| cc is the ccTLD for Cocos
(Keeling Islands), and is also accepted to represent "Chinese
Corporation," "Country Club," and others. Since there are no restrictions
on registrants, anyone can register a domain name with a .cc. .TV: .tv
is the TLD for the country of Tuvalu and is an open registry. Anyone can
register a domain name under .tv. Domain names can be registered for any
term between one and 10 years. Some .tv domain names are considered high
profile and are priced separately by the registry.
.biz is a restricted gTLD approved by ICANN. Since domain names
registered under .biz must be used for business purposes, the registry
predicts the renewal rates for these names will be higher than the rate
for .com and other unrestricted TLDs.
.COM and .NET - the most popular domain names. These
names have worldwide recognition and are still in demand. In 2002, there
were on average 2.6 million new registrations a quarter. .COM and .NET
support internationalized domain name registrations.
.INFO: (Information) became internationally available in 2001.
It is a highly attractive domain extension as .INFO has the same meaning
in several languages. It is a natural place to set up a customer service
Web site or offer info about a product.
.NAME: .name is the only gTLD authorized by ICANN exclusively
for private individuals. Since the registry has reserved all second-level
names, .name registrations are made at the third level, for example
firstname.lastname.name. The minimum registration term is one year, and
registrations can be made for terms of 1, 2 and 10 years. Registrations
are restricted to individuals. This registry also offers an email
forwarding service that provides the registrant with an address in the
form of firstname@lastname.name.
.ORG: A unique domain name extension for businesses,
associations, not-for-profits as well as families.
.US: America's address. The minimum registration term is one
year. Registrants must meet US Nexus (presence) requirements.
According to a study commissioned by the Canadian Internet
Registration Authority, 70 percent of Canadians prefer to shop at .ca Web
sites because they know .ca is Canadian. The minimum registration
term is one year. Registrants must meet Canadian presence requirements.
.CN: BigHostAfrica offers first and second level .com.cn, .net.cn
and .org.cn domains. There are no Nexus requirements - any organization
or person in the world register a .CN domain. CN domains can only be
registered/renewed up to a maximum of 5 years. Unlike .biz (another
Neulevel registry TLD) , .cn does not have a 45-day auto-renewal
functionality.
Each day, individuals and businesses register an average of 2,000 new
domains under .de. As of Q1 2003, the total number of registered
domains is more than 6.2 million. This registry has only minimal rules
concerning local presence and nameservers. The Registrant OR the
Administrative Contact must reside in Germany and the two name servers
associated with the registration must be authoritative, active and on
different subnets to avoid a single point of failure.
With over five million domains registered and more than 100,000
purchased each month, .uk is the world's third-largest Top-Level
Domain Name (TLD). Take advantage of this growing opportunity. With a .uk
domain, you can establish a foothold in Europe - without a local
presence! |
