Introduced | 3 September 1991 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | BSNIC |
Sponsor | University of the Bahamas |
Intended use | Entities connected with the Bahamas |
Actual use | Not very heavily used |
Registration restrictions | None, except in a few of the third-level registrations such as .gov.bs |
Structure | Registrations are taken directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath various second-level labels |
Documents | Registration terms |
Dispute policies | UDRP |
Registry website | BSNIC |
.bs is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Bahamas. [1] It is administered by the University of the Bahamas. [2]
There are six Second Level Domains:
The .gov.bs domain name space is managed by DIT at the Bahamas Ministry of Finance. [3]
.az is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Azerbaijan. It is administered by Azerbaijani Communications (AZNIC).
.bt is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Kingdom of Bhutan. It is administered by the Ministry of Information and Communication.
.kh is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Kingdom of Cambodia. It was formerly administered by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of Cambodia from 1997. In September 2012, the domain name was transferred to the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia, which currently administers it. The domain name is named after the majority ethnic group of Cambodia, the Khmer people.
.il is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Israel, administered by the Israel Internet Association and managed by NIC - ISRAEL, which hosts the DNS root server and manages the Israeli Internet Exchange, that supports IPv4 and IPv6.
.sg is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Singapore. It was first registered in September 1988. It is administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. Registrations are processed via accredited registrars.
.do is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Dominican Republic. The Network Information Center .do has administered the domain since 1991.
.dz is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Algeria.
.ec is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ecuador.
.iq is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Iraq.
.ve is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Venezuela.
.ir is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Iran. It is managed by the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences.
.hu is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Hungary. Registrations are processed via accredited registrars.
.tr is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Turkey. It is administered by trABİS and managed by the Computer Center DNS Group of the ICT Authority. The domain was formerly administered by NIC.tr and managed by the Turkey Internet Society until September 2022.
.ky is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Cayman Islands. The code was chosen as other possible options had already been allocated. Registration was limited to residents and registered companies in the Cayman Islands with a local address, but this restriction was removed in September 2015. The Cayman Islands also has the international three-letter code CYM and has won a bid to be awarded the .cym domain in a future expansion of the top-level domain space.
.so is the internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Somalia. After a long absence, the .so domain was officially relaunched on November 1, 2010, by .SO Registry, which is regulated by the nation's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. It was launched through various accredited registrars around the world.
.lc is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Saint Lucia, sponsored by the University of Puerto Rico and created on September 3, 1991. The registry is operated by Afilias and markets towards companies structured as LCs, LLCs or PLCs due to the possibility of a domain hack, such as CompanyName.L.LC and supposedly better names.
.ma is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Morocco. A local registrar with a local Moroccan company as administrative contact is needed to register a .ma or .co.ma domain name. Further restrictions are imposed on the registering of other second-level domains.
.mt is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Malta.
.ng is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Nigeria. It is overseen by the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA).
.sl is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Sierra Leone.