A.org to to be auctioned by Go Daddy
- 11 October, 2012 12:06
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Organisations seeking a shorter address, take note: one- and two-character .org domain names will soon go up for auction.
Go Daddy and Public Interest Registry plan to auction 42 such domains in a 10-day auction for pre-approved parties. The auction date has not been announced, but it’s expected to be in the “coming months,” Go Daddy said. Interested parties can start the pre-approval process today.
The 42 available domains, listed on the Go Daddy website, include a.org, z.org and 3p.org.
"Companies want a short, snappy domain name, and these dot-ORG names are what you could call the 'cream of the crop,'" Go Daddy director of domain name after-markets, Paul Nicks, said in a statement.
The auctioneers said they expect high bids for the domains. They quoted the previous sale of DIY.org for $60,000 and Poker.org for $1 million. Public Interest Registry is a non-profit and plans to forward its share of the proceeds to open development and Internet security programs.
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