
Tips For Choosing A Domain Name Extension
Everybody knows if you’re going to have a professional business website, you need a domain name.
But with so many domain name extensions to choose from, the biggest question I hear is, “Which domain extension should I get?” As you’ll see from the below chart of Top Level Domain Extensions, there are a lot to choose from.
Tips for choosing a domain extension.
If you’re promoting a club, sports team or other non-profit group, you’ll want a .ORG domain extension.
For Internet service firms — and people whose favorite .COM has already been registered by someone else — there’s .NET.
If you’re looking to start a Web site that’s purely informational (e.g. site’s related to medical, health, or dieting) .INFO can be a good choice.
And .COM, the most widely recognized domain extension in the world, is perfect for anyone.
But the best thing you can do to protect your brand name is to buy ALL available domain extensions for your domain; .com, .net, .org, .co, .info, etc. Because if you don’t buy them, someone else will. And then they’ll try to sell them to you for a HUGE amount of money. I’ve experienced this first-hand because I’ve had “domain squatters” try to pick my pockets.
Top Level Domain Extensions
List of Top Level Domains also known as a TLD.A Top-Level Domain (TLD) name is the rightmost set of characters following the rightmost "dot" in the unique name by which a computer is known on the Internet.
Domain/Country | TLD |
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Afghanistan | af |
Air transport industry | aero |
Albania | al |
Algeria | dz |
American Samoa | as |
Andorra | ad |
Angola | ao |
Anguilla | ai |
Antarctica | aq |
Antigua & Barbuda | ag |
Argentina | ar |
Armenia | am |
Aruba | aw |
Australia | au |
Austria | at |
Azerbaidjan | az |
Bahamas | bs |
Bahrain | bh |
Bangladesh | bd |
Barbados | bb |
Belarus | by |
Belgium | be |
Belize | bz |
Benin | bj |
Bermuda | bm |
Bhutan | bt |
Biz | biz |
Bolivia | bo |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | ba |
Botswana | bw |
Bouvet Island | bv |
Brazil | br |
British Indian Ocean Terr. | io |
Brunei Darussalam | bn |
Bulgaria | bg |
Burkina Faso | bf |
Burundi | bi |
Cambodia | kh |
Cameroon | cm |
Canada | ca |
Cape Verde | cv |
Cayman Is | ky |
Central African Republic | cf |
Chad | td |
Chile | cl |
China | cn |
Christmas Island | cx |
Cocos (Keeling) Is | cc |
Colombia | co |
Comoros | km |
Congo | cg |
Cook Is | ck |
Cooperatives | coop |
Costa Rica | cr |
Croatia | hr |
Cuba | cu |
Cyprus | cy |
Czech Republic | cz |
Denmark | dk |
Djibouti | dj |
Dominica | dm |
Dominican Republic | do |
East Timor | tp |
Ecuador | ec |
Egypt | eg |
El Salvador | sv |
Equatorial Guinea | gq |
Estonia | ee |
Ethiopia | et |
Falkland Is | fk |
Faroe Is | fo |
Fiji | fj |
Finland | fi |
Former Czechoslovakia | cs |
Former USSR | su |
France | fr |
France (European Terr.) | fx |
French Guyana | gf |
French Southern Terr. | tf |
Gabon | ga |
Gambia | gm |
Georgia | ge |
Germany | de |
Ghana | gh |
Gibraltar | gi |
Great Britain | gb |
Greece | gr |
Greenland | gl |
Grenada | gd |
Guadeloupe (French) | gp |
Guam (USA) | gu |
Guatemala | gt |
Guinea | gn |
Guinea Bissau | gw |
Guyana | gy |
Haiti | ht |
Heard & McDonald Is | hm |
Honduras | hn |
Hong Kong | hk |
Hungary | hu |
Iceland | is |
India | in |
Indonesia | id |
International | int |
Iran | ir |
Iraq | iq |
Ireland | ie |
Israel | il |
Italy | it |
Ivory Coast | ci |
Jamaica | jm |
Japan | jp |
Jordan | jo |
Kazakhstan | kz |
Kenya | ke |
Kiribati | ki |
Kuwait | kw |
Kyrgyzstan | kg |
Laos | la |
Latvia | lv |
Lebanon | lb |
Lesotho | ls |
Liberia | lr |
Libya | ly |
Liechtenstein | li |
Lithuania | lt |
Luxembourg | lu |
Macau | mo |
Macedonia | mk |
Madagascar | mg |
Malawi | mw |
Malaysia | my |
Maldives | mv |
Mali | ml |
Malta | mt |
Marshall Is | mh |
Martinique (French) | mq |
Mauritania | mr |
Mauritius | mu |
Mayotte | yt |
Mexico | mx |
Micronesia | fm |
Moldavia | md |
Monaco | mc |
Mongolia | mn |
Montserrat | ms |
Morocco | ma |
Mozambique | mz |
Museums | museum |
Myanmar | mm |
Name | name |
Namibia | na |
NATO | nato |
Nauru | nr |
Nepal | np |
Netherlands | nl |
Netherlands Antilles | an |
Network | net |
Neutral Zone | nt |
New Caledonia (French) | nc |
New Zealand | nz |
Nicaragua | ni |
Niger | ne |
Nigeria | ng |
Niue | nu |
Non-Profit Organizations | org |
Norfolk Island | nf |
North Korea | kp |
Northern Mariana Is | mp |
Norway | no |
Old style Arpanet | arpa |
Oman | om |
Pakistan | pk |
Palau | pw |
Panama | pa |
Papua New Guinea | pg |
Paraguay | py |
Peru | pe |
Philippines | ph |
Pitcairn Island | pn |
Poland | pl |
Polynesia (French) | pf |
Portugal | pt |
Professionals | pro |
Puerto Rico | pr |
Qatar | qa |
Reunion (French) | re |
Romania | ro |
Russian Federation | ru |
Rwanda | rw |
S Georgia & S Sandwich Is. | gs |
Saint Helena | sh |
Saint Kitts & Nevis Anguilla | kn |
Saint Lucia | lc |
Saint Pierre & Miquelon | pm |
Saint Tome & Principe | st |
Saint Vincent & Grenadines | vc |
Samoa | ws |
San Marino | sm |
Saudi Arabia | sa |
Senegal | sn |
Seychelles | sc |
Sierra Leone | sl |
Singapore | sg |
Slovak Republic | sk |
Slovenia | si |
Solomon Is | sb |
Somalia | so |
South Africa | za |
South Korea | kr |
Spain | es |
Sri Lanka | lk |
Sudan | sd |
Suriname | sr |
Svalbard & Jan Mayen Is | sj |
Swaziland | sz |
Sweden | se |
Switzerland | ch |
Syria | sy |
Tadjikistan | tj |
Taiwan | tw |
Tanzania | tz |
Thailand | th |
Togo | tg |
Tokelau | tk |
Tonga | to |
Trinidad & Tobago | tt |
Tunisia | tn |
Turkey | tr |
Turkmenistan | tm |
Turks & Caicos Is | tc |
Tuvalu | tv |
Uganda | ug |
Ukraine | ua |
United Arab Emirates | ae |
United Kingdom | uk |
United States | us |
Unrestricted | info |
Uruguay | uy |
USA Commercial | com |
USA Educational | edu |
USA Government | gov |
USA Military | mil |
USA Minor Outlying Is | um |
Uzbekistan | uz |
Vanuatu | vu |
Vatican City State | va |
Venezuela | ve |
Vietnam | vn |
Virgin Is (British) | vg |
Virgin Is (USA) | vi |
Wallis & Futuna Is | wf |
Western Sahara | eh |
Yemen | ye |
Yugoslavia | yu |
Zaire | zr |
Zambia | zm |
Zimbabwe | zw |
The next most popular question I get about domain names is generally, “What company should I buy my domain from?”.
Where to buy a domain name
Although there are many places you can buy a domain, I trust DomainsPricedRight.com and have bought over 400 domain names through them.
If your business is already online, make sure to protect your brand by locking down your domain name with as many extensions as possible. It doesn’t matter who you buy them through, just make sure you do. At a minimum, make sure to buy your business name with the top three extensions; .COM, .NET and .ORG. Believe me, it’s a really small investment for the peace of mind you’ll get in return.
One last tip. When you register your domain name, set the renewal option to automatically renew. That way, you don’t have to worry about someone grabbing your domain name because you forgot to renew it.
If you have any questions about domain names, I recommend reading this Domain Name Questions article.
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