scp.so is moving

Summary:

Here I thought registering a domain in Somalia was a stable, sensible move.

scp.so is moving

pxdnbluesoul 11 Jun 2015 22:42

I got an email from GoDaddy a couple days ago.

Changes coming to .so domain registrations.
New .so registrations will be suspended as of June 9, 2015 due to complications with the registry. In addition, the registry has increased the price of renewals: .so domain renewals will now be $99.99 per year and renewal terms will be limited to 1 year.

scp.so's registration will run out on Christmas day, and I am looking through alternate names. scp.bz is likely the new one unless I can find one cheaper ($25/yr). I will be able to move all the shortlinks over to the new domain, but any URLs will need updated. I'll try and run them both at the same time for a while, so the links don't break all at once.

Re: scp.so is moving

weizhong 15 Jun 2015 00:46

Do we use the scp.so links for anything but the URL shortener now? I know that we used to have Lumberjack's logs on there (RIP Lumberjack), but is there anything else?

Re: scp.so is moving

pxdnbluesoul 23 Jun 2015 20:16

Not really, no. I use the domain for an occasional email test but that'll work fine on the new one.

The new domain is scp.bz. If you've got links posted somewhere with scp.so in them, please change it to scp.bz ASAP.

Re: scp.so is moving

weizhong 24 Jun 2015 13:24

Is there a certain time when the old links expire?

Re: scp.so is moving

pxdnbluesoul 24 Jun 2015 15:42

Christmas day, maybe a few days after depending on how GoDaddy handles it. But I'd plan for Christmas day.