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Last Updated: December 19, 2008 11:31 AM

TLD

A Top Level Domain is the last part that a domain name consists of. For example in coolexample.com, the TLD is the “.com”. A gTLD is a Generic Top Level Domain. These are not linked to geographical regions or special authorities. gTLDs are typically used to describe organizations and businesses.

NOTE: Not all of the domain types listed here are available for registration through us.

A

.aero
Aviation Community members only.
asia
Companies and individuals based in the Asia-Pacific region

B

.biz
Intended for “business” use.

C-G

.com
“Commercial”and the most widely used TLD on the internet.
.coop
Reserved for cooperative businesses.
.edu
Available to higher learning educational institutions that grant degrees.
.gov
Reserved for U.S. government agencies.

H-M

.info
Used for informational purposes.
.jobs
Used for employment and job-related web sites.
.mil
Reserved for use by the U.S. Military.
.mobi
Dedicated to sites that are made for mobile device use.
.museum
Reserved for museums.

N-R

.name
For individual use generally using a first and last name.
.net
Usually used by Network Providers, but used widely by businesses and individuals for other purposes.
.org
Commonly used by non profit organizations.
.pro
Used for specific professions, usually intended for licensed professions. Examples include: Attorneys, Doctors etc.

S-Z

.sch
Reserved for "Schools"
.tel
Internet Communication Services.
.travel
Reserved for the travel and tourist industry and must be verified as a legitimate travel-related entity.

Open TLD

Open TLDs are Top Level domains that are open to the general public for registration.

A-C

.com
Intended for "Commercial" use and the most popular domain on the world wide web.

B-G

.biz
Intended for “business” use.

H-M

.mobi
Dedicated to sites that are made for mobile device use.

N-R

.name
For individual use, generally using a first and last name.
.net
Usually used by Network Providers, but used widely by businesses and individuals for other purposes.
.org
"Organizations", commonly used by non profit organizations.

S-Z

ccTLD

ccTLDs are Country Code Top Level Domains. They are two letters instead of three and are active sometimes even if the country it was created to represent no longer exists.

A

.ac
Ascension Islan.
.ad
Andorra.
.ae
United Arab Emirates.
.af
Afghanistan.
.ag
Antigua and Barbuda.
ai
Anguilla.
.am
Armenia.
.an
Antigua and Barbuda.
.ao
Angola.
.aq
Antarctica.
.ar
Argentina.
.as
American Samoa.
.at
Austria.
.au
Australia.
.aw
Aruba.
.az
Azerbaijan.

B

.ba
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
.bb
Barbados.
.bd
Bangladesh.
.be
Belgium.
.bf
Burkina Faso.
.bg
Bulgaria.
.bh
Bahrain.
bi
Burundi.
.bj
Benin.
.bm
Bermuda.
.bn
Brunei Darussalalm.
.bo
Bolivia.
.br
Brazil.
.bs
Bahamas.
.bt
Bhutan.
.bv
Bouvet Island.
.bw
Botswana.
.by
Belarus.
.bz
Belize.

C-D

.ca
Canada.
.cc
Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
.cd
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
.cf
Central African Republic.
.cg
Republic of the Congo.
.ch
Republic of Switzerland.
.ci
Cote dlvoire.
.ck
Cook Islands.
.cl
Chile.
.cm
Cameroon.
.cn
China, mainland.
.co
Colombia.
.cr
Costa Rica.
.cu
Cuba.
.cv
Cape Verde.
.cx
Christmas Island.
.cy
Cyprus.
.cz
Czech Republic.
.de
Federal Republic of Germany.
.dj
Djibouti.
.dk
Denmark.
.dm
Dominica.
.do
Dominican Republic.
.dz
Algeria.

E-F

.ec
Ecuador.
.ee
Estonia.
.eg
Egypt.
.er
Eritrea.
.es
Spain.
.et
Ethiopia.
.eu
European Union.
.fi
Finland.
.fj
Fiji.
.fk
Falkland Islands.
.fm
Federated States of Micronesia or radio related websites in general.
.fo
Faroe Islands.
.fr
France.

G-H

.ga
Gabon.
.gb.
United Kingdom, not used as widely as .uk.
.gd
Grenada.
.ge
Georgia.
.gf
French Guiana.
.gg
Guernsey.
.gh
Ghana.
.gi
Gibraltar.
.gl
Greenland.
.gm
Gambia.
.gn
Guinea.
.gp
Guadeloupe.
.gq
Equatorial Guinea.
.gr
Greece.
.gs
South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia.
.gt
Guatemala.
.gw
Guinea-Bissau.
.gy
Gyana.
.hk
Hong Kong.
.hm
Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
.hn
Honduras.
.hr
Croatia.
.ht
ccTLD for Haiti.
.hu
Hungary.

I-J

.id
Indonesia.
.ie
Ireland.
.il
Israel.
.im
Isle of Man.
.in
India.
.io
British Indian Ocean Territory.
.iq
Iraq.
.ir
Iran.
.is
Iceland.
.it
Italy.
.je
Jersey.
.jm
Jamaica.
.jo
Jordan.
.jp
Japan.

K-L

.ke
Kenya.
.kg
Kyrgyzstan.
.kh
Cambodia.
.ki
Kiribati.
.km
Comoros.
.kn
Saint Kitts and News.
.kp
North Korea.
.kr
South Korea.
.kw
Kuwait.
.ky
Cayman Islands.
.kz
Kazakhstan.
.la
Laos.
.lb
Lebanon.
.lc
Saint Lucia.
.li
Liechtenstein.
.lk
Sri Lanka.
.lr
Liberia.
.ls
Lesotho.
.lt
ccTLD for Lithuania.
.lu
Luxembourg.
.lv
Latvia or popularly known "Las Vegas".
.ly
Libya.

M

.ma
Morocco.
.mc
Monaco.
.md
Moldova.
.me
Montenegro also a domain for personal “me” websites.
.mg
Madagascar.
.mh
Marshall Islands.
.mk
Republic of Macedonia.
.ml
Mali.
.mm
Myanmar.
.mn
Mongolia.
.mo
macau.
.mp
Northern Mariana Islands.
.mq
Martinique.
.mr
Mauritania.
.mt
Malta.
.mu
Mauritius.”
.mv
Maldives.
.mw
Malawi.
.mx
Mexico.
.my
Malaysia.
.mz
Mozambique.

N

.na
Namibia.
.nc
New Caledonia.
.ne
Niger.
.nf
Norfolk Island.
.ng
Nigeria.
.ni
Nicaragua.
.nl
Netherlands.
.no
Norway.
.np
Nepal
.nr
Nauru.
.nu
Niue, however; most .nu addresses are registered by users who are not actually located in Niue.
.nz
New Zealand.

O-P

.om
Oman.
.pa
Panama.
.pe
Peru.
.pf
French Polynesia.
.pg
Papua New Guinea.
.ph
Philippines.
.pk
Pakistan.
.pl
Poland.
.pm
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
.pn
Pitcairn Islands.
.pr
Puerto Rico.
.pt
Portugal.
.pw
Palau.
.py
Paraguay.

Q-R

.qa
Qatar.
.re
Reunion.
.ro
Romania.
.rs
Serbia.
.ru
Russia.
.rw
Rwanda.

S-T

.sa
Saudia Arabia.
.sb
Solomon Islands.
.sc
Solomon Islands.
.sd
Sudan.
.se
Sweden.
.sg
Signapore.
.sh
Saint Helena.
.si
Slovenia.
.sj
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
.sk
Slovakia.
.sl
Sierra Leone.
.sm
San Marino.
.sn
Senegal.
.so
Somalia.
.sr
Suriname.
.st
Sao Tome and Principe.
.su
the former Soviet Union.
sv
El Salvador.
.sy
Syria.
.sz
Swaziland.
.tc
Turks and Caicos Islands.
.td
Chad.
.tf
French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
.tg
Togo.
.th
Thailand.
.tj
Tajikistan.
.tk
Tokelau.
.tl
East Timor.
.tm
Turkmenistan.
.tn
Tunisia.
.to
Tonga.
.tp
East Timor.
.tr
Turkey.
.tt
Trinidad and Tobago.
.tv
Tuvalu and popularly used for “Television” related sites.
.tw
Taiwan.
.tz
Tanzania.

U-V

.ua
Ukraine.
.ug
Uganda.
.uk
United Kingdomi.
.us
US territories.
.uy
Uruguay.
.uz
ccTLD for Uzbekistan.
.va
Vatican City State.
.vc
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
.ve
Venezuela.
.vu
Vanuatu.

W-X

.wf
Wallis and Futuna.
.ws
Western Samoa also promoted for general use and widely identified as “web site”.

Y-Z

.ye
Yemen.
.yt
Mayotte.
.yu
Yugoslavia.
.za
South Africa.
.zm
Zambia.
.zw
Zimbabwe.