.BIZ to be Featured on Sedo
The .BIZ web address is presently at 2,015,168 total registrations worldwide. Neustar Registry Services, who oversee the .biz top level domain, will be auctioning off the majority of numerals 1-9 (as in 9.biz) and a majority of the single letter domains (A through Z) in an online auction which will begin September 23 and last through September 30.
The selected auction house is Sedo, and details of the .BIZ auction are located at Sedo.biz. Sedo will soon be accepting bids online for those with a qualifying Sedo account and who have passed a basic standard certification. Having previously purchased (or sold) domain names through Sedo will allow a potential bidder to meet the standard certification requirement.
.BIZ has grown year over year since its original release in 2002 despite dismal marketing by the Neustar registry. Even without notable registry promotional support, .BIZ has been adopted by a wide variety of businesses across the internet. It now ranks as the 10th leading web address in the world including all country code and top level domains. .COM is currently the leading internet extension worldwide in terms of total registrations.
Several blogs have written about whether the single number/letter .biz auction will significantly boost global interest in the internet’s official business web address. It’s difficult to say with any certainty what effect the .biz auction will have on public perception. .BIZ has actually grown from the grass roots up in a gradual but steady adoption which has increased every year since 2002.
I am a fan of the .biz web address and see it as an incredibly logical web space that will only continue to grow with time. I also predict a considerable rise in business registration & use as more companies discover .biz as a viable, and more affordable alternative, to .com and country code domains.
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