Comments on: MPs Approve $60 Fee For Bermuda Domains

By: bobs your uncle

bobs your uncle — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:55:12 +0000

Gov should call up Godaddy and have them take over the .bm registration process.

By: bluebird

bluebird — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 18:17:42 +0000

Bermuda is too small to keep increasing TAXES,here $60.00 plus 3.3%,
Our ecconomy is still going down and we are still borrowing 100′s of Millions of dollars and still cannot pay back the $2Billion rhat se owe.
And agoverment retired employees will still want there very generous pensions for the rest of there lives which all they did was to stay in the job and produce nothing..
I hope the younger generation will be willing to pay more Taxes in the future to fund these pensions which they think they are entiteled to.good luck to you.

By: Bernews

Bernews — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 15:03:00 +0000

@Your joking, we just updated, according to the Budget Brief, there are 9,300 on the register, and we just asked the Ministry to double confirm that number!

By: Your joking

Your joking — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 13:05:45 +0000

@bernews….do we know the total amount of registered .bm websites so we can see how many less there are in a year??

By: 1minute

1minute — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:18:39 +0000

How much is it going to cost us now to maintain the infrastructure to take the payments?

By: dream big

dream big — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 04:20:46 +0000

That’s the only way this can make sense. Right now I’d say there are about 500 registered .bm domains for a grans total of $30,000 a year. That’s not even enough to pat for 1 admin.

We’re one of the only countries that doesn’t allow individuals to purchase a domain.

We need to update the registration process before talking about charging anyone.

By: Varied

Varied — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 01:26:19 +0000

I think you still need to be a registered business, charity or church, to be allowed a .BM name

By: Stunned ]

Stunned ] — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:49:04 +0000

From the Bermudanic domain registration rules:
http://bermudanic.bm/BERMUDANIC%20DOMAIN%20NAME%20RULES%20100708.pdf

BERMUDANIC DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION RULES
1. PURPOSE
The purpose of this document is to describe the rules for the registration of Domain Names within the .BM domain. The BermudaNIC Registrar is responsible for the administration of the .BM Domain.

2. REGISTRATION RULES
The following rules apply to all requests for the registration of Domain Names in the .BM Domain and all sub-domains of .BM except where differing rules exist for a sub-domain.

2.1 Only the following entities (with an address in Bermuda) will be permitted to apply to the BermudaNIC Registrar for the registration of, and to hold and maintain the registration of a .BM ccTLD Domain Name:
(a) Corporation: A corporation, entity or organization that is
incorporated in Bermuda under the provisions of the Companies Act and any subsequent amendment thereto.

(b) Registered Charity: An unincorporated organization,
association, or club registered under the Charities Act; and any
subsequent amendment thereto.

So the short answer Rock, is no you can’t have a .bm

By: james

james — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 23:54:48 +0000

No, you insulted the individual and then lay claim to being victimized. So your simply an immature troll.

By: Rock

Rock — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 22:14:53 +0000

Does this mean anyone can make a .bm website now? I don’t have a business but I still want a .bm. I am Bermudian and I should have the right to a .bm

By: Why Oh Why

Why Oh Why — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:35:52 +0000

I don’t mind paying, I never understood why this service was free to begin with. However, I would have liked so see a higher one time registration fee and lower annual fee.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 17:54:15 +0000

I suggest how to save money and I get dislikes. If you think $60 a year for a domain is high then I can only presume your site is cheap and you don’t spend any money on seo or promotion. In which case you’re doomed anyhow and I wouldn’t bother wasting money buying a domain in the first place.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 17:44:51 +0000

Duh, I recommend how to save 15% on a domain name and I get dislikes.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 17:43:02 +0000

Seems most of you are clueless. Dot Com isn’t the be all and end all. There are a host of domain extensions now. Many surpassing $60 per year. At the end of the day you can rank any domain name with the proper seo.

By: Stunned

Stunned — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 17:29:30 +0000

Steve, you’re right $60 a year is not going to break the bank and it is a drop in the ocean when compared to the cost of having a professional website designed. What bothers me is the value for that $60 that I will receive, there hasn’t been any announcement that the new fee will allow registrants to manage their own domains, no increase in service levels or response times. All in all pretty poor value for money

By: Onion

Onion — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 16:52:29 +0000

You need to get cooked.

I’m actually in the web business and this removes every incentive to use a .bm

Add in the overhead of making that payment through Bermuda bureaucracy and you’re looking at having to charge clients $100 a year vs. $12.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 15:55:24 +0000

If you’re looking for a professional website and seo I will throw the price of the domain in there for free!

By: steve

steve — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 15:53:46 +0000

$13? If you’re that tight for money go with name cheap and save $2

By: steve

steve — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 15:51:56 +0000

What? $60 per year for a domain isn’t going to break the bank. If you’re looking to save money try your hosting or website development costs.

By: somuchless

somuchless — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 15:50:03 +0000

Dumb idea

By: steve

steve — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 15:49:40 +0000

If you’re a bermuda company why not? Country specific domains help with SEO.

By: Raw Onion

Raw Onion — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:51:51 +0000

$60 is nothing for a company or person to pay per year for a domain name. Consider how much it costs to build a website and maintain it, $60 isn’t much. Besides, for many websites money is being made from selling advertising space.

By: Thanks but no thanks

Thanks but no thanks — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:49:56 +0000

Good luck with that, I’ll be switching to a .com for $13 a year

By: Stunned

Stunned — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:13:44 +0000

Absolutely ridiculous, I think this will just about kill the local domain name business, apart from the Government and maybe high profile businesses who will pay $60 for a .bm name when thay can get a mybusinessbermuda.com style domain name for around $10 a year.

If this is an attempt to make domain registration pay for itself it will fail miserably, a better cost saving could be made by handing domain registration of to a group of local volunteers.

Already changing our domains to a more cost effective registration, oh and wouldn’t it be nice to have had more than a couple of weeks notice!

By: Chaos Theory

Chaos Theory — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:59:27 +0000

Go Daddy – get a .com address for $10-$15 per annum. Why would you even want a .bm address unless the .com is already taken.