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GENERAL DOMAIN RULES

For Top Level Domain Names

Domain Names have a variety of basic rules:

.COM, .NET and .ORG Domain Names

  • .COM - to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • .ORG - recommended for not-for-profit organizations

  • .NET - recommended for companies involved in Internet infrastructure

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have less than 63* characters, not including .COM, .NET and .ORG

* .com, .net and .org domain names exceeding a total of 26 characters are supported by most web browsers. However, certain web browsers, email programs and other Internet related applications may not support domain names over 26 characters.

.INFO Domain Names

  • .INFO - to be used for both commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have at least 3 characters, but less than 63 characters, not including .INFO

.BIZ Domain Names

  • .BIZ - to be used for both commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Cannot have two hyphens in a row

  • Must have at least 3 characters and less than 63 characters, not including .BIZ

.CO.UK and .ORG.UK Domain Names

  • .CO.UK - United Kingdom, to be used for both commercial and personal sites

  • .ORG.UK - United Kingdom, to be used for both commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have at least 3 characters, but less than 23, not including .CO.UK and .ORG.UK

.AC and .SH Domain Names

  • .SH - St. Helena, to be used for both commercial and personal sites

  • .AC - Ascension Island, to be used for both commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have at least 3 characters, but less than 23, not including .AC and .SH

.MS, .VG, .TC, and .GS Domain Names

  • .MS - Montserrat, to be used for both commercial and personal sites

  • .VG - British Virgin Islands, to be used for both commercial and personal sites

  • .TC - Turks and Caicos Islands, to be used for both commercial and personal sites

  • .GS - South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, to be used for both commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have less than 23 characters, not including .MS, .VG, .TC, and .GS

.TO Domain Names

  • .TO - Tonga, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have less than 23 characters, not including .TO

.FM Domain Names

  • .FM - Micronesia, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have less than 23 characters, not including .FM

.KZ Domain Names

  • .KZ - Kazakstan, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have less than 23 characters, not including .KZ

.NZ Domain Names

  • .CO.NZ - New Zealand, intended organizations pursuing commercial aims & purposes

  • .NET.NZ - New Zealand, intended organizations or services providers related to the NZ internet

  • .ORG.NZ - New Zealand, intended for non-profit organizations

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have less than 23 characters, not including .CO.NZ, .ORG.NZ, and .NET.NZ

.DK Domain Names

  • .DK - Denmark, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have less than 23 characters, not including .DK

.AS Domain Names

  • .AS - American Samoa, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have at least 3 characters, but less than 23, not including .AS

.RO Domain Names

  • .RO, .COM.RO - Romania, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have less than 23 characters, not including .RO

.ZA Domain Names

  • .CO.ZA - South Africa, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have less than 23 characters, not including .ZA

.CO.IL and ORG.IL Domain Names

  • .CO.IL - Israel, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • .ORG.IL - Israel, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have at least 3 characters, but less than 26, not including .IL

  • No more than 10 domain names may be registered by any individual or organization.

.LT Domain Names

  • .LT - Lithuania, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have at least 3 characters, but less than 23, not including .LT

.WS Domain Names

  • .WS - WebSite, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • .WS domains registered through register.com™ must have between 4 and 59 characters, not including the .WS extension

.TV Domain Names

  • .TV - Tuvalu, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have less than 63 characters, not including .TV

.CC Domain Names

  • .CC - Cocos (Keeling) Islands, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Cannot contain all numbers

  • Must have at least 3 characters, but less than 47, not including .CC

.BE Domain Names

  • .BE - Belgium, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have at least 2 characters, not including .BE

.CA Domain Names

  • .CA registrants must meet Canadian presence requirements as defined by CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority)

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Length. Domain names must be not less than two (2) and not greater than fifty (50) characters long.

.ST(SiTe) Domain Names

  • .ST(SiTe) - Sao Tome and Principe, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have less than 24 characters, not including .ST

.DE Domain Names

  • .DE - Germany, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have at least 3 characters, but less than 64, not including .DE

.PH Domain Names

  • .PH and .COM.PH - Philippines, to be used for commercial and personal sites.

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have at least 3 characters, but less than 62, not including .com.ph or .ph

.JP Domain Names

  • .JP - Japan, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have at least 3 characters, but less than 63, not including .jp

.VU Domain Names

  • .VU - Vanuatu, to be used for commercial and personal sites

  • Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")

  • Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

  • Must have less than 27 characters, not including .VU

 

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