.LA (Los Angeles) domain goes global
Dot LA has been available as the domain name designation for Los Angeles since 2001 and is now available for everyone to register. LA Names and CentralNic, Ltd. have completed the transfer of the .LA domain name to the CentralNic system. CentralNic specializes in global specialty country code TLDs.
Dot LA registrations cost $25 per year with a minimum (2) year registration agreement. The domain is, of course, most popular in Los Angeles but reports from LA Names claim that one of .LA’s top selling registrars, Key Systems, is actually located in Germany, where domain name registrations are very popular.
CentralNic CEO Dan Schindler stated, “We’re delighted to be working with LA Names. Especially since we have recently opened our U.S. branch office in the Los Angeles area. The Dot LA domain name presents a great opportunity for businesses and other entities interested in marketing their products, ideas, or services in Los Angeles to create their own LA identity.”
LA Names CEO Raedene McGary stated, “We chose CentralNic due to their flexibility and knowledge of the domain name landscape. We are very optimistic that .LA has a great future.”
You can grab your own .LA domain at www.LA, CentralNic and various approved registrars.
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January 24th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Um, LA is for Laos, not Los Angeles. Why would there be a TLD for a U.S. city?
April 8th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Agree with you Alex.
.la is the TLD for the country Laos.
These guys are making everybody believe
that .la stands for Los Angeles.
this weakens the usefulness of country code TLDs.It becomes hard to judge the country of origin of a website by just looking at the TLD.
that’s unfortunate for people of Laos to have a country TLD
that suits a big american city like Los Angeles. They’ll soon find it really hard to have their business online with their country TLD.
tough luck.