Only Nine More Days to Apply for .Vlaanderen and .Brussels Domain Names

There are only nine days left to apply for the .Vlaanderen and .Brussels domain name . Anyone can apply for .Vlaanderen and .Brussels domain names until January 15,2015 with no restrictions.

You can read the announcement after the jump :

“Have you already applied to your registrar for the domain name you want? Anyone can apply for .vlaanderen and .brussels domain names until 15 January 2015, with no restrictions.  That also includes popular and generic names.

During what’s called the ‘Landrush’ phase, we will be gathering all of the applications. This means that everyone has the same chance of snaring their favourite .vlaanderen or .brussels domain name. Then, on 15 January (at the end of the Landrush phase), we will look at how many applications there are for each domain name.

If you are the only person to ask for a particular domain name, that name will automatically be allocated to you via the registrar through whom you made your application.

If you have applied for a popular name, like most generic names, you will probably not be the only person asking for it.  With these popular domain names, we will be holding an auction so that when the outcome is known, the highest bidder will be able to use that particular domain name.

How does this auction work?

We will be calling on the expertise of an external auction partner – Pool.com – to handle the auction process for us. We will give Pool.com a list of the domain names in question, along with the contact details of the applicants for those names. Pool.com will then invite you by e-mail to activate your account and place a bid for the domain name you want. Read more about how the auction procedure works.

If you have placed the highest bid, you will be notified by another e-mail from Pool.com. Once you have paid the amount that you bid, the domain name will automatically be registered for you via your registrar.

If you are not the highest bidder, check the WHOIS function at our website to see which domain name you can still register after 20 January. That’s the date on which registrations are opened up to everyone and domain names will be allocated on a first come, first served basis to applicants.”