Phillip Brooks Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 Anyone ever consider registering a Virgin Islands domain name? ( LabVIEW.VI )?! Quote Link to comment
Michael Aivaliotis Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Anyone ever consider registering a Virgin Islands domain name? ( LabVIEW.VI )?! nice one :thumbup: However don't you need to have some affiliation with that country? Quote Link to comment
Yair Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 nice one :thumbup: However don't you need to have some affiliation with that country? Well, "that country", at least to an extent, is part of the US, so I think you should be covered. Besides, many countries (with useful extensions like .tv or .to) allow outside companies to buy their domain names. I think you can even get a European Union (.eu) domain without being a European citizen. Quote Link to comment
Phillip Brooks Posted October 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Well, "that country", at least to an extent, is part of the US, so I think you should be covered.Besides, many countries (with useful extensions like .tv or .to) allow outside companies to buy their domain names. I think you can even get a European Union (.eu) domain without being a European citizen. I THINK some countries have a requirement that the domain must be hosted in country. Example YOURDOMAIN.co.th (Thailand domain) must resolve to a server located within the borders of Thailand. Otherwise, they can't enforce laws (porn, political, etc). Don't know about the Virgin Islands. How about a domain name like "openg.vi" ? Quote Link to comment
Michael Aivaliotis Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Well, "that country", at least to an extent, is part of the US, so I think you should be covered. My bad. I'm still getting used to the fact that I'm in the US now. Since 3/4 of my family is still in Canada (I miss them very much), there's a strong pull in that direction... As far as the LabVIEW domain in other countries, I think the biggest issue would be the LabVIEW trademark rights. NI's lawyers would love that. The laws pertaining to domain registration differ from country to country. Some countries require you to be a citizen of that country (for personal domains) or have a business that operates in that country. I know this is true for some (read the fine print). Quote Link to comment
h1voltage Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Registration can be made by those outside the Virgin Islands but you can't get just the ".vi" domain extension. You must get ".co.vi" However, they are pretty price ($150). For resident or business owners physically operating in the Virgin Islands it is $50. See http://www.nic.vi/ under Rules. Quote Link to comment
acca Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 Yeah. It's pretty expencive. I don't see why would someone pay $150 for domain, when he can get .com for , let's say - $10. Quote Link to comment
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