.fr: the art of efficiency

Ryan — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:55:00 +0200

In order to better understand why your .fr is still not available, despite all your (and our) best efforts, we feel it would be beneficial to give you some help in interpreting the statistics published freely by AFNIC: http://open.nic.fr/

When you click on the above link, look here (ex. from 21/06/2006, 9:19 AM):
(click on the thumbnail to see the image full size)

The most interesting lines (for interpretation of data) are:

- "18990 messages ont été reçus depuis le début de l'ouverture" = total number of applications sent by the registrars,

- "Finis : 1392" = number of domain names that have become operational, and that may finally be used by their owners,

- "DNS non prêt" = there was an error in the DNS of your domains, so it was impossible to activate them,

- "Attente vérification" = AFNIC is in the act of verifying the personal information (moral persons),

- "Attente client" = AFNIC is waiting for a reply from the customer (invalid SIREN or trademark number, etc),

Conclusion:

At the time I am writing these lines, out of the 1,392 completed registrations, Gandi is responsible for 702. What better example of efficiency is there?

PS: And YES, we are still working on the finishing touches on V2, and on the reseller tools...

Opening of .fr domains to individuals

Ryan — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:42:00 +0200

June 20th 2006, AFNIC (the registry in charge of the .FR TLD will open registration of .FR domain names to individuals 18 and over who reside in France.

No proof of identity will be required, you must simply provide your date of birth, the city in which you live, and the French département in which you were born (indicate 99 if you were born in another country).

This opening will occur in several phases:

from June 16th at 5:00 PM to June 20 at 9:00 AM (Paris time), orders will not be sent to AFNIC (no purchases, transfers, DNS changes, etc.). Gandi will transmit all your changes to AFNIC upon its reopening on Tuesday morning,

June 20th, at 9:00 AM (Paris time), domains beginning with a number or the letters A and B will be sent to AFNIC, all other orders will be rolled out over the following days,

June 21st, at 9:00 AM (Paris time), domains beginning with a number or the letters A through F will be sent to AFNIC, all other orders will be rolled out over the following days,

June 22nd, at 9:00 AM (Paris time), domains beginning with a number or the letters A through N will be sent to AFNIC, all other orders will be rolled out over the following days,

finally, on June 23rd at 9:00 AM (Paris time), the totality of domains will be sent to AFNIC.

In order to maximize your chances for success, please remember that in order to be valid, the order must be sent with the following information:

- owner's date of birth

- city where the owner was born

- number of the French département where the owner was born (99 for those born outside France)

Good luck! At the time I am writing these lines, AFNIC has accepted 5 applications out of 3,893: http://open.nic.fr/

Gandi Bar - http:-open.nic.fr-

.fr: the art of efficiency

Opening of .fr domains to individuals