have arrived. The rest have not. The earlier ones hadn’t arrived neither for some strange reason. I thought you processed the orders in order.
128 Harry // Nov 18, 2005 at 1:31 am
Sorry for second post, accidentally submitted before done.
My domains include srouce.be, theclass.be, cforums.be, and fforums.be. Other ones that I supposedly have registered include phsource.be and cvms.be (my 10th).
129 Bieber // Nov 18, 2005 at 9:38 pm
Was the registration form server on .ru? Just to double check that no one else intercepted and phished my data with e3internet.ru (redirected from .com).
130 luxur // Nov 22, 2005 at 10:23 am
hi, my first domain is up and run good it work, so one question how must i wait for my other domain? I was register iana.be but i haven’t recived confirmation email. :)
131 eighteensweb.com // Nov 23, 2005 at 2:57 pm
[...] Register now! Expect that your request will take more than 24 hours, because at the moment, registrants are clogging the system who are being really greedy and trying to request hundreds of domains (one person allowed to register 10 domains for free). You may, however, try also to register here. [...]
132 spyke01 // Nov 30, 2005 at 7:04 pm
it looks like i got one of my 2 domains, it only took 3 days, ive been waiting awhile for the second one, and im sorry for the godaddy guy, if i had known you wanted one, i could have gotten you one for 6.99
133 Jids // Dec 10, 2005 at 10:33 pm
Hi, I signed up for a .be URL somewhere near the start of this “fiasco”, and I recieved my account. I’m wondering if it’s possible to use the .be URL as a redirect to the domain issued to me by my ISP, Rogers. What it does, is it assigns each user a domain, because the IP addresses always change. I’ve tried to set a nameserver to my domain, but it doesn’t seem to work, and it gives me the error: Unable to update nameservers: Command not supported. Any help would be appreciated.
134 Rifkinn // Jan 19, 2006 at 4:32 am
I was wondering how long an update to my ns servers takes. It seems to be stuck on the waiting request.
135 Rifkinn // Jan 21, 2006 at 8:13 am
ahh, I think I know now, :)
136 Nick // Feb 4, 2006 at 4:03 pm
Hi all,
The .be promotion is now over so we’ll be closing comments on this thread. Please direct any support requests to e3internet support.
Thanks