*.ly domains are free...

[Cyber]

does anyone live in or near Libya? I want a free *.ly domain, but i dont live anywhere near it.

[Bruce]

The registration shouldn't be to hard to get past.

Since it's for registered citiziens only, then that means they're probably going to chekc the name. This might be a problem after all...

[Cyber]

hmmm....

[LeX]

Where can you register a *.ly domain? I wanna try something...

[LastActionHero]

what do you want to try out?

bruce.ly ;)

[LastActionHero]

the url is www.nic.ly

[LeX]

'Cuz the possibilities are limitless...... :D

[LeX]

Oh, and thanks!!! :)

[Cyber]

lex tell me if you do it, and it works. i'd love to have a *.ly domain.

[LeX]

Well, I must say I goofed it all before I did anything. I requested for like 20+ domains before noticing rule #5: One domain per user. :mad: Oops...

[Cyber]

oops

[keith]

free? are you talking about the .ly, or the .com.ly? it asks for credit card info at the end of both signups.

[Bruce]

.ly are $500...

But if you click on free domains you can get one for free if you are a Lybian citizen.


Well, i applied for one, let's see how it goes.

[Cyber]

kieth, not for the free signups

[Cyber]

where did you say u lived and stuff, cuz if it works, i'll get one!

[LeX]

Well, said that it's available to Lybian citizens all over the world, so I suppose any address will do. ;)

[Cyber]

lol, true true

[Cyber]

loophole

[GordonH]

OK
Who is going to register:

gadaffi.ly

&

quadaffi.ly

?

Gordon

[Cyber]

why?

[GordonH]

Umm......
Obviously you are a lot younger than me!

Mummar al Gadaffi is the president of Lbya and is not exactly well liked in the west.

Gordon

[evil2k]

I registerd a domain with my german postal adress ;) Would be cool, if it works! :)

greetz evil2k

[Cyber]

i registered "pointless.ly"

[stu]

Originally posted by GordonH
OK
Who is going to register:

gadaffi.ly

&

quadaffi.ly

?

Gordon

hehe

[Dreamcost]

Originally posted by stu


hehe
I want to register fami.ly.
Who can help me?
hehe

:biggrin2: :biggrin2:

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Dreamcost

I want to register fami.ly.
Who can help me?
hehe

:biggrin2: :biggrin2:

Maybe you could find a Lybian friend.

[roblev]

has anyone actually gotten a reply from them??? :confused:

[Bruce]

Nope.... I thought I came up with a good Lybian name too. I even came up with a Lybian postal address, but still no luck. :(

[LeX]

No responce here either... it'd be weird if they did... :p

[Cyber]

someone email them and ask about it

[Dreamcost]

Originally posted by Phrozen


Maybe you could find a Lybian friend.
Haha,impossible!

[Bruce]

You could just get a pen-pal from Lybia or something.

[lotsofissues]

Well ii found an algerian board in google groups.... http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=ru&safe=off&group=soc.culture.algeria i guess pick a name.

[lotsofissues]

I am a really desperate bastard.... i can't even believe i did this. http://www.libyana.org/discussion/index.htm

[onewaymule]

lol, you guys are sick... :D

[stu]

according to here, you can register *.fami.ly domains for $10 a year..

http://www.lydomains.com/about_regs.asp

[Bruce]

but who would pay $10 for a subdomain?

[roblev]

you would be suroprised at what people will buy these days.

[Cyber]

for example look around on ebay :biggrin2:

[spanishboy]

¡Hola Muchachos! Acabo de obtener un dominio .ly GRATIS.

[stu]

how'd you do it man?

[spanishboy]

I went to http://www.lydomains.com/whois.asp and the domain I registered a week ago is mine.

[4g3n7]

Damn, he didn't reply, or anything, and the WHOIS thing doesn't show the domain as mine :(

[Bruce]

:mad: Damnit! I can't even remeber which domain I registered.

[LastActionHero]

Originally posted by Phrozen
:mad: Damnit! I can't even remeber which domain I registered.

LOL :D

[LeX]

I submitted around 20 before realizing the one domain rule. :o I've forgotten which ones I really wanted too. :(

[Cyber]

i wanted pointless.ly, but i never got it!

[spanishboy]

They don't reply because you don't need an username or password in orden to modify your domain.

Follow this steps:

1. Use a Lybian name.
2. Place an European address.*
3. Register only one domain.
4. Wait a week.
5. Check WHOIS at http://www.lydomains.com/whois.asp


* I don't think they register a domain if you place an american address.

[Bruce]

Sweetness!!!

I got a domain.

is.ly - Don't know what I'll use it for though.

[Cyber]

Originally posted by spanishboy
They don't reply because you don't need an username or password in orden to modify your domain.

Follow this steps:

1. Use a Lybian name.
2. Place an European address.*
3. Register only one domain.
4. Wait a week.
5. Check WHOIS at http://www.lydomains.com/whois.asp


* I don't think they register a domain if you place an american address.

can someone give me a european address?? i dont know wut they look like.

i also need a lybian name. can sum1 help me?

[Bruce]

Just make up some P.O. Box. I did and it worked for me.

[wct]

libyan name?!?!

hahaha


;-)

[LeX]

Originally posted by Phrozen
Sweetness!!!

I got a domain.

is.ly - Don't know what I'll use it for though.
HOw long did it take?

[Cyber]

i want one!!!!!!!! can someone get one for me please?

[Bruce]

Originally posted by LeX

HOw long did it take?
3 days

[Cyber]

i need a lybian name

[Bruce]

I used Abu Quadaggi.

Just rearrange the letters and come up with something new! :D

[Cyber]

hows: Abu Tayeb ?

[Cyber]

also, did you pick free hosting?

[Bruce]

No, I didn't pick free hosting. I just put in mydomain's nameservers.

[Cyber]

cool.. i hope i get one. i was the one who first found this!

[spanishboy]

You can use:

- Saleh Tagiuri
- Abdallah Tayani

[Cyber]

i already submitted it, but if i want another domain, ill use it.

btw--whos names are those?

[spanishboy]

I just made them up. (real Lybian names of course!)

[Mandrake]

Hmm... Wonder how long this will last before the Libyans get wise to it! :rolleyes:

[niv]

Hey Mandrake, what do you mean by:



If it's not Scottish... It's CRAP!!!

:mad:

Hmm...I'd like to see some Scottish anime :D

[Cyber]

really! :chinese2:

[spanishboy]

If you register only one domain they don't notice it.

[Cyber]

yeah

[Mandrake]

Originally posted by Hayama-kun
Hey Mandrake, what do you mean by:



:mad:

Hmm...I'd like to see some Scottish anime :D


That's actually from a skit on Saturday Night Live some years back. The guest was Billy Connelly, a Scottish comedian, and he was playing the owner of a store called "'All Things Scottish' where our motto is: 'If it's not Scottish... it's CRAP!!!'". I used to have a .wav file of it until my old computer died.

[Mandrake]

Originally posted by spanishboy
If you register only one domain they don't notice it.

If everyone can restrain themselves. I remember awhile back someone discovered that .mu domains were free to anyone who lived in Mauritius. So this person gave a fake Mauritius address. But he kept going and they eventually figured it out.

[spanishboy]

You're right. But, how can they check international addresses?

[Bruce]

Well they log your ip so they'd be able to figure it out.

[Cyber]

ugh

[Bruce]

It's not like they're gonna check their logs every day and see everyone that's been to the site though. They'd only do that if they suspected something.

[Bruce]

I just found something quite interesting...


http://www.lydomains.com/select_mod.asp

You can change the information of everyone's domains? :confused:

[Cyber]

ah-ha

[spanishboy]

Remember that the details of registered domains are the legal property of the person or organisation to whom the domain is registered. It is a illegal to attempt to alter the details of a domain for which you have no authority.

[Bruce]

I read that, but it doesn't mean everyone is going to follow that.

[Canuckkev]

ug.ly

[spanishboy]

They check changes by email.

[LeX]

"abu quadaggi"?!?!???? *LOL*

[stu]

spanishboy, did you choose the free hosting option?

[spanishboy]

Nope

[d99janh]

This is just to sil.ly :D (was not taken according to whois,
but I wouldn´t put much trust to that).

I have a difficult dilemma: Should I not try to get a .ly domain because it´s probably illegal, or for the fact that I don´t need one, or perhaps while I probably would lose it soon anyway. ;)

Anyway, It´s Libya, *NOT* Lybia. (Unless someone changed the name of it while I was asleep :D )

[LeX]

Originally posted by d99janh
Should I not try to get a .ly domain because it´s probably illegal
Why would it be illegal? :confused:

[stu]

Originally posted by LeX

Why would it be illegal? :confused:

fraud

[LeX]

Now that I think about it.... good point. But, everybody's done a bit of a fraud anyways, so... (like you really tell your fwp or whatever free service you're signing up for your real name and address and phone number? :rolleyes:)

[stu]

technically it's not a free service for everyone. only for libyian citizens. whether they have the resources to check for legit libyians or not, who knows.

but there are people who are paying up to $500 for .ly domains through nic.ly strategic partners, so this is not peanuts compared to entering bogus information for a fwp.

[LeX]

Those people who payed up to $500 for that .ly domain's just plain sil.ly and stupid. ;)

[Cyber]

yeah, but people could still not pay the $500 and get the domain free. Its their choice.

BTW--Phrozen can i have you domain, is.ly?

[LeX]

Bet you 5 bucks he'll say no. (Phrozen, you'd better say "no"... ;))

[Cyber]

HEY!!

[stu]

Originally posted by Cyber
yeah, but people could still not pay the $500 and get the domain free. Its their choice.

BTW--Phrozen can i have you domain, is.ly?

at nic.ly, i'm sure that if you check off "No" for "Are you a Libyan Citizen? Only Libyan citizens are entitled to free services", then they won't give it free. otherwise, you'll have to register thru the other strategic partners and pay.

and if you register through www.lydomains.com,



Registration fees are payable by credit card upon application. Customers registering large volumes of domain names maybe eligible for invoicing where payment is due within fourteen days after date of invoice. The billing contact listed in will be invoiced within seven (7) days of domain name registration by email. If payment is not received within thirty (30) days of the initial invoice the domain will be deleted and will immediately be available for registration by anyone.

In the event of domain name deletion due to non payment, the registration fees remain due and payable.


I don't think that the people who payed $$$ for a .ly domain are stupid. I think nic.ly is rather careless in managing the domains to let them slip away for free like that.

[Cyber]

its not my fault!!

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Cyber
yeah, but people could still not pay the $500 and get the domain free. Its their choice.

BTW--Phrozen can i have you domain, is.ly?
I'm with LeX on this. I think I'll use it myself; maybe a little redirection service of my own. Thanks for the idea Cyber. ;)

[Cyber]

:cry2: ur welcome :rolleyes2 i still dont have a domain, but im trying!

[Cyber]

oh LeX, heres your $5


[unable to make ASCII look right] ohwell

[LastActionHero]

This has to be the longest thread in the history of domain registration forum!

OK so how many actually applied and how actually got it? Let's count the success percentage.

[LeX]

Originally posted by Cyber
oh LeX, heres your $5


[unable to make ASCII look right] ohwell
Try using [code] for ASCII pictures.

[Cyber]

i did, but it messed up.

[Bruce]

Originally posted by LastActionHero
This has to be the longest thread in the history of domain registration forum!

OK so how many actually applied and how actually got it? Let's count the success percentage.

I got one, but i can't update the nameservers because I ddin't give a valid email. :(

So I guess I'm off to get another...

[LeX]

1 out of 1 = 100%!!! Wow~~ *lol*

[gyrbo]

I applied for one, I'm gonna start a small redirection service too.
Cobranding with wzr.net.

[Cyber]

me too, i requested 2, with different emails, because I think i screwed up the first one. :confused2

[compmaster]

Hi All,

What they check in the submitted form,,, how do they know if one is citizen of Libya. After submitted the form, after how many days they contact the registrar?

Regards,
ComP Master

[LastActionHero]

Originally posted by gyrbo
I applied for one, I'm gonna start a small redirection service too.
Cobranding with wzr.net.

Gyrbo is back!

[Gayowulf]

Where does it say that these domains are free to libyans?

[Cyber]

on www.nic.ly, Free Domains, on the top

[Cyber]

oh, Phrozen, can i have is.ly? I took the yahoo email, iggylol@yahoo.com :biggrin2:

[Bruce]

Whta some people will do for a domain...

Fine take it. http://www.lydomains.com/select_mod.asp

[Cyber]

lol, thanks!

[Cyber]

you need to remove it from your mydomain.com list!!!

[Bruce]

Hmmm, thought I already did that.

[Cyber]

nope

[Bruce]

Well, it's not there.

[Cyber]

now it is, wasnt b4

[Cyber]

why can't i add a subdomain, *, to my domain? i need the wildcard for subdomain redirection. im using mydomain.com. any suggestions?

[Bruce]

Here's my suggestion. Don't use mydomain. I couldn't even get a .ly to work there.

[niv]

use zoneedit.

[Cyber]

ok

[fragga]

My new name is: Abudarajak Hamid

Sound muslim enough?

[Cyber]

definetly

[fragga]

I made up the Hamid part and Abdurajak is the first name of a muslim terrorist here in the Philippines who died 3 years ago.

[Cyber]

ah-ha

[nickmahon]

Well, I just applied for one...

[crosses fingers]!

[polestar]

there's also www.domainvalet.com - hey most of the whois queries for .ly domains return US addresses - dumb or what?

[trenzterra]

I shall name mine after a famous terrorist after 9-11-01
no other than

Osama bin Laden!

His muslim anyway.
:D :D :D :D :D