.PH and .COM.PH domains being dropped and not being renewed

What I’ve been noticing today is the increase of expiring .PH and .COM.PH domains, some of these domains are the ones I’ve been waiting for and have been looking to register myself. But today, it kind of gave me a huge question mark in my head as to why the owners are not renewing or reregistering their domains?

.PH and .COM.PH’s restrictions

When I first started registering .PH and .COM.PH domains, my thought was that it was going to be worth a lot in 5 years time. This is when Search Engines would localize and bring value to those that use their own country’s domain. However, I also noticed the amount of .PH and .COM.PH’s owners are domainers and simply parks their domains with ads. Domainers make money by selling these domains, but the transfer process is difficult as you’d need a signature from buyer and seller and send it back to DotPH’s office. It’s nice that its secure but, with the long transfer process, how many buyers are willing to wait? (considering that other gTLD’s take only hours to complete a transfer) So domain sales would somehow be a tough thing for people who’re looking to invest in our domains.

– DotPH should market it more –

What should dotPH do?

Domainers love the fact that its high priced and premium domains are still available, however a ccTLD full of domainers is really worthless if they don’t develop it into useful websites. Minisites isn’t great for this ccTLD, but full blown developed websites. I suggest that they do more promotions and promote it to Web Developers and to Businesses to use. The more that people see the credibility of a ccTLD (and not just a page full of ads) the more it would attract more credible buyers and registrations on their domain.