DOMAIN NAME BASICS - Top-Level Domai

DOMAIN NAME BASICS - Top-Level Domains

A Top-Level Domain (TLD) is the part of the domain name located to the right of the

dot (“.”). The most common TLD in use today is .COM, closely followed by .NET and

.ORG. There are several other popular top-level domains, including .BIZ, .INFO, .NAME,

.WS and .MOBI

 Top-level domains have certain guidelines attached, but are generally available to any

registrant, anywhere in the world. Exceptions are restricted TLDs (rTLDs)—which

include .BIZ and .NAME—that require the registrant to represent a certain type of

entity, or to belong to a certain community. For example, the .NAME TLD is available

strictly to individuals.

A top-level domain can also be of geographic significance and only available to

registrants in the locale defined by the TLD. These are called country-code TLDs

(ccTLDs) and include such top-level domains as .US (United States), .EU (Europe),

.TV (Tuvalu), .CC (Cocos Islands), .DE (Germany), .JP (Japan), .BE (Belgium),

.UK (United Kingdom), .NZ (New Zealand) and .CN (China).

 If the .COM you want to register is already taken, you can check to see if

it’s available with an alternate TLD. You may also want to consider registering

all or some of the more common TLDs of the same domain name in order to

protect your brand, your site or yourself from someone else with your brand or

name in mind.

To find out which TLDs we currently offer, or for more information on registering

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