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Domain
TLDS
A listing of all domain name extensions available in the
UK, followed by a complete listing of all top level country domains
Note: Domain names can only
contain the characters a to z, 0 to 9 and -.
No other characters are permitted.
.COM -
Internic
This domain is primarily
the International Commercial Domain. All US companies register within this
domain as well as many UK and International concerns.
.ORG -
Internic
This domain is for
organisations, generally of a non-profitmaking nature.
.NET -
Internic
This domain is for
network hardware, routers etc. and is not for general use.
In the following domain names,
two letter domains are not permitted. Also you cannot have an existing top
level domain as the sub-domain name eg com.co.uk is not
permitted.
.UK.COM -
Nomination
This domain is for UK
based companies and domains are allocated on a first come first served basis.
.CO.UK -
Nominet
This domain is for UK
based companies and domains are allocated on a first come first served basis.
.ORG.UK -
Nominet
This domain is for UK
based organisations, generally of a non-profitmaking nature.
.PLC.UK -
Nominet
This domain is for
Publicly Limited Companies, and applications require the PLC registration
number. Domain names in this domain must exactly match the company
name
.LTD.UK -
Nominet
This domain is for Limited
Companies, and applications require the Company Registration number. Domain
names in this domain must exactly match the company name
.BIZ - Nominet
This domain is recommended for business or other
ventures.
.INFO -
Nominet
This domain has been bought
about mainly for the purpose of sharing personal or company
information.
.TV -
Nominet
Released during the end of
2000, this domain extension can be used for anything and are a valued
difference to the standard .com domain.
.WS - Global Domains International
This domain was orginally the country code domain
extension for Samoa, now all of them are owned by a company in america, and
sold out as .ws 'web site' domain
names.
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