.pn

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.pn
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Introduced10 July 1997
TLD type Country code top-level domain
StatusActive
Registry Pitcairn Island Administration
Sponsor Pitcairn Island Administration
Intended useEntities connected with Pitcairn Islands
Actual useGets some use on the Pitcairn Islands; some use elsewhere as URL shortener or domain hack
Registration restrictionsNone
StructureRegistrations are made directly at the second level; there are also some third-level registrations, such as under second-level categories like .gov.pn and personal sites under firstname.lastname.pn (similar to .name )
Documents .pn policies Archived
Dispute policies UDRP
Registry website Registry

.pn is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Pitcairn Islands.

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Use

An official .pn domain costs $100 per year from the registry. There are relatively few sites using these domains, but examples include ESPN, [1] Experian, [2] C-SPAN, [3] happn, [4] and Groupon, [5] each of whom use the domain for URL shortening services.

Subdomains under various two-letter .pn domains were offered as free redirections and as domain names by numerous providers. In August 2017, Free EU Hosting, one such provider, announced that due to reputation fears they will be discontinuing their popular eu.pn and me.pn subdomains and that they will eventually stop working, offering existing customers alternative subdomains. [6]

The .pn domain is also used as part of a Lionsgate marketing campaign promoting the Hunger Games film series, presenting it as the "official" country code of the fictional nation of Panem, [7] with domains for the Capitol [8] and the rebellion. [9]

Management

ICANN originally delegated the management of the domain to islander Tom Christian. In 2000, the government of Pitcairn Island wrote a letter to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority stating that Christian did not "adequately serve the interests of the country and community of Pitcairn Island" and requesting reassignment of the delegation of the top-level domain to the office of the governor of Pitcairn Island. [10] The dispute was resolved when ICANN ruled that the domain would be re-delegated to the Pitcairn Island Council. [11]

Structure

The registrations are taken directly at the second level, and at third level under a number of reserved second level domains. [12]

.pn second level domain names
Top level domain nameIntended purpose
.co.pnCommercial entities
.net.pnNetwork-related entities
.org.pnNon-commercial organisations
.edu.pnEducational institutions
.gov.pnGovernmental entities

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References

  1. ↑ "es.pn". ESPN.
  2. ↑ http://ex.pn/security/. Experian.
  3. ↑ "cs.pn". cs.pn. 2023-01-15. Archived from the original on 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2023-01-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ↑ https://gethap.pn. happn.
  5. ↑ "gr.pn". Groupon.
  6. ↑ "Latest News and Important Updates - All .eu.pn/.me.pn websites might stop working soon". Free EU Hosting. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Giorgi, Elizabeth (17 January 2012). "How The Hunger Games Marketing is Funding A Small Island Government". Mary Sue.
  8. ↑ "The Capitol". Hunger Games. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "revolution.pn". The Hunger Games.
  10. ↑ Salt, Leon H. "Letter to IANA". Government of Picairn Island.
  11. ↑ "Request of the Pitcairn Island Council for Redelegation of .pn Top-Level Domain". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority . 11 February 2000.
  12. ↑ ".pn Policies". Pitcairn Island Domain Names. 2023-01-15. Archived from the original on 2022-12-23. Retrieved 2023-01-15.

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