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Free Belgium .be domains for all

Free Belgium .be domains for all
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This offer is now closed – sorry folks. You are welcome to register your .be domain at our normal low prices.

Switzerland is immediately associated with banking, clocks and mountains, Holland with tulips, cheese and wind-mills. For Belgium, we have chocolate, leffe radieuse1 Free Belgium .be domains for all
Hercule Poirot and in my opinion the best beer in the world.

Belgium has the highest “quality of life” in the world, as testified by its excellent food, housing, health care, education and infrastructure, its world records for high productivity and low poverty. With a mix of French and Dutch speakers they border the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France and were one of the founding members of the European Union. The capital city, Brussels hosts the European Parliament.

Now you have your chance to own a little part of Belgium. Their Registry (.be) is promoting their TLD extension by offering completely free registration from today to the 31st of January 2006.

We’ll be handling this promotion, as agents for the Belgium Registry. There are no restrictions to owning a .be domain; they will even let you Americans join in the fun.

Not too keen on promoting yourself in Belgium? Well keep in mind this is more than just an extension, this is part of a phrase. We haven’t had this much fun since the Italian Registry (.it) opened their books. Here are the e3internet office top 10 .be domain names /web site ideas.

  1. Just.be-Woman Lifestyle Magazine
  2. Letit.be- Beatles Fan Club
  3. Can.be- Career Advice
  4. Always.be- Memorial Hosting
  5. Community.be- Web 2.0. ‘Remix’
  6. Honey.be- Pet name for the Wife/Girlfriend
  7. Wanna.be- Blogger C-lists
  8. Attack-of-the-killer.be- Terrible B-movie
  9. Freeto.be- SMS/Moblogging service
  10. Not-to.be- Failed Web 2.0. Project Archive

Any other suggestions folks?

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Comments

  1. BNM list has come up with some great ones this morning. This may rapidly replace the bumhole game…

    Oral.be - James Bowman

    Praise.be - Jonathan Hirsch

    heebeegee.be - Anthony Hall

    giantstheymight.be - Jaime Freeman


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    Robert Santiago says:

    ThatsBobWithA.be


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    Leo says:

    would.be
    could.be
    should.be
    ….


  4. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    Krooner says:

    can.be
    never.be
    will.be


  5. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    jvangorp says:

    EricTheHalfA.be


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    legion3030 says:

    convict-lib.be

    eh…close enough


  7. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    cooper says:

    Coopershould.be
    coopershouldnt.be
    heh heh heh…

  8. Sorry guys, we have got a bit over-stretched here with requests. We are moving the site/form to a faster server and will re-open this shortly.

    It seems that several (all) of the other registrars that were offering this have also stopped, which contributed to our load here.


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    Travis says:

    Dang, I wanted one :( Just have to wait.


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    Scot says:

    There is always “worker.be” for those with day jobs…


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    Jared says:

    tobeornotto.be


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    Biff says:

    so.be


  13. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    Andrew Shaw says:

    BeAllThatYouCan.Be
    ToBeOrNotTo.Be


  14. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    rozzo says:

    wanna.be
    idontwanna.be


  15. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    Tijd says:

    (Little different then rozzo’s)

    http://www.anna.be


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    Cesar says:

    Needed by me


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    Duzins says:

    LOL Reading these comments was great. Top honors go to bobwitha.be I almost spit my diet coke out all over my laptop!

    robyn


  18. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    Angsuman Chakraborty says:

    ba.be

    OK, I got two more too, not sure if I should mention them ;)


  19. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    Duzins says:

    ha ha, you must. I just won’t take a drink b4 reading it this time.


  20. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    Angsuman Chakraborty says:

    As I said they are NSFW. Suffice it to say they rhyme with cu.be.

  21. Update here Thanks


  22. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    Duzins says:

    LOL, now you’re nasty-as-you-wanna.be

    All kidding aside, does it make sense to register a domain you will have to renew for FAR higher than the going rate?

  23. Hi Duzin,

    I’m actually very interested in this. I’d like to hear your thoughts if you have time.

    I’ll give you my perspective here first. We’re not the largest Registrar in the world, certainly not the size of Godaddy etc. We buy our .be domains from our wholesalers at $15. I have them for sale here at £16.50 (approx. $29). We’re making $15 for the year.

    From our end, we provide email support. In some cases even telephone support. We make sure the domains don’t expire and that you can talk to a real person if you need to. We don’t charge for changing name servers or transfers away. The girls here often make changes to domains on behalf of our clients.

    I know Godaddy charges $17.49. They buy at the same price as us pretty much. The reason they can afford to do this is the quantity of course, and also they get to sell hosting in the deal. Most domains are sold now as a taster for the hosting, they make no money in themselves.

    What would you feel is a reasonable price for a .be domain?


  24. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    Angsuman Chakraborty says:

    Here are few more:

    tu.be
    stro.be
    pro.be
    ro.be

    But jokes aside I remember buying taragana.com initially for 70$ for 2 years. Yes as far as .be domains are concerned I think you are chargeing less than godaddy, which pretty much should mean everybody else.

    BTW: How long does the free part last?

  25. Apologies if we suddently go offline or posts dissappear. We’re literally about to swap servers here for e3internet.

    If that happens I’ll copy from database backup.

  26. Heh – Yes Angsuman, the prices have certainly come down. At the company I worked at in ’97, we got our domain by emailing the owner of the local ISP. It cost about £250!

    We are working here on automating things more – that brings the costs down. I do like my staff (and me) being able to give a high level of support to our clients. You can never automate that really, or you end up like Easyspace (I swear they have their customer support manned by a random generator script ;)


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    Duzins says:

    Gosh, I thought godaddy sold theirs for like $7 or $8 a domain?

    I am probably just TOTALLY uninformed


  28. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    Angsuman Chakraborty says:

    Oops. I didn’t read it properly. Your one year price actually translates to 29$.

    I agree with Duzins that it is significantly higher than baseline rate of Godaddy.

    Normally services from domain registrar don’t matter much to most people. Also it is mostly a one time effort.

    Personally I think 18-20 $ (USD) would be the best that is bearable even with drop-dead-service.

  29. Thanks Angsuman, that’s useful feedback. Is that pretty much what the rest of you feel?

    Duzins – that’s the price on their site at the moment for .be’s. They are sold by the Belgium Registry at a much higher price than .com’s and other gTLDs.


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    Duzins says:

    gotcha :) sorry


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    Duzins says:

    Well, here’s the thing. If that is comparable with godaddy, arguably who you’re going to be compared to, then having a year free, great service, and then the next year at normal, avg prices, I say “good deal”


  32. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    Angsuman Chakraborty says:

    IMHO domain business is more driven by volume than profit per domain. Automation is pretty much required to survive.

    Most domain registrars try to make money through add-on services like web-hosting etc.

    I see .in domains too selling at a higher price after privatisation. At one time they were free for Indian businesses.

    AFAIAC a .com domain sounds better than .be or .it or .in :)

  33. Heh – it’s a fair cop. I will bring down the price of the .be domains. We actually have a higher markup on them than our other domains. Our .com’s for example are £10 /yr and .co.uk £7 /yr.

    Russian domains are our speciality here, very few people do those. I personally think a .ru is pretty much the ultimate when it comes to choosing your extension. Also stops people coming after your blog for legal proceedings… ;)

    Anyway, we have the domain on the new platform now. I’m going to have to get that working! Cheers. Nick


  34. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    Duzins says:

    I’m just starting to get used to seeing these .whatevers so I am beginning to see a neat trend in getting away from the dot com.

    I just might get one. Gotta figure out what I wanna.be now

  35. If we get one more wanna.be application I swear I’ll…. ;)


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    theguy says:

    theykilledkiller.be


  37. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    John_b says:

    Here are few more:

    gentuzo.be
    miserver.be
    miradiodigital.be
    milucha.be


  38. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    aaa@aa.be says:

    putalocura.be
    alucinavecina.be
    jsa.be


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    Third3ye says:

    Crap! Warhousing bastards might get me domain! :S Might I add: NOOOOOO…!


  40. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    TimRogers says:

    I’ve got a domain in mind, I know the announcement is up tonight, but when will the actual form be back?


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    Pete says:

    The one I thought of has been taken. Available yesterday, gone today. It’s now parked at sedo. Guess that’s where most of them will end up.

  42. .BE day (II) will be open tomorrow 1pm GMT +3.
    You can view the update here.


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    carisoprodol says:

    >> How do we know that our request has been accepted?
    too it is interesting


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    Phong Nguyen says:

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    ngocthuong says:

    Please send me this address i want use it for Music and Entertainement
    http://www.baihatviet.be/


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    phoneboy says:

    tobeornoto.be


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    Ravi Khalsa says:

    new.be


  48. Warning: strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/nickwils/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1793
    Triguenita says:

    Whe registering it keeps telling me phone incorrect.
    I’m in the USA. Anyone has any suggestions on the formats they used?

  49. Hi Triguenita

    You need the international format. US is +1, full stop or period, then your regional and local no together without a space. Something like this: +1.1234123456

    Hope that helps

    Terry,

    You need to use the form to order your domain.


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    haoming says:

    phoenixgamers.be please


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    misza says:

    “the best beer in the world.” – funny ;)


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    Harry says:

    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.

    My domains include srouce.be, theclass.be, cforums.be, and fforums.be. Other ones that I supposedly have registered include phsource.be (before all of the ones listed above) and cvms.be (my 10th).

  53. Hi Harry,

    Yes both phsource.be and cvms.be are not available. We are processing these in order but so are the hundreds of other registrars participating in this promotion. That means some of your applications will not be successful.

    I wish we could send out emails on every unsuccessful application but with a queue of over 10’000 that is simply not practical. Our time is better spent on answering the questions from all the people we have successfully registered domains for.

    I will write here again, please make sure that you use your correct information and a real email. There are many hundreds of applications that we are having to reject because of missing information. There are also many applications which never get confirmed by email (because the address does not exist).

    The Belgium Registry demands that we only send them applications with real and full data on them. All others are rejected (where we try to correct them) or deleted.

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