
Registry Policies
General Registry Policies
- .ASIA General Registry Policy
- .ASIA Charter Eligibility Policy
- .ASIA Privacy Policy
- DotAsia Memorandum & Articles of Incorporation
- .ASIA Anti-Abuse Policy
- .ASIA Reserved Names Policies
Sunrise & Startup Policies
Other Policies
- One- & Two- ASCII Character .ASIA Release Policies
- .ASIA CJK (Chinese Japanese Korean) IDN Policies
[Version with Tables (15MB)] [AnnexA (10MB) | AnnexB (4MB) | AnnexC]
Advisories & Addendum
- Special Advisory on Disinformation Against DotAsia
(Board Chair Letter on Recent Issues and Disputes as to Governance) - Special Advisory on DotAsia Organisation’s Nature as a Not-for-Profit Community Corporation
- Special Advisory on Policies Regarding Conflict of Interest, Abandoned Auctions & Disqualifications Due to Non-Payment
- Special Advisory on Auction Tampering
- Sunrise Addendum and Clarifications
- Special Advisory on Sunrise 3
- Pioneer Domains Program Addendum

As part of the Sponsored gTLD agreement with ICANN, DotAsia is responsible for policy development in a number of areas (Appendix S, Part 2. Delegated Authority – http://www.icann.org/en/about/agreements/registries/asia/appendix-s-06dec06-en.htm#2), including for example:
- Establishment of domain naming conventions
- Reservation of names to be withheld from reservation in the TLD (in addition to those names reserved by ICANN and set forth in a schedule by ICANN)
- Reservation of names to be offered for registration other than on a first-come, first-served basis and creation of the policies and procedures under which such names may be registered
- Policies regarding eligibility to register a domain name in the TLD and restrictions and policies on how registered names may be used, which need not be uniform for all names within the TLD
- Procedures and schedule for the start-up or any subsequent sunrise policies and procedures
- Organizational governance policies and operations management will be formulated and maintained by the DotAsia Organisation
- Any other policies or practices not inconsistent with the Agreement, ICANN Temporary Specifications and Policies, or Consensus Policy
Current and Recent Policy Consultations:
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Historical First Batch of .Asia Auctions Completed with Success
Auctions to watch: “iphone.asia”, “levis.asia”, “power.asia” and more! Download: [ PDF ] For immediate release: Hong Kong, 28 January 2008 – DotAsia Organisation is pleased to announce today the...
中国奥运及演艺明星启用 .Asia 域名
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“.Asia Celebrity Pioneers Program” Launched to the Praise from Creative Industries
Early Adopters include Latest Major Motion Picture Release CJ7: www.cj7.asia Download: [ EN | ZH-简 ] For Immediate Release Hong Kong, 16 January 2008 – DotAsia Organisation announced the launch of...
DotAsia Organisation Appoints the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre as the Global Official Dispute Resolution Provider for the .Asia Sunrise Challenge Process
Download: [ EN | ZH-繁 | ZH-简 ] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hong Kong • 21 December 2007 – DotAsia Organisation (DotAsia) is pleased to announce the appointment of the Hong Kong International...
Landrush for .Asia Domain Begins Next February 20
Go Live on schedule for March 26, 2008 as .Asia outpaces .EU in quality and quantity Download: [ EN | ZH-繁 ] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Hong Kong, 30 November 2007: Individual companies and the general...
