Domain names descriptions

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Some common reasons to register a domain name and sign up for web hosting services:

• Business website
• Personal site to share information about yourself and your hobbies
• Website to display pictures and other information about your newborn baby or your children

The following is a list of rules of each registry. Please note that this list may not be a complete list and that each registry may adopt additional rules from time to time. Domain Names have a variety of basic rules:

GENERAL EXTENSIONS

:· .COM, .NET and .ORG Domain Names

:· .COM - to be used for commercial and personal sites
:· .NET - recommended for companies involved in Internet infrastructure
:· .ORG - recommended for not-for-profit organizations
:· 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 and less than 63 characters, not including .INFO

:· .BIZ Domain Names

:· .BIZ - sites restricted to commercial and bona fide business purposes
:· 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

:· .NAME Domain Names

:· .NAME - to be used for personal sites
:· Must be composed of a first and last name (yourname1.yourname2.name)
:· First name (yourname1 in above example) must have at least 1 character and no more than 63 characters
:· Second name (yourname2 in above example) must have at least 3 characters and no more than 63 characters
:· Use only letters, numbers or hyphen ("-")
:· Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

COUNTRY-SPECIFIC EXTENSIONS

:· .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

:· .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

:· .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.

:· .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

:· .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 as few as three and as many as 62 characters, not including .IL
:· No more than 10 domain names may be registered by any individual or organization.

:· .CO.UK and .ORG.UK Domain Names

:· .CO.UK - United Kingdom TLD used for both commercial and personal sites
:· .ORG.UK - United Kingdom TLD 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

:· .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

:· .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

:· .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

:· .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

:· .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

:· .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

:· .MS, .VG, .TC, .GS and .TF 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
:· .TF - French Southern Territories, 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, .GS and .TF

:· .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

:· .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 as few as three and as many as 62 characters, not including .com.ph or .ph

:· .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

:· .ST(SiTe) Domain Names

:· .ST(SiTe) - São Tomé 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 as few as one and as many as 23 characters, not including .ST

:· .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

:· .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

:· .US Domain Names

:· .US - to be used by U.S. citizens and residents, U.S. corporations and other U.S. organizations and organizations with a presence within the United States
:· Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")
:· Domain names cannot begin or end with a hyphen
:· Domain names must be longer than 2 characters and cannot exceed 63 characters (this does not include the extension)

:· .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 as few as four and as many as 63 characters, not including the .WS extension

:· .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