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.eu Domains to Go on Sale in a Month

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the domain-squatters-of-the-old-west dept.

conJunk writes "The BBC is running an article about the start of .eu TLD sales. From the article: 'The .eu domain was launched in December and opens to the public in four weeks. Trademark holders have had a 'sunrise period' since December to register their own trademarks... and all EU institutions will begin using the .eu domain in their web addresses from April next year.' Winners and Losers? Volkswagen scooped Ralph-Lauren for polo.eu by three and a half minutes." Update: 03/10 15:32 GMT by Z : Volvo != Volkswagen.

6 of 109 comments (clear)

  1. Dibs on bl by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I should have sacre.bl.eu up shortly. Other subdomains will be available for low, low rates. Surprisingly, EURid says that it's actually still available...

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  2. Time to grab... by mustafap · · Score: 2, Funny

    All those french words end in eu.

    Thats going to be a real Cadeau to some people.

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  3. frack.eu by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've got faq.eu and frack.eu lined up in my sights. ;)

  4. Re:Dibs by zoney_ie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, French Connection will probably *actually* register http://fcuk.eu/

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  5. Re:But what domain will the EU use? by bitt3n · · Score: 5, Funny

    I expect all traffic from the US government will be forwarded to screw.eu

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  6. Common Words Ending With eu by michaelaiello · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. emeu
    2. eu
    3. adieu
    4. aeu
    5. basbleu
    6. beaulieu
    7. bleu
    8. boutefeu
    9. calcasieu
    10. camaieu
    11. ceu
    12. chisleu
    13. feu
    14. heu
    15. jussieu
    16. leu
    17. lieu
    18. meu
    19. milieu
    20. montesquieu
    21. neu
    22. pareu
    23. pourlieu
    24. priedieu
    25. purlieu
    26. reu
    27. richelieu
    28. seu
    29. teu
    30. virgalieu
    31. weu
    32. xeu

    behold the power of grep.