Landrush .ASIA Domains

At least 3 bloggers have already asked me about the ongoing landrush of .asia domains — what i think about it or am I interested to join the rush. Surprisingly, this has been on my radar for months now but haven’t gotten much interest.

Here’s what I think this would boil down to:

Most of the good single term domains will have already been taken or reserved.
Interested applicants will eventually bid higher on domains that have multiple applications. You’d really have to dig deeper into your pocket if you are game.
I don’t see short-term benefits except for vanity names.

However, if you already have a good brand and you want to expand your niche beyond the Philippine archipelago, then is is a good chance for you. Niche in the travel, food and entertainment sector will benefit a lot by grabbing strong names and vanity domains.

The running price for a dot.asia domain is $30 for 2 years which is not bad. I may eventually register a couple domains later depending whether I can think of any good ones not taken yet.

Anybody else had their radars on the .asia domains lately?

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

15 Comments

Name: says:

12 years ago

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Anton S says:

17 years ago

I reserved around 10 last december but i doubt i will be getting any since the domains are generic.. and bidding will follow…

Hey Drew! i also placed a pre-registration for sex.asia :P
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ElectronicsLabdotPH says:

17 years ago

i don’t think it would matter kung .Asia or .Com ka pa..
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Goe D says:

17 years ago

I was on to it when Godaddy sent a Pre-registration noticed and while searching for a good .asia domain I was doubleminded. I was thinking blog.asia for blog and malay.asia, etc ect, but didn’t pre-reg any of it. I believe domain name doesn’t matter – it is the proper SEO techniques that’s impt. though I believe that good domain name have an advantages…. This might be a good start if you want to do business with Chinese people? China’s population is growing and having a Chinese related domain ending with .asia is good deal. Maybe like jackychan.asia? or jetli.asia or aisa.asia Lol!
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jhay says:

17 years ago

Probably a .asia version of my .com.ph domain for added link juice. :P

Surprisingly, it’s cheaper then a .ph domain!

Oh boy, here we go again…. :lol:
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spidamang says:

17 years ago

agcaoili.asia ;)
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Drew says:

17 years ago

Funny, during the pre-registration period I was ecstatic to find out that sex.asia was still available. So I bought it in Godaddy, along with 9 other domains. Until I realized it was a pre-registration (stupid me). Damn! Out of the 10 I “bought”, I’m guessing I’ll end up with zero.
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dragon says:

17 years ago

Domains are better investments than real estate.

Reserved 10 already.

Getting ready to bid on March 12th
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BrianB says:

17 years ago

Hey, abe, gogo.asia would be a great domain.
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Christian says:

17 years ago

Blah, who cares. Most sites will be splogs like .info, .cc & etc.
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Kenneth says:

17 years ago

Nice post Yuga, I’m still thinking to join the rush after paying some “obligations” that I have to make. LOL… :lol:
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