According to the Mynic, the administrator of Malaysia’s .my domain, most of the country’s businesses operate websites online. Less than half use a .my domain, however, preferring other extensions like .com instead.
Faced with this reality, Mynic is now pushing companies to get on the .my bandwagon. To help lure them in, it will only allow available business names to be registered by the legitimate corresponding businesses. This measure will also help reduce cybersquatting, perhaps making the .my domain the safest against squatters.
So far this year, 85,000 new .my names have been registered. At a recent media briefing, director Shariya Haniz Zulkifli stated there was a general lack of awareness about .my, and that it was common for businesses to register both .coms and .my names.
Source | Business Times
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