Final Notice to Renew .Ly Libyan Domains

Registrants of .LY domains had a silver lining during the Libyan war. The .LY registry unilaterally extended the redemption period for .LY domains until the end of 2011, which meant that even domains that had expired early in the year were given an extended grace period until the end of 2011. Well, the end of 2011 is tomorrow! So better pay up and help Libya rebuild its registry and country :) Here is a release from Libyan Registrar Libyan Spider:


The .ly registry has informed us that all domains that have passed the redemption period and that have not been renewed by their .ly domain owners will become available to the public for registration.

As many of you already know, the redemption period was extended to allow for Libyan clients, who were disconnected from the internet during the war, enough time to renew their domains. The redemption period was extended to not only Libyan clients but also for international clients as well. Instead of the redemption period being 2 months, it was extended until the end of 2011.This extension was put into effect since June 2011.

Now that the end of 2011 is fast approaching, the .ly registry has let us know that beginning of 2012, all .ly domains that have not been renewed which have passed the redemption period will be available to the public for sale.

We strongly advise you to renew your domains, that have expired and passed the redemption period, before January 1, 2012 so as to not lose your domains to other buyers. We also strongly advise those who own 3 or less letter domains and that do not have a physical presence in Libya to renew your domains as once they become available you will not be able to buy them back if you do not have a physical presence (address) in Libya.

Libyan Spider will not be held responsible for any losses if a domain (3 letter or less) that has expired and passed redemption period becomes available and is no longer available for registration simply because the original owner does not have a physical presence in Libya. Libyan Spider will also not be held responsible for any losses should a .ly domain become available and registered to a new owner if the original owner failed to renew in time (including due to technical difficulties should the server fail, etc). This is why we are strongly advising you to renew your domains as soon as possible to avoid any problems or losses.

Please consider this notice as a final notice to renew your domains. Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any queries or comments.

We appreciate your business and wish you all a happy new year. We look forward to serving you in 2012 and thank you for your patronage.
Sincerely,
Libyan Spider team


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Libya's .LY Registry extends Redemption Period for Expired Domains

Libya's .LY Registry has extended the redemption period for expired .LY domains until next year. I'm not sure when this came into effect but if you own a .LY domain., no need to worry about the deletion of your domains; still one last chance to redeem them.

.LY registry was operational during the early days of the war but soon succumbed to the Libyan war and many requests went largely unanswered. The registry was also dragged into the propaganda war with speculations that proceeds from .LY domain registrations were being reinvested in Gaddafi's war machine.

The registry website was even hacked by some miscreants supporting the rebel NTC's cause.Now that the war is over, an opportunity to rebuild Libyan domain namespace in a  neutral atmosphere and with professional management  to serve both the Libyan and global internet community.

Here is a message from nic.ly ::

"Due to the exceptional circumstances that Libya has witnessed lately, and in order to grant all our registrants a fair opportunity to renew their domains, NIC.ly has extended the redemption period for all expired .ly domains until the end of this year 2011"

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Libya's .Ly Domains hit the 10,000 registrations mark

Libya's .Ly Domains are some of the most popular domain names on the web, at least amongst "domain hackers", domain hacks are domain names for which the name plus the extension can be read as a whole word or a sentence. Example is successful.ly tru.ly plus more.

The Libyan .Ly domains is perhaps most recognizable in Twitter's URL shortener bit.ly and other popular social media websites. According to the latest registration numbers, the number of .ly domains is now at around 10074 names. Contrary to what's often reported, many of the .ly domains have not been affected by the war since the .ly rootservers have been distributed across three continents but renewing domain names might be an issue since domains can only be bought via Libya Telecom and Technologies.I will have to confirm with Libyan Spider President Hadi Naser and update accordingly.