Introduced | 3 January 1997 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | Malawi Sustainable Development Network Programme |
Sponsor | Malawi Sustainable Development Network Programme |
Intended use | Entities connected with Malawi |
Actual use | Used in Malawi |
Registration restrictions | None |
Structure | Registrations are taken at second and third level |
Documents | Policies |
Dispute policies | Malawi SDNP Dispute Policy, which in turn defers to UDRP |
Registry website | registrar |
.mw is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Malawi. After initial delegation, in 2002 the IANA recommended that administration of the ccTLD be transferred to the Malawi Sustainable Development Network Programme from Computer Solutions Ltd. [1] The recommendation was implemented.
Prices for .mw domains are US$100 for the first two years, followed by $50 per year thereafter.
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.
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In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a second-level domain is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain (TLD). For example, in example.com, example is the second-level domain of the .com TLD.