List of Russian Cities that are free to reg

[mulligan]

All are free to register, they are all .net and come from a list of cities with 100,000 + population

Use Wiki to verify (At your own risk .. do your homework before registering!)

City -|- Population -|- Ranked (By population)

Набережные-Челны.net --> 509,870 --> #31
Нижний-Тагил.net --> 390,498 --> #46
Комсомольск-на-Амуре.net --> 281,035 --> #67
Стерлитамак.net --> 264,362 --> #71
Братск.net --> 259,335 --> #73
Йошкар-Ола.net --> 256,719 --> #74
Ангарск.net --> 247,118 --> #76
Нижнекамск.net --> 225,399 --> #80
Прокопьевск.net --> 224,597 --> #81
Рыбинск.net --> 222,653 --> #82
Бийск.net --> 218,562 --> #85
Великий-Новгород.net --> 216,856 --> #86
Старый-Оскол.net --> 215,898 --> #87
Грозный.net --> 210,720 --> #88
Северодвинск.net --> 201,551 --> #91
Балаково.net --> 200,470 --> #92
Петропавловск-Камчатский.net --> 198,028 --> #93
Златоуст.net --> 194,551 --> #94
Энгельс.net --> 193,984 --> #95
Армавир.net --> 193,964 --> #96
Сызрань.net --> 188,107 --> #97
Каменск-Уральский.net --> 186,153 --> #98
Подольск.net --> 180,963 --> #99
Южно-Сахалинск.net --> 175,085 --> #100
Березники.net --> 173,077 --> #101
Волгодонск.net --> 165,994 --> #103
Абакан.net --> 165,197 --> #104
Рубцовск.net --> 163,063 --> #105
Мытищи.net --> 159,900 --> #106
Салават.net --> 158,600 --> #107
Миасс.net --> 158,420 --> #108
Уссурийск.net --> 157,759 --> #109
Майкоп.net --> 156,931 --> #110
Люберцы.net --> 156,691 --> #111
Коломна.net --> 150,129 --> #113
Находка.net --> 148,826 --> #114
Балашиха.net --> 147,909 --> #115
Электросталь.net --> 146,294 --> #116
Королёв.net --> 142,568 --> #117
Пятигорск.net --> 140,559 --> #119
Альметьевск.net --> 140,437 --> #120
Одинцово.net --> 134,844 --> #121
Новомосковск.net --> 134,081 --> #123
Первоуральск.net --> 132,277 --> #124
Невинномысск.net --> 132,141 --> #125
Серпухов.net --> 131,097 --> #126
Кисловодск.net --> 129,788 --> #128
Камышин.net --> 127,891 --> #129
Муром.net --> 126,901 --> #130
Новочебоксарск.net --> 125,857 --> #131
Назрань.net --> 125,066 --> #132
Нефтекамск.net --> 122,290 --> #133
Орехово-Зуево.net --> 122,248 --> #134
Хасавюрт.net --> 121,817 --> #135
Ачинск.net --> 118,744 --> #136
Ногинск.net --> 117,555 --> #137
Елец.net --> 116,726 --> #138
Сергиев-Посад.net --> 113,581 --> #140
Новокуйбышевск.net --> 112,973 --> #141
Щёлково.net --> 112,865 --> #142
Ленинск-Кузнецкий.net --> 112,253 --> #143
Арзамас.net --> 109,432 --> #144
Северск.net --> 109,106 --> #145
Октябрьский.net --> 108,647 --> #146
Нефтеюганск.net --> 107,830 --> #147
Батайск.net --> 107,438 --> #148
Киселевск.net --> 106,341 --> #149
Новотроицк.net --> 106,315 --> #150
Великие-Луки.net --> 104,979 --> #152
Элиста.net --> 104,254 --> #153
Кызыл.net --> 104,105 --> #154
Ухта.net --> 103,340 --> #156
Сарапул.net --> 103,141 --> #157
Канск.net --> 103,000 --> #158
Соликамск.net --> 102,531 --> #159
Междуреченск.net --> 101,987 --> #160
Новошахтинск.net --> 101,131 --> #162
Дербент.net --> 101,031 --> #163
Глазов.net --> 100,894 --> #164
Усть-Илимск.net --> 100,592 --> #165
Зеленодольск.net --> 100,139 --> #166

[alibuba]

thanks mulligan,

i got most of these. I needed to add to my russian portfolio. the first one and some others had the .com available.
the list goes from lower ranked city to highest.

елец.net
ногинск.net
муром.net
кисловодск.net
серпухов.net
новомосковск.net
одинцово.net
альметьевск.net
пятигорск.net
королёв.net
электросталь.net
балашиха.net
находка.net
коломна.net
люберцы.net
майкоп.net
уссурийск.net
миасс.net
салават.net
мытищи.net
рубцовск.net
абакан.net
волгодонск.net
березники.net
подольск.net
сызрань.net
армавир.net
энгельс.net
златоуст.net
балаково.net
северодвинск.net
грозный.net
старый-оскол.com
великий-новгород.com
бийск.net
рыбинск.net
нижнекамск.net
ангарск.net
йошкар-ола.net
братск.net
стерлитамак.net
нижний-тагил.com
набережные-челны.com

[JamesZ]

Honestly, I do not get it why you still want to invest in .net. There are .com and ccTLD above .net, making .net much less valuable. In some contries, they will have IDN ccTLD, which is not aliased to ascii ccTLD. Then people have three better choices than .net. Considering IDN may be a quite long term investment, invest in .net is very risky, IMO.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by JamesZ

Honestly, I do not get it why you still want to invest in .net. There are .com and ccTLD above .net, making .net much less valuable. In some contries, they will have IDN ccTLD, which is not aliased to ascii ccTLD. Then people have three better choices than .net. Considering IDN may be a quite long term investment, invest in .net is very risky, IMO.

Well actually, there is no ccTLD above these, yes there may well be an IDN ccTLD in the near future, which won't be aliased, but it is unlikely that you will be able to register Geos, and as a foreign speculator, incredibly unlikely that you will pick up much of great significance in view of the huge publicity that will precede the launch, and the fact that you may have to prove domicile. You may also well be faced with a less than transparent allocation procedure.

I know many of you are waiting for REAL IDN, but the liklihood is that this head up the arse approach will mean that you end up with little of any value. But I do concede that dot Net will never be dot com.

[bwhhisc]

Originally Posted by JamesZ

Honestly, I do not get it why you still want to invest in .net. There are .com and ccTLD above .net, making .net much less valuable. In some contries, they will have IDN ccTLD, which is not aliased to ascii ccTLD. Then people have three better choices than .net. Considering IDN may be a quite long term investment, invest in .net is very risky, IMO.

These medium to small city names in .net should be worth $100- $500 (in reality, probably a lot more) to an enduser who wants to develop them in the next few years. So if you have the money to continue to renew them, IMO your not going to lose.

Assuming you hold them for 3 years x $5.50 (or even 5 years) and have somewhere around $ 20- $25 invested, your going to make a pretty nice ROI. I am more inclined to invest in .net GEO domains than any other sector, there will always be a demand for city names, and it is relatively easy to find groups of potential end users.

[JamesZ]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

Well actually, there is no ccTLD above these, yes there may well be an IDN ccTLD in the near future, which won't be aliased, but it is unlikely that you will be able to register Geos, and as a foreign speculator, incredibly unlikely that you will pick up much of great significance in view of the huge publicity that will precede the launch, and the fact that you may have to prove domicile.

I think ccTLD is certainly a better investment choice than .net no matter how the alias thing go. Even in ascii world, .net is not very strong although it is considered by many as the best alternative to .com. When it becomes the third best choice in IDN, few end users would want to buy them.

Originally Posted by bwhhisc

These medium to small city names in .net should be worth $100- $500 (in reality, probably a lot more) to an enduser who wants to develop them in the next few years. So if you have the money to continue to renew them, IMO your not going to lose.

This is really personal judgment and choice. From my experience, I think right now it is a great time to buy very good names other than register "good" names. You have to aim for at least $10,000 a name in 3 to 5 years considering all the uncertainties and the high risk of domain names. I have dropped hundreds of names, which I thought would bring me back at least $1000 each in 3-5 years. With the saved renewal fees, I bought some very good and even premium names. Now my portfolio is much smaller but much better quality. I do not have any pressure from renewal. I can buy more names and start to develop a few of them.

Just do not want to see people repeat my mistake. Anyway, if you have strong faith in your judgment, go for it and good luck!

[alibuba]

Originally Posted by JamesZ

I think ccTLD is certainly a better investment choice than .net no matter how the alias thing go. Even in ascii world, .net is not very strong although it is considered by many as the best alternative to .com. When it becomes the third best choice in IDN, few end users would want to buy them.



This is really personal judgment and choice. From my experience, I think right now it is a great time to buy very good names other than register "good" names. You have to aim for at least $10,000 a name in 3 to 5 years considering all the uncertainties and the high risk of domain names. I have dropped hundreds of names, which I thought would bring me back at least $1000 each in 3-5 years. With the saved renewal fees, I bought some very good and even premium names. Now my portfolio is much smaller but much better quality. I do not have any pressure from renewal. I can buy more names and start to develop a few of them.

Just do not want to see people repeat my mistake. Anyway, if you have strong faith in your judgment, go for it and good luck!

thanks for looking out.

the way i see it is i pay 180 for the 43 names i bought considering i have a year from now to really judge whether its fitting to keep them or drop them. A year from now we will all have the right understanding of what will work and what won't.

I get how you give me the advice to reduce the good names for better but my problem is all my good stuff is arabic and having played with development for arabic here and there it isn't worth it to me right now. which is why i look at other languages.

180 for 43 geo russian names to me is a pretty good investment. I'll now whether to drop these or not within a year from now.

thanks guys, ali

[IDNer]

Originally Posted by JamesZ

Honestly, I do not get it why you still want to invest in .net. There are .com and ccTLD above .net, making .net much less valuable. In some contries, they will have IDN ccTLD, which is not aliased to ascii ccTLD. Then people have three better choices than .net. Considering IDN may be a quite long term investment, invest in .net is very risky, IMO.

Yes, dot COM is the king, no doubt.
but you must be the FIRST one to get it, or you may pay more to buy it.
If you are not the first one and/or you don't have enough money to buy it (e.g. - business.com sex.com money.com), or the domain name you prefer was went to end user;
then why not dot NET -

A very strong keyword with any extention still a nice domain name

[JamesZ]

Originally Posted by IDNer

Yes, dot COM is the king, no doubt.
but you must be the FIRST one to get it, or you may pay more to buy it.
If you are not the first one and/or you don't have enough money to buy it (e.g. - business.com sex.com money.com), or the domain name you prefer was went to end user;
then why not dot NET -

A very strong keyword with any extention still a nice domain name

There is another option, which may be better than registering .net, .biz, .ws, etc., keep the money and wait for other opportunities.

I had the similar thought about a year ago. I found all the great names were gone and so I registered some mediocre ones and some .net, even .biz. I thought those people with great names would not let their names go cheaply. It turned out that I was wrong.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by JamesZ

This is really personal judgment and choice. From my experience, I think right now it is a great time to buy very good names other than register "good" names. You have to aim for at least $10,000 a name in 3 to 5 years considering all the uncertainties and the high risk of domain names. I have dropped hundreds of names, which I thought would bring me back at least $1000 each in 3-5 years. With the saved renewal fees, I bought some very good and even premium names. Now my portfolio is much smaller but much better quality. I do not have any pressure from renewal. I can buy more names and start to develop a few of them.

Just do not want to see people repeat my mistake. Anyway, if you have strong faith in your judgment, go for it and good luck!

You are not going to buy Very Good names now for less than $xx,xxx in dot com for Russian now.