Disini is Here

Suffering from a dash of narcissistic curiousity, I googled “Disini.”  Nothing beats Google in giving you a snapshot of your digital self’s relevance.  Which isn’t far from what Pinoy Top Blogs does for Dean — it gives him a sense of “belonging to something big.”

Apart from my Firm  site and my blog, I’ve discovered that there is now a site called “Disini Disini Home” an on-line home accessories shop.  I’ve always known about the Disini portal in Malaysia. I even got myself a free email account (jj@disini.com.my).  But the store was a new site that I must say is nicely done.

Someone told me a few years ago that disini in Malaysia and Indonesia means “here”  which is why it’s a good name for a portal.  The Disini Disini Home store is (like our Firm name) repetitive and maybe expresses an urgency to close a transaction (”Don’t look there! Look Here! Here!”).  At any rate, I’ve always wanted to own the disini.com domain name but someone else beat me to it.  A check with Network Solutions gives the following:

Current Registrar:			ENOM, INC.
IP Address:			64.65.35.109  (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location:			US(UNITED STATES)-GEORGIA-SNELLVILLE
Record Type:			Domain Name
Server Type:			Apache 1
Lock Status:			REGISTRAR-LOCK
DMOZ			no listings
Y! Directory:			see listings
Secure:			No
E-commerce:			No
Traffic Ranking:			Not available
Data as of:			14-Jun-2005

I emailed the registered owner 2 or 3 years back and received an offer to purchase it for $15,000.  No way, ho-seh (Jose)!  I suppose I could have tried filing a UDRP suit but I’m no Julia Roberts — my name ain’t a trademark.  Plus, I don’t have the $1,000 or so for the filing fee.  So, I dropped it.  Apparently, I can now have it for a minimum offer of $200.

But, the registration is set to expire on September 6, 2005.  Maybe I’ll just buy it.