What will be the Kosovo ccTld?
With Kosovo MPs declaring independence yesterday - providing international powers confirm their independence by recognizing their statehood - we can expect them to apply for their own ccTld in the not so distant future.
We saw an interesting ccTld assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to Kosovo neighbours Montenegro recently - .me - which caused widespread discussion about the potential value of such an interesting tld.
What are the possibilities for a Kosovo ccTld? On July 9th, 2007, while talk of Kosovo independence was still debated, John Yunker suggested it might be .ks.
Looking at the IANA root zone whois information list, we can see that the following ccTlds starting with the letter k are already taken:
.ke – Kenya
.kg – Kyrgyzstan
.kh – Cambodia
.ki – Kiribati
.km – Comoros
.kn – Saint Kitts and Nevis
.kp – Korea, Democratic People’s Republic
.kr – Korea, Republic of
.kw – Kuwait
.ky – Cayman Islands
.kz – Kazakhstan
So, what do you think the ccTld assigned to Kosovo will be? I propose it be .KO… it would certainly make for interesting sports domain hacks: boxing.KO, fighters.KO, UFC.KO etc.
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13 Responses to “What will be the Kosovo ccTld?”
February 18th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
I vote for .kv - sounds strong!
mp/m
February 18th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
A good Kosovo domain name ext. would be .ks / .kv / .ks
February 18th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
.ks or .ko would be great for domain hac.ks assuming they allow second level registration for non-residents.
Although .ko would be great for the fight niche, .ks would be much more widely usable: trac.ks, crac.ks, won.ks, span.ks, flan.ks, blan.ks, stic.ks, tan.ks, pic.ks, cran.ks, yan.ks, wan.ks, stin.ks, blin.ks, hon.ks, kic.ks, etc.
- Than.ks!
February 18th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
.ks I think is the one with the most possibilities…
February 29th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I think .ks is thebest solution
April 12th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
The best & only one would be .KS (At least that’s what Kosovo would prefer/love).
June 27th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Technically Kosovo is still Serbian province, and that want change any time soon, so I don’t think talking about Kosovo domain is appropriate.
I don’t think Kosovo will be approved for domain in the near future because Russia/Spain/India/China/Greece/Serbia and majority of countries don’t support self proclaimed independence of Kosovo’s “government”.
June 28th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Erm…you Serbian by any chance Keith?
The US (the country that brought you the Internet™) and 42 other UN countries recognize Kosovo’s independence. Saudi Arabia has also promised to recognize Kosovo. Even the “Republic of China” (Taiwan) recognizes them.
Of the 63 other UN member states that have not formally recognized it only a handful have rejected it. Most have simply stated they are prudently waiting to see what develops.
So your comment that the “…majority of countries don’t support self proclaimed independence of Kosovo’s “government”…” is misleading at best.
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I think the best is [dot]KS
July 25th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
.KS definitively…
DOes anybody know how much this costs?
i heard over 50.000$ to pay ican
August 25th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Does anyone know when the DOMAIN will be finalised?
August 28th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Germ u forgot suc.ks, f*c.ks also top selling
September 1st, 2008 at 11:59 am
KS looks good and I think it will be assigned soon…
cheers KS