'.Asia' Landrush Closes with Half a Million Domain Name Applications

Buy.Asia with most Applications in Landrush; Sex.Asia with most Applications
in Sunrise

HONG KONG, March 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- DotAsia Organisation announced
today that a total of 473,633 domain registration applications were received
within the 3-week Landrush period. Including Sunrise and '.Asia' Pioneer
Domains, the number of applications totals to over half a million: 505,838.
'.Asia' registry will Go Live on March 26, domain names will be available on a
First-Come-First-Served basis.
"The results exceeded our expectations. We are very pleased with the
enthusiastic demand for the '.Asia' domain. This is a testament to the global
interest in the thriving Asia Internet marketplace, and the investment appeal
for the most prestigious cyber real-estate in Asia," says Edmon Chung, CEO of
DotAsia. "It will be interesting to see which of the domain names would fetch
the highest prices in the auction. I believe we could be in for some
surprises."
45,697 domains received more than one application in Landrush and will go
to auction. Out of which, "buy.asia" was the most sought after, with over 400
applicants fighting for the name. Others in the top 5 include: hot.asia,
gold.asia, fun.asia, girl.asia. 1,051 domain names received more than one
application during Sunrise. Among which, "sex.asia" received the most Sunrise
applications, with 14 prior-right claims filed. A live ticker and the latest
auction results can be found on http://www.registry.asia .
The top registrar in the '.Asia' Landrush was AsiaDNS
( http://www.asiadns.asia ). Others in the top-10 include: Dotalliance
( http://www.dotalliance.asia ), Communigal Communications, GoDaddy.com,
Key-Systems ( http://www.domaindiscount24.asia ), Gabia, HiChina Web
Solutions, DomainPeople ( http://www.domainpeople.asia ), Yesnic and
NamesBeyond.com. "'.Asia' opened great opportunities for AsiaDNS. Even with
high expectations, our results nearly doubled our expectations! We were able
to attract new customers from around the world who understands the value of a
'.Asia' domain." said Frederick Schiwek, EVP of AsiaDNS.
About DotAsia Organisation:
DotAsia Organisation is a not-for-profit, community-based organisation
incorporated in Hong Kong. Asia has developed into a global force in the
international commercial, political and cultural network. The '.Asia' domain
aspires to embrace this dynamism in the Asia Century to become a nucleus,
intersection and breeding ground for Internet activity and development in the
region. Visit: http://www.registry.asia for more information.
Media Enquiries:

Pavan Budhrani
Tel: +852-3741-0015
Email: pavan@registry.asia

SOURCE DotAsia Organisation

Pavan Budhrani of DotAsia, +852-3741-0015, pavan@registry.asia