The Sunrise period ended on 22 July and the Landrush period is currently underway, ending on 26 August, for .COM.DE domain names.
Promoted as an alternative to .DE, the largest ccTLD with 14.5 million registrations, the operators are suggesting that registrants consider the sub-domain as âpresenting a fresh opportunity to establish world-class presence in the worldâs busiest domain market.â
The sub-domain is backed by CentralNic who also operate EU.COM, UK.COM and .LA.
Following the Lanrush period there will be a .DE Owner Promotion running from 30 August to 23 September. The .DE Owner Promotion is open to all registrants of a .DE domain, wishing to secure the same name under .COM.DE, where that Domain Name was not previously registered or applied for during the Sunrise or Landrush Processes, or excluded by the Registry. Only domains that exactly match the .DE equivalent, and have the same registrant, will be registered in the registry at the end of the period.
Then finally will be General Availability from 26 September when .COM.DE domains will become available to anyone through participating registrars or their resellers. Except where registered or applied for during the Sunrise or Landrush period or excluded by the Registry, .COM.DE domains are available to the public based on the chronological order of registrations on a first come, first served basis.
In other .COM.DE issues, domains will be DNSSEC signed upon launch, DENIC have confirmed that the business model does not contravene its policies, policies are in place to deal with phishing and abusive registrations and with support and guidance from WIPO, CentralNic developed a Dispute Resolution Policy that facilitates the resolution of disputes between trademark holders and registrants of .COM.DE domain names. In addition, the service includes free mediation to assist the settling of disputes in a professional and efficient manner.
For more information on .COM.DE domain names, check out the .COM.DE website at com.de.