As Michael Berkens said yesterday “maybe the third time will be the charm“. That’s right, this is the third attempt to launch the .cm domain extension.

On another note Morgan Linton posted the .cm scam. The article says .cm domain owners will not be able to change their name servers until 2010. I’m not sure if that is completely accurate. I know a couple .cm domain owners and it does look like they have been able to change their name servers. As there have been delays in the launch I am sure there will be delays in any changes needed. Keep that in mind when registering yours.

I personally will not be registering any .cm domain names. And it’s not because they are the .com typos, I believe typo investing is perfectly fine for domain investors. I won’t be registering any because this extension is too much of an unknown. No one really knows how much typo traffic each name will generate.  Beyond that the cost is astronomical. The ranges in price I’ve seen is $119-$249 per year. If you do decide to register a .cm domain name you may want to check out one of my sponsors, 101domain.com.

Moustapha Saya Kaigama, CEO of Netcom.cm, posted the following message to their site yesterday:

“Netcom.cm Sarl has decided to move the registration platform for .CM top-level domains to its own server instead of a hosted version with Cocca. This will allow Netcom more flexibility and control over the zone.

Sunrise domains, which have been validated and had at least two name servers, were connected on August 28, 2009. We kindly ask all registrars to provide us the missing name server information, so that the few remaining domains can also be connected.

All landrush domains that had only a single application and at least two name servers defined have also been connected on August 28, 2009. The landrush domains which are auctioned at NameJet will be connected once we receive the information from NameJet that the domains have been paid for and to which registrants the domains should be allocated.

GO – LIVE Information !

The Go-Live will start on September 18, 2009 at 08:00am UTC.”

08:00am UTC converts to 04:00am EST

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August 1st, the original launch date for the domain extension .CM, never happened due to some technical difficulties with Cameroon internet connections. As promised in my last update I’d keep everyone posted on the progress of .CM launch.

This morning I received an email from the CEO of Netcom.cm Moustapha Saya Kaigama. Here is what he said, which you could also read on register.cm.

“Dear Registrars,

Best regards,
Moustapha Saya Kaigama
CEO of Netcom.cm Sarl”

We’ll have to wait a little longer for what has been categorized as the .com typo.

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I’d like to start off by saying this is not a paid article. Instead a thank you to a long time advertiser and an asset to the Indian domain name community.

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• Poker.in $60,000
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• Domain sales
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• Choosing domain names
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In closing thank you Jeff for all the work you’ve done with Indian domain names along with the moderators and members at inForum.in. To my readers, when you have a chance stop by and check things out at inForum.in.

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Today I planned a post to remind everyone that the .cm domain extension launched and is available for hand registration. It doesn’t look like I’ll be able to do that just yet.

It appears that the launch of .cm is on hold for technical difficulties. The follow statement comes directly from register.cm.

“Dear Registrars,

Currently the Cameroon internet connection is facing technical difficulties.

After applying a security update to the .CM registry server, the root name servers failed to get access to the zone file. The technical team of CAMTEL is currently working on the issue to solve the problem.

Domains which were applied for during the sunrise period will be connected once the Trademark Certificates have been validated. Due to the overwhelming success of the introduction of the .cm top-level domain, we would like to ask for some patience. The review process will be finished soon and we are sure that we can connect the domains as soon as our technical problems are fixed.

The open registration for .CM domains will be suspended till the issue has been solved.

We apologise for the inconvience and we will keep you updated.”

I will keep an eye out for the new launch date and progress to keep everyone updated.

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Last week I wrote about buying my first .us domain name. After losing a Bido auction for SuicideHelp.org which sold for $207 I hand registered the .us version. As promised I would create a mini-site to help those that may be suicidal.

My future plans are to do some SEO work and continue adding articles maybe once or twice per month. I may also solicit people to submit their real world suicide stories via text or video. At this point I have no plans of monetizing the site in any way.

So what do you think? I know the header is a shocker. That’s the goal, want to get the point across.

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