Global Domain Names

The .com domain name extension is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) originally intended for use by commercial entities. The .com domain extension is now used for many purposes ranging from commercial entities down to personal websites and is currently the most popular and widely used extensions.

Who can register .com domain name?
A .com domain name can be registered by anybody.

What do I need to register .com domain name?
There are no special requirements to register .com domain name.

Rules:

• Only letters, numbers, or hyphens (“-“) are allowed.
• The domain name cannot begin or end with a hyphen.
• The domain name must have at least 2 characters and less than 63 characters, not including .com

The .net domain name extension, like .com, is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) originally intended for use by orginisations involded in networking, technology and communications. The .net domain extension is not restricted which has led to it becoming the second most used gTLD behind the .com extension. Many networking based companies such as Internet Providers do still use .net as originally intended as do many companies or individuals who have a “network” of similair websites.

Who can register .net domain name?
A .net domain name can be registered by anybody.

What do I need to register .net domain name?
There are no special requirements to register .net domain name.

Rules:

• Only letters, numbers, or hyphens (“-“) are allowed.
• The domain name cannot begin or end with a hyphen.
• The domain name must have at least 2 characters and less than 63 characters, not including .net

The .info domain name extension is another generic top-level domain created with the intention of providing an extension that can be used by websites with a focus on providing an informative experience to web users. The .info domain extension has been adopted by many companies and individuals for multiple types of uses ranging from information based websites through to business and services based websites.

Who can register .info domain name?
A .info domain name can be registered by anybody.

What do I need to register .info domain names?
There are no special requirements to register .info domain names.

Rules:

• Only letters, numbers, or hyphens (“-“) are allowed.
• The domain name cannot begin or end with a hyphen.
• The domain name must have at least 2 characters and less than 63 characters, not including .info

The .mobi domain name extension was created with the intention of being used to deliver mobile enhanced websites across mobile handsets in order to provide a higher level of mobile based web content. The .mobi registry, at the time of creation, was financed and sponsored by a range of large technology based companies including Google, Microsoft and Samsung.

Who can register .mobi domain name?
A .info domain name can be registered by anybody.

What do I need to register .info domain name?
There are no special requirements to needed in order to register .mobi domain name, however there are strict guidelines as seen below.

Guidelines:

All websites providing a service accessible within the .mobi domain must conform to a set of rules provided by the .mobi registry.

Rules:

• Only letters, numbers, or hyphens (“-“) are allowed.
• The domain name cannot begin or end with a hyphen.
• The domain name must have at least 2 characters and less than 63 characters, not including .mobi
• The domain name cannot contain hyphens in the third and fourth position (e.g. ab–cd.mobi)

The .org domain name extension is a gTLD that was derived from the word orginisation, with the original intent of providing an extension to be used by non-profit orginisations which would be easily recognised by the web population. The popularity of .org has increased over the past 10 years with many people using it for a range of things such as non-profit orginisations, schools, open-source projects and communities. In most cases, the use of a .org domain name indicates that the website and owners operate in the best interest of the community, population or niche group.

Who can register .org domain name?
A .org domain name can be registered by anybody.

What do I need to register .org domain name?
There are no special requirements to needed in order to register .org domain name.

Rules:

• Only letters, numbers, or hyphens (“-“) are allowed.
• The domain name cannot begin or end with a hyphen.
• The domain name must have at least 2 characters and less than 63 characters, not including .org