October 3, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Afilias (afilias.info), the .info registry, announced yesterday the opening of realtime registration for .info domain names.
Businesses and consumers requesting .info domain names will now be able toget their domain name awarded within minutes through any Afilias-authorizedregistrar. Those interested in registering can see what .Info domain namesare available by using Afilias’ WHOIS database at its Web site.
.Info, the Internet’s first unrestricted top-level domain since .com, is thefirst of seven new top-level domains to begin live, realtime processing ofdomain names. The .info registration process is faster than the .comregistration process. Users can see their domain name in Afilias’ WHOISdatabase immediately, and have their new .info Web site functioning withinminutes. Typically this process takes about 24 hours for a .comregistration.
“The opening of realtime registration is a fantastic opportunity for allsmall and medium-sized businesses,” said Roland LaPlante, Afilias’ chiefmarketing officer. “In many instances, good names are no longer available in.com, but millions of great and intuitive names are still available in.info.”
.Info domain names are available for all uses. The new domain represents anopportunity for businesses, individuals and organizations to reach aworldwide audience with information about their products, services andideas.
More than 300,000 .info domain names have already been registered and areaccessible through Web browsers worldwide. Nearly 70 percent of Interbrand/Business Week’s world’s most valuable brands have already registered .infodomain names, including Dell Computer Corporation, American Express,Budweiser, Wendy’s International, and Nokia Corporation.
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