So how is XXX sunrise AD going for you?
 

I applied for 13 xxx domains in the Sunrise AD(omain) period, ICM promised they would inform between Oct 28 and Nov 8 whether we could get these domains or not but we haven't heard anything from them yet. In our account all domains have a "valid application" comment next to them which seems to be good to me, so what are they waiting for? Of all domains except one we're the only ones owning the domains as TLDs.

Anyone else went through the Sunrise AD procedure and heard anything good or bad from ICM?

You actually fell for that shit?

Just like nobody wanted your .info, nobody will want your .XXX

Go ahead and give Lawley close to $1,300/yr or whatever it is. That could have bought you some good traffic.

I think I wasn't asking my question to those who think xxx sucks. That would be pretty pointless, wouldn't it?

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I bet some go to "auction".

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dotXXX, great success... just like dotMobi LOL

I am not sure I have ever seen $1,300 in good traffic.

:2 cents::2 cents::2 cents:

lol yeah. If they do that I'll hang myself :(

How much did it cost you to apply?

What a fucking racket. No refunds given if you dont get the domains and multiple registars accepting registrations.

Try google.com . You heard of em?

So programs just buy spots to spread the wealth?

I checked into this for you. Overwhelming demand has forced us to extend the period for the validation agent by a few weeks, but if your applications are showing as accepted, it should be fine.

Cost me like 1300 euro which is about $1850. And if they stick with their own rules, then according to the Sunrise AD rules, I should get these domains without a doubt because I'm the only one owning these domains in other TLDs.

And multiple registrars accepting registrations.... isn't it good then that there is only ONE registrar for .com domains then? :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Ok thanks.

I would say that most of the good domains have numerous applications asking for them, so they will all be going to auction.

By pre-reg you will lose your application fee (with Godaddy its $100 bucks), but they will refund the domain fee if you don't get the domain.

80,000 domains were ordered i would get the rope ready

I have no interest. A domain is only what you make it.

exactly, and if you decide you want the domain your forced to battle at auction.

I waited to buy .asia domains once they opened it to the public, and was able to get great names. Of course now they are worthless and I have let them expire. I see the same scenario with .xxx

you can't afford renewing your xxx domains each year

Go Fuck Yourself Dot XXX

dont you think that they will ban porn on all outer extensions so people are forced to use .xxx

who are "they" ?
banning porn on all other tld's won't ever happen.

Wrong.

The extension will be what the authorities and google make of them. If THEY decide, the .xxx will be a giant moneymaker.

No, but even if they banned it, it would be impossible to enforce.

Buying spots and buying traffic are not one in the same. But be that as it may, what kind of good spot could you get for $1,300? For how long?

Who and how?

Exactly. I tried to explain this to someone once by saying you get 325,000 visitors on webcam traffic for $1300. Back then if I were selling webcam traffic I would give you about 2,000 hits. Why? Because that is what I made on it sending it to a sponsor.

In theory you could sell good traffic for a little under what you'd make sending it to your own sites and avoid the headache of running something. In practice people sell hundreds of thousands or millions of hits that are absolute shit. Then you get into companies like GTS that try to sell their traffic to AFFILIATES. If an affiliate can make money sending your traffic directly to a sponsor then why the fuck wouldn't you just send your traffic to a sponsor to make more?

Sigh.

It will be a money maker for the same people who can make money on .com. .XXX isn't a magic domain that will make money for people. Those who fail on .com will still fail on .XXX, regardless of if that tld gets special treatment or not.

And if sometime down the road the "authorities" decide we can no longer use .com (which I doubt will happen), then there will still be 100s of 1000s of .XXX to choose from, and then it will be what you make of it, like I said.

And if they do, everyone moves to .XXX. As much as that would suck, we'd deal with it just like we deal with everything else, and we'd all race to try to fuck each other in the process. Technology adapts.

This is the number one hack of all time. Second, Acacia

FUCK YOU .XXX
Shove it up where it belongs.

Don't buy them, it's dangerous. It will be easy to create a ghetto after. You're complaining about signup ratios ? Wait til part 2 comes over !

Fuck .xxx !!!

so you came to GFY? I am afraid you're not going to run into too many helpful folks here regarding .XXX

Here is a thought, why don't you just post an announcement on the site making sure people know that you are overwhelmed and extending the period... huh? wouldnt that have been helpful to your customers instead of them just sitting there waiting for some nugget of information to come from you?

No matter how much you want a thing to happen does not mean that thing is going to happen.... great scare tactic though. Props on the deep thought you put into it

thats true but if they will dictate how business is done, what makes you think that other things won't change. Maybe .xxx hosting might cost you more, maybe the IRS will tax you a differently, maybe you will need to be on a public list, etc.

I still think this is something that cannot be monitored since who the hell is going to be able to look at every domain or website for adult content.

Noted and passed along when I originally responded, but I do appreciate the feedback.

someone else being fucked by the ever growing .XXX scam.

It is most likely gonna be like:

If we find 1 single time anything that is against 1 of the many thousends of rules they will implement you will be banned for life from buying a .XXX domain again.
In the meantime .XXX will be mandatory in the whole world.
So your whole business will be worthless at any time they choose to execute a stupid rule they come up with.

Don't you think that's just a little bit far reaching? As of right now the two key policies are relatively simple. No content that makes pedobear happy, and sites must be labeled (which is done automatically).

It is doubtful that .XXX will ever become mandatory, and ICM certainly isn't doing anything to even promote that as an idea.

What I really have a difficult time understanding is "So your whole business will be worthless at any time they choose to execute a stupid rule they come up with." Don't you think that the very idea, that a for-profit business would ever even consider intentionally doing anything to directly disenfranchise it's customer base, to be just a little bit ridiculous?

:thumbsup:thumbsup However, I can see dot xxx being banned by many ISPs, states, countries, etc..