TLD Overview

TLD Overview
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Generic Top-Level Domain
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Country Code Top-Level Domain
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Country Code Second-Level Domain
Generic
Top-Level Domain (gTLD)
A generic top-level domain (gTLD) is a top-level domain used (at least in theory) by a particular class of
organization. These are three or more letters long, and are named for the type of organization that they represent
(for example, .com for commercial organizations).
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TLD
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Transfer Ins
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ID Protect
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Registration
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Preconfigure
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.ASIA
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No
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No
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1-10 yrs
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Yes
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.BIZ
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Yes
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Yes
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.COM
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Yes
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Yes
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.INFO
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Yes
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Yes
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.MOBI
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Yes
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Yes
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.NAME
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Yes
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Yes
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.NET
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Yes
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Yes
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.ORG
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Yes
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Yes
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.PRO
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No
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Yes
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.TEL
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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Yes
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.XXX
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Yes
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Yes
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1-10 yrs
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Yes
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Country
Code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD)
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country or
a dependent territory. ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs.
Creation and delegation of ccTLDs is performed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), and with certain
exceptions noted below corresponds to the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes maintained by the ISO 3166 Maintenance
Agency.
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TLD
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Transfer Ins
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ID Protect
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Registration
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Preconfigure
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.AC
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No
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No
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1 yr
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Yes
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.AM
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No
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No
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1 yr
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Yes
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.AT
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No
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No
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1 yr
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Yes
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.BE
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No
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No
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1 yr
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Yes
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.BZ
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No
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.CA
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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Yes
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.CC
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Yes
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Yes
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.CM
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No
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Yes
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1-5 yrs
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No
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.CN
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No
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.CO
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Yes
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Yes
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1-5 yrs
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No
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.DE
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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Yes
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.EU
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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Yes
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.FM
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No
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No
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1-10 yrs
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Yes
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.GS
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No
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No
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1 yr
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Yes
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.IN
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Yes
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No
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1-5 yrs
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No
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.IO
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No
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No
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1 yr
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Yes
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.IT
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No
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No
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1 yr
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Yes
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.JP
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No
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No
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1 yr
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Yes
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.LA
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No
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No
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1 yr
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No
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.ME
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Yes
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Yes
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.MS
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No
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No
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1 yr
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No
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.NL
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No
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No
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1 yr
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Yes
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.NU
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No
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No
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2-10 yrs
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No
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.NZ
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No
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No
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1 yr
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Yes
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.SH
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No
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No
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1 yr
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Yes
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.TC
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No
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No
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1 yr
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No
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.TM
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No
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No
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10 yrs
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Yes
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.TV
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Yes
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Yes
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.TW
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.US
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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Yes
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.UK
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Yes
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No
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2 yrs
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Yes
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.VG
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No
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No
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1 yr
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No
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.WS
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No
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Yes
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1-10 yrs
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No
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Country
Code Second-Level Domain (ccSLD)
A country code second-level domain (ccSLD) is a second-level domain to a country code top-level domain. It may be
set apart by the domain name registry for the registration of third-level domains or registered to a third party as
a subdomain. Many registries reuse common top-level domain names at the second-level such as "com", "net" and
"org", e.g. .com.sg.
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TLD
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Transfer Ins
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ID Protect
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Registration
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Preconfigure
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.BR.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.CN.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.COM.DE
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.DE.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.EU.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.GR.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.HU.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.NO.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.QC.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.RU.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.SA.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.SE.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.UK.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.US.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.US.ORG
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.UY.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.ZA.COM
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.COM.MX
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No
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No
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2 yrs
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Yes
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.UK.NET
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.SE.NET
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Yes
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No
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1-10 yrs
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No
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.KIDS.US
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No
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No
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1-5 yrs
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Yes
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