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ccTLDs
(country
code TLDs) authorized ccTLD Registrar: IANA |
| Two letter
labels are reserved as country code identifiers under ISO
3166. Two character codes will only be delegated to a competent
government authority associated with that code. It is not possible to
register any ccTLDs. |
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gTLDs
(generic
TLDs) authorized gTLD Registrar: ICANN |
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Generic TLDs
will only be delegated by ICANN to a selected group of companies against
high costs. Currently is extreme difficult to register gTLDs. The rules
to register domain names under gTLDs are different for each registry. |
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cTLDs
(corporate TLDs) accredited cTLD Registrars: UN1D & TLD.NAME |
| Corporate
TLDs will exclusively be delegated by UNIDT to corporations that would
like to secure their name on the Internet. Only corporations can register
a cTLD. |
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pTLDs
(public
TLDs) accredited pTLD Registrars: UN1D & TLD.NAME |
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Registering
a Public TLD is available to everyone and is based on a First Come,
First Served (FCFS) basis. Most Public TLDs have on-line registries
available that allows anyone to register domain names. |
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dTLDs
(dormant TLDs) |
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dTLDs are
not available and do not have any domain names. dTLDs are reserved for
future use. Just registered TLDs often are dormant TLDs. As soon as
the TLD is resolving domain names, the TLD is no longer dormant. Then
the TLD is transformed into one of the TLDs mentioned above. |
