Story of the 5 days .asia

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.Asia, domain name suffix which being organized by The DotAsia Organization is about to become 5 days of age tomorrow. Since its launching on October 2007 and go live in March 26 2008 of course there should be something (unique or great) had happened on it.

What was that?

1. Stephen Chow (remember Shaolin Soccer) use it for his new comedy film, CJ7 (http://www.cj7.asia). Very cool.
2. Hong Kong celebrities to be the first artist who used it. check it out here: andyhui.asia, chageaska.asia, justin.asia, ellakoon.asia, miki.asia, c-hing.asia. How about your asian stars like F4? Well, f4.asia has not yet been registered till nowadays. Go head, tell Jerry or Vanessa to catch it up!
3. Bollywood stars also jump on to this wagon; the Indian legendary cricketer Kapil Dev, pop diva Shibani Kashyap, TV star Rakshanda Khan, ‘Indian Idol’ Rahul Vaidya, and Channel [V] VJ Anoushka. Others will follow.
4. Some of the famous company to join this domain name are; sonyericcson.asia, time.asia, aig.asia, amazon.asia.
5. 300.000 domain applications in landrush’s open period. 505,838 domain when it’s closed.
6. Domain ace.asia is to be the most expensive which cost its owner with US$20,501.
7. Over 130 countries around the world had participated in the .Asia Sunrise, submitting over 30,000 applications to date.

Good things beyond

.Asia domain is probably the best alternative for famous guys like Amitabh Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Kajol, Ajay Devgun, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Sushmita Sen, Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai, Deepika Padukone, and Kapil Dev since none of them own their domain names. Especially in .com suffix.

Enough about those data. If I want to secure my favorite domain name, where can I buy and register it?

Follow this link and you’ll know what you want to do exactly.

For The Asia Tech Reader; “Have a nice domain name … “

Source: DotAsia and Tech2

Image courtesy of KapilDev.Asia