Unsponsored TLDs
UNSPONSORED REGISTRIES
Neustar, Inc. (.biz) - Additional info coming soon!
Verisign Information Services (.com/.net/.name) - Verisign, Inc. (http://www.verisign.com/) is the registry operator for the .COM, .NET and .NAME generic top level domains (gTLDs). These TLDs are operated as unsponsored TLDs under agreements with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbersihttp://www.ICANN.org)">http://www.ICANN.org)">i (ICANNi) and have been operated as such since November 1999. From 1991 to 1999, Network Solutions, Inc. (acquired by VeriSign in 2000) served as the registry operator for both of these TLDs. .COM and .NET were created in 1984 via RFCii 1531 as part of the original TLDs for the Internet. Effective 28 February 2009, the .NAME gtlD was assigned to VeriSign.
About Verisign
Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), delivers critical infrastructure services that make the Internet and telecommunications networks more intelligent, reliable, and secure. Every day Verisign helps thousands of businesses and millions of consumers connect, communicate, and transact with confidence. Registryii services for .COM, .NET and .NAME are provided by Verisign's Naming and Directory Services division: http://www.verisign.com/products-services/naming-and-directory-services/index.html
Afilias Limited (.info) - .INFO was the first new and completely unrestricted gTLD made available since .COM. It was launched by Afilias Limited in 2001 and continues to remain the most successful of the new TLDs with over 3.4 million registrations and over 800,000 live, dedicated Web sites.
.INFO is the first truly global domain suffix. With an informational and educational feel, .INFO is the most intuitive place for Internet users to seek information.
Over two thirds of .INFO Web sites are active, including over 800,000 live, unique sites. .INFO is also a popular alternative for international audiences: over 50% of .INFO's registrations are from outside the US. This is a sharp contrast to .COM, where over 69% of registrations are from US companies.
.INFO services a global audience left out by the legacy domains.
Not only are top brands like Subaru and Mercedes taking advantage of the new .INFO domain, but others who have an interest in sharing information with the world have quickly caught on to .INFO.
If you are a business that was unable to get your .COM address-or you have one that is too long and complicated -- or an organization whose business is based in information services, .INFO can benefit you. In the Information Age, the Internet has empowered customers to make better-informed product purchases and life choices. Here are just a few of those already adopting .INFO as the place where the world will go to find information about them on the Internet: NY Metropolitan Transit Authority www.mta.info, NY State Attorney General's Office World Trade Center Relief Site www.wtcrelief.info, Association of Drug Action Teams in Scotland www.knowthescore.info, National Cyber Security Alliance www.staysafeonline.info. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA www.southerninstitute.info
la Société de transport de Montréal www.stm.info, American Association of Poison Control Centers www.1-800-222-1222.info, Professional Golfers Association (UK) www.pga.info, 2003 American Football World Cup in Germany www.worldcup2003.info, Einstein Papers Project at the California Institute of Technology www.alberteinstein.info, Spanish Tourism Board's official multimedia Web site www.spain.info, Cancun, Mexico's official tourism Web site www.cancun.info.
For additional information on .INFO and Afilias Limited, please visit www.afilias.info
Verisign Information Services (.name) - The .NAME namespace is the only gTLD intended for individuals, and offers people worldwide their name as a domain name or email address. It is the Internet space where individuals establish the basis for a lifelong Online Identity, through Global Name Registry's innovative shared domain name structure and email addresses, all designed for individuals and Registrars, resellers and Internet portals with individual users. With Free Trials and Monthly Billing as options for Registrars and Resellers, .NAME is perfectly positioned for individuals.
Global Name Registry was designated by ICANN as registry operator for the .NAME domain in 2001 and is a European-based registry with its headquarters in London, UK.
Public Interest Registry (PIR) (.org) - The .ORG domain is home of noncommercial organizations on the Internet. .ORG was created in 1984 as one of the Internet's original top-level domains (TLDs). Traditionally the top-level domains of the Internet serve different user groups. The .ORG domain was designated as an "open, unrestricted" domain, one in which anyone could register. It has evolved into the domain used primarily for noncommercial endeavors around the world. It is the place where people build Web sites encompassing a wide range of noncommercial activity, including education, philanthropy, personal projects, arts and culture, community and civic activities, social and fraternal organizations, and much more. .ORG is the Internet's third largest "generic" or non-country specific top-level domain with over 3 million domain names registered worldwide.
On January 1, 2003, the Public Interest Registry (PIR), a 501 (c ) 3 not-for-profit corporation, became the new .ORG registry operator. PIR's mission is to manage the .ORG Domain in an exemplary manner, while educating and empowering the global non-commercial community to utilize the Internet more effectively, and, concurrently, to take a leadership position among Internet stakeholders on policy and related issues on behalf of the .ORG community. (http://pir.org/)
Afilias Limited (.pro) - Managed by Afilias Limited since January 2012, RegistryPro is the exclusive operator of the .Pro top-level domain selected by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). RegistryPro's top-level domain is the first and only domain extension exclusively for professionals on the Internet. RegistryPro is the first registry to require enhanced security through the issuance of digital certificates, online passports that facilitate secure and confidential communications and transactions. The .Pro Internet address provides a foundation for professionals who communicate online, and who have security and confidentiality obligations (such as attorney/client privilege and/doctor/patient confidentiality) and fulfill their need to communicate securely by using tools such as encrypted email for online court, tax and insurance filing. The .Pro extension further creates a professional community on the Web by employing registration guidelines, superior technology and innovative security solutions.
(http://registrypro.pro/)