The new BIZ IDN language extensions (DA, IS, NO, ES, SV) are launching November 1st at 8am UTC (12am PST). We are now accepting pre-orders for the new BIZ IDN language extensions. Just search for the domains you want, and place an order. Our system will automatically try to register your domain at 8am UTC on Nov 1. We will attempt to register all pre-ordered domains in a round robin loop. There will probably be competition for the obvious domains, so we cannot guarantee that we will get your domain. If we do not, you will receive a Dynadot account credit. There will be no refunds for pre-ordered domains. The price for a pre-order is $7.99 per domain. http://www.dynadot.com/domain/search2.html [This post has been edited by dynadot_staff on Oct 30, 2006 17:11.]

is it first come first served if both ppl try to reg it at dynadot? (and dynadot gets it) i am not able to register them on the idn page even selected spanish as the tag for .biz [This post has been edited by j_greenvale_us on Oct 30, 2006 17:16.]

Same question: how do i do the pre-orders for spanish IDN .biz on Dynadot?

I was able to preorder a .biz by using the bulk feature.

thanks! it works on bulk search ; )

Is the 'first pre-ordered' domain the one who has the best shot or is this like a lottery? Also, with the round robin, will the first person get the best chance of all domains registered? Or will you try one each per person to spread the wealth? Finally, when will we be notified of success or failure and credited (I am not so optimistic)? [This post has been edited by jerry on Oct 30, 2006 22:10.]

Sorry, there was a bug in the IDN search. You should be able to search BIZ IDN's using the regular IDN search. Bulk search still works too.

Starting a few minutes before Nov 1, 8am UTC, we will start trying to get the domains. We will loop through all the domains in the pre-order list. So it depends on when they activate the language, and where in the loop we are when that happens. So it will be somewhat random who gets what domain. We can already see in the pre-orders that lots of you are trying to get the same obvious domains. Obviously only one of you can get it. Not to mention some other registrar might get it too. Probably the name grabbing registrars will be slamming the servers.

Account credits for failed registrations should be done about an hour after the launch, possibly sooner.

May we all do well in the gold rush!

so why are the one character .biz showing as "invalid character" for the spanish ones?

how did u get such a cool username jerry [This post has been edited by j_greenvale_us on Oct 31, 2006 21:59.]

You can set your username from inside the account area. Click in the "My Info" tab. http://www.dynadot.com/account All INFO IDNs must be at least 3 characters long. This is an Afilias registry rule. Status update: we are updating the server software with some optimizations in preparation for the launch period. Less than 2 hours to go...

ok so how do i know that my payment went through succesfully, it still says processing.

If the order status is "Processing", then the payment was successful. If the order status is "Waiting for Payment", then the payment was not successful.

Did these go live as planned at 8am UTC?

I tried from a different registrar to hedge my bets. Most good ones are UNAVAILABLE and the Available ones are not registering. I have maxed out two credit cards (authorizations) already. I even tried ones that were so-so to see if they would go through. Nothing. Nada. Someone is getting them, but not us or any other registrars I have tried. Added: Some show: domain registration xn--espaa-rta.biz (example) result Not Available Others show: Problem Some show: Pending Sunrise [This post has been edited by jerry on Nov 1, 2006 00:40.]

I was able to hand register niños.biz and cataluña.biz at another registrar...very odd.

I tried those earlier (by hand, other registrar). First they wouldn't register (tried several times). Now unavailable. Some that I have on preorder show Pending Sunrise but I know they are unavailable. I checked. I should have just gone to bed hours ago. What a wreck. [This post has been edited by jerry on Nov 1, 2006 00:46.]

One domain out all my multiple preorders approved! xn--andaluca-i2a.biz Not bad. Not the best, but not bad. However, it shows AVAILABLE on other registrars! Is this normal? Can you tell this is my first Sunrise?