Registering a Domain Name for your use

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Registering a Domain Name for your use12 Oct

These days every business, individual has presence on the World wide web. If you run a business, you will or have a website where you provide information about your business and services. Most of the individuals who use the internet will be having a personal website or now a days blog is very common.

For running a blog or a website, you need to have an address on the internet, which is usually a domain name or you can use shared sub-domains for this purpose. For registering your domain name, you can do it online and buy a hosting package. Everything can be done in 24 to 48 hours time.

Top Level Domains

Top level domains or shortly called TLD is the last part of a domain name. For example in kishoreasokan.com, com is the TLD. Now there are lots of TLD available on different levels, like country, for example for India, its .in, for Maldives its .mv and many.

I have summarized the TLD and other information related to the TLD below

S.No	TLD	Information	Requirements	Pricing in US$
1.	.com	Company	No Restriction, Anybody can register	$9.95 per year
2.	.net	General	No Restriction, Anybody can register	$9.95 per year
3.	.org	Organization	No Restriction, Anybody can register	$10.95 per year
4.	.info	Information	No Restriction, Anybody can register	$8.95 per year
5.	.name	Name	No Restriction, Anybody can register	$58 per year
6.	.asia	Asian	address, phone in Pan-Asia and Asia Pacific region.	$49 two years
7.	.biz	General	No Restriction, Anybody can register	$10.95 per year
8.	.pro	General	No Restriction, Anybody can register	$295 per year
9.	.coop	Cooperative Service	Only cooperatives, cooperative service organizations and subsidiaries of cooperatives will be eligible to use the .coop domain name.	n/a
10.	.aero	Aviation	Only members of the aviation community, incorporating airlines, airports, companies, organizations, associations, government agencies and qualified individuals, may register a domain name in .aero.	$299 per two years
11.	.museum	Museum	Reserved for museums, archival institutions, and exhibitions	$300 per two years
12.	.md	Moldova	No restrictions	$499 per two years
13.	.tv	Tuvalu	No restrictions	$29.95 per two years
14.	.mobi	Mobile Devices	Any individual or organisation who agrees to the terms and conditions of the dotMobi accredited registrar of the mTLD may register a .mobi domain name during General Registration.	$24.50 per two years
15.	.ca	Canada	Local Presence, Canadian citizen or business, registered location, full address, phone	$99.00 for 2 years
16.	.com.mx	Mexico	No restrictions, anybody can register	$109 for 2 years
17.	.co.vi	Virgin Islands	No restrictions, anybody can register	$379 for 2 years
18.	.um	United States minor islands	n/a	n/a
19.	.pm	Saint pierre	n/a	n/a
20.	.us	United States	Local presence is required. US citizen or company info in United States	$17.50 to $35.00 for two years
21.	com.ar	Argentina	Local presence is required	$260 for two years
22.	com.bo	Bolivia	Local presence is required, TM registration or company reg. in Bolivia	$ 699.00 for .bo / $ 349.00 for .com.bo
23.	com.br	Brazil	Local trustee service	$ 495 for two years
24.	.cl	Chile	Local presence is required , name and RUT number of admin-C in Chile	$ 180 for two years
25.	.com.co	Colombia	Local presence is required	$ 349 for two years
26.	.ec, .com.ec	Ecuador	Local presence is not required, need passport, id number, any country	$ 229 for two years
27.	co.fk	Falkland Isl	Local presence is required, Registrants must be Falkland Islands residents	$ 399 for two years
28.	.gf	French Guiana	n/a	n/a
29.	.gy	Guyana	Local presence not required, no restrictions	$159 for two years
30.	com.py	Paraguay	Local presence not required, no restrictions	$499 for two years
31.	.pe, .com.pe	Peru	Local presence not required, no restrictions	$119 for two years
32.	.tt, com.tt, co.tt	Trinidad	Local presence not required, no restrictions	$ 1250.00 for .tt / $ 160.00 .co.tt / .com.tt for two years
33.	.sr	Suriname	Company details required	$149.00
34.	.com.uy	Uruguay	Local presence is required, must be customer of Antel, have local admin-C	$360 for two years
35.	.com.ve	Venezuela	No Restrictions	$145 for two years
36.	.af	Afghanistan	Local presence is required, copy company registration or TM recognized by Afghanistan	$349 for two years
37.	.ae	Arab Emirites	No restrictions	$199 for two years
38.	.com.bh	Bahrain	copy company registration, tax id, hosting in Bahrain required, must be customer of Batelco and provide account (phone) number, this account is billed directly for registration/hosting	$425for two years
39.	.com.bd	Bangladesh	No restriction	$425for two years
40.	.re	European Reunion	Must have french Address	$ 399 for two years

I have listed only some of the TLD’s, there are hundreds more. I have seen .tt as the most costliest TLD which is US$ 1250 for two years. Before selecting a domain name for registration, you should check the requirements as some has conditions like local presence.

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