About the .BAYERN new gTLD

The members of the dotBayern e.V. team are working to establish their campaign as the representative namespace of the German state of Bavaria on the Internet. With the name .bayern, the group will create a permanent residence online and the group believes that every person, company, organization and government office with a connection to the German state should have the chance to register a .bayern domain name.

The group is aspiring to fulfill the following objectives:

• To promote the idea of home and offer a space for Bavarians on the Internet landscape.
• to promote the common interests of citizens as well as the free state of Bavaria.
• To promote equal opportunities on the Internet.

Advantages of a .bayern top-level domain:

The limited number of sensible usable domain names has been reached. Moreover, the increasing number of domain name disputes is an indicator that the current generic top-level domain names should be expanded. As the number of businesses and individuals who have purchased domains has grown, so too has the need for a new method of registering these names grown more urgent.

City marketing and competitive advantage are additional examples. Currently, it's possible to confuse events such as politics, culture and tourism, among others, regardless of where in the world these topics occur. With a .bayern top-level domain, however, it's possible to explicity illustrate that these events occur in Bavaria. Through example websites such as www.business.bayern or www.visit.bayern, the meaning of these sites and where their operations occur becomes clear.

The potential for business opportunities is another advantage. New opportunities for companies located in Bavaria arise with the coming of the .bayern top-level domain. For example, currently, hotels located in Bavaria with .com domain name endings must compete against larger hotels that also possess the same name extension. But with the .bayern name comes a chance for local companies to tie their businesses to their home state and differentiate themselves from larger chains.

To summarize, the dotBayern campaign will strive to establish an identity for individuals, organizations and businesses and enable these groups to more clearly define their purpose online.

The dotBayern team

The founding members of the dotBayern team belong to a small group of qualified professionals that have experience with the development of top-level domains. Based in Germany, these individuals are aware of the most current ICANN guildelines and rules and have experience in working with and influencing ICANN decisions. The members of dotBayern e.V. strengthen their campaign by combining their accumulated knowledge, experience and contacts working in the domain name industry.

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Secure your chance to own one of the upcoming new top-level domains by pre-registering your desired domain name now.

We will attempt to register your reserved domains as soon as this becomes possible thereby increasing your chances of owing one of the new TLDs.

Additionally, by pre-registering, you won't miss any of the registration deadlines. The pre-registration process is free; no processing fees will apply.

Only in the case that you do wish to register any reserved domains will you be charged a fee. Unfortunately there is no guarantee that we can successfully register all desired, pre-registered domains.

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