From 10 June at 10 am CET it is possible to submit applications for the domain names ans.no, da.no and the domain names «ans» and «da» under the geograpical domains and category domains administered by Norid. It is possible to apply for about 1600 domain names of the type da.trondheim.no, ans.oslo.no and da.priv.no.
You can read more about the background for why Norid is changing the domain name policy and open up for these domain names in the news article published on norid.no.
Reception of applications for the lottery
Everyone shall have equal opportunities when we start the allocation. We therefore start by accepting applications which are entered into a lottery. The lottery is a fair method for handling situations where many applicants want the same domain name.
Due to the lottery the reception of applications (EPP-service) will be closed for short periods of time in order to prepare for the reception of applications and the implementation of the lottery.
Monday 10 June
09.30 am CET: The EPP-service as well as eppclient.norid.no (EPP-client) are closed for all processing of applications.
10 am CET: The EPP-service and the EPP-client opens for applications for the domain names «ans» and «da» directly under .no and under the geograpical domains and category domains administered by Norid. These applications (lots) are checked for formal errors and then stored in a separate queue.
All other applications are processed as normal.
Tuesday 11 June
4 pm CET: The EPP-service and the EPP-client are closed for the reception of lots and all other processing of applications. If a private individual or organisation have submitted several applications for the same domain name, all but one application are removed.
4.30 pm CET: The EPP-service and the EPP-client are opened for normal processing of applications. It is no longer possible to apply for the domain names «ans» and «da».
Wednesday 12 June
The Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom) will conduct a lottery in order to decide the order for processing applications for the same domain name.
11.30 am CET: The EPP-service and the EPP-client are closed for all processing of applications.
Norid will process the applications (lots) in the order they are drawn.
The result of these applications will be communicated via the EPP message queue.
12 noon CET: The EPP-service and the EPP-client are opened for normal processing of applications according to the new domain name policy. All new applications for «ans» and «da» domain names are processed as normal.
Important to remember
All applications which are submitted during the transition period must fulfill all allocation rules. Among other things the applicant declaration must be signed, the subscriber must qualify to register a domain name under .no and have room in their quota. Most of the category domain names administered by Norid have additional requirements that the subscriber must fulfill. These also apply for «ans» and «da» domain names.