Tag Archives: .ng

Fri 3rd May 2013
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1,700 .ng domains purebred given cost cut, .ng domain hacks on Sedo - 97% price drop leads to more .ng domain registrations and a growing number of Sedo listings. Yesterday I wrote about how Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the registry for .ng domain names, had slashed the price of second level .ng domain registrations by 97%. The new price is equivalent to about $95 USD; previously it was $3,165 per year. That has sparked a jump in registrations, even at a price that’s relatively high for a second level domain registration. The ... read more ...
Thu 2nd May 2013
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Nigeria slashes second turn .ng registration cost by 97% - Domains used to cost $3,165 per year. According to an article on This Day Live, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the registry for .ng domain names, has reduced the price of registering a second level .ng domain name by 97% to NGN 15,000. That’s equivalent to about $95 USD. Previously, the group had been charging NGN 500,000, or $3,165 per year, for a second level .ng registration. But it actually used to cost a lot more than that. When NIRA started ... read more ...
Wed 25th May 2011
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The Most Expensive Second Level Domain Names in a World? - Which country charges the most for second level domain names? Which country code do you suppose charges the most money to register a second level domain name? Perhaps established countries like Germany’s .de? Another rich Western country? Nope. I’m not positive, but I think Nigeria wins the prize. According to Nigerian publication Next, a grand total of 10 second level domain names have been registered in the country’s .ng domain name since the registrations ... read more ...
Wed 9th February 2011
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Microsoft Scores Bi.ng Domain Name - Company registers short Nigerian domain name. Microsoft registered the short URL Bi.ng on February 4 thanks to the liberalization of Nigeria’s .ng domain name to allow limited second level registrations. Previously you were required to register .ng domain names at the third level, e.g. name.com.ng. However, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) is now selling second level domains through an “auction“. Companies with trademark rights in a particular ... read more ...