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.ASIA Ready to Mark Online Territory!
Asia as the New Market
Representing over 60% of the world’s population (and over 90 languages), Asia is experiencing tremendous economic, cultural and technical growth. The financial and economic problems of the 1990s are fading. By creating a new TLD for Asia, businesses in the region have been given the means to show their global citizenship as well as the potential for regionally targeted efforts.
Although there are dramatic cultural differences throughout the region, nations are still proud to be a part of Asia. The DotAsia Organisation hopes to bring together the Pan-Asia and Asia-Pacific region, and by providing a unique identifier, there is the potential to create a particular online presence with greater relevance to the region and greater significance for the shaping of the world wide web. This will be reinforced by the reinvestment of registry proceeds into further development for the region. Although a single domain registry can’t solve all of the regional issues overnight, it is hoped this initiative can help lift the economies, businesses and people of the Pan-Asia and pan-Pacific countries to greater global competitiveness.
The market need of such a dynamically growing community is undeniable. Providing a unified front with an internationally recognized TLD has the potential to dramatically improve regional competitiveness and go some way to balancing global forces.

No More Tasting: It’s a Bad Year To Be a Registrar
Alistair Croll, Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT
The companies that handle domain registrations have built businesses around hosting, domain speculation and wholesale billing. Domain squatters, meanwhile, make millions with the right URL. But despite the huge growth of Internet sites and the brave face they put on, registrars face hard times. Regulatory changes, price increases and free hosting offerings from Google mean the future looks rough.