Great news! .BERLIN will be available for general registration (GoLive) commencing March 18, 2014
General Availability/Go-live Pricing:
- Reseller: 47.48* (net price: 39.90) EUR/Domain/Year
- Premium: 41.65* (net price: 35.00) EUR/Domain/Year
- Platinum: 37.49* (net price: 31.50) EUR/Domain/Year
Restrictions and Notes on .BERLIN:
- Registration requires one of the WHOIS contact to be a resident of Berlin with a valid postal address in the city. HOWEVER, those interested in this exciting new domain without a Berlin address can use HEXONET's Trustee-Service, which will satisfy the local city precense requirement!
- .BERLIN is the new digital identity for Berliners on the Internet. As the capital city of Germany, Berlin is also the largest city out of the 16 German states and for a city of this population and recognition, these domains will be very high profile. The .BERLIN domain name will allow Berliners to be instantly be recognized online.
- .BERLIN also provides a more intuitive search engine relevant domain name for businesses and individuals in Berlin. And with more direct visibility on the Internet. Internet users will be able to recognize a service coming from Berlin or can more easily target Berliners. Individuals and organizations associated with Berlin are eligible to register .BERLIN domains.
.BERLIN Trustee Service:
- Pricing - 7.14* (net price: 6.00) EUR per Domain / Year (.BERLIN is billed on an annual basis only - no monthly billing)
- Example API for AddDomain with TRUSTEE:
COMMAND = AddDomain
DOMAIN = example.berlin
PERIOD = 1Y
OWNERCONTACT0 = (CONTACT)
ADMINCONTACT0 = (CONTACT)
TECHCONTACT0 = (CONTACT)
BILLINGCONTACT0 = (CONTACT)
NAMESERVER0 = (NAMESERVER)
NAMESERVER1 = (NAMESERVER)
NAMESERVER2 = (NAMESERVER)
X-BERLIN-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 1
- Example API for AddDomainApplication with TRUSTEE:
COMMAND = AddDomainApplication
CLASS = BERLIN_GOLIVE
DOMAIN = example.berlin
PERIOD = 1Y
OWNERCONTACT0 = (CONTACT)
ADMINCONTACT0 = (CONTACT)
TECHCONTACT0 = (CONTACT)
BILLINGCONTACT0 = (CONTACT)
NAMESERVER0 = (NAMESERVER)
NAMESERVER1 = (NAMESERVER)
NAMESERVER2 = (NAMESERVER)
X-BERLIN-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 1
- Registration without Trustee Service
Please delete the line "X-BERLIN-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 1 "
Converting .BERLIN EOIs into Domain Applications:
For those customers with EOIs (Expression of Interest) for .BERLIN at HEXONET, please read the following information.
a. Converting EOIs into Domain Applications via the Control Panel
https://wiki.hexonet.net/index.php/NewTLD_Main_Page#tab=Control_Panel
b. Converting EOIs into Domain Applications via the API
https://wiki.hexonet.net/index.php/NewTLD_Main_Page#tab=APIs
.BERLIN will be a very popular new TLD because of the status of the city and the geographic nature of the domain. We encourage you to review our blog post that interviews Registry operator dotBerlin where they provide some very good insight on the .BERLIN domain - https://www.hexonet.net/blogsay-hello-dotberlin