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Which top-level domains (TLD's) are available?

by Wild West Domains staff, edited by Mohan Kapoor, Supervisor, Himalayan Websites

The following top-level domains are available:

• .com
  ("commercial") The most common extension for domain names. Often represents companies or for-profit organizations. Most personal Web sites also use this extension.
• .net
  Generally represents Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
• .org
  Usually represents non-profit organizations or groups.
• .biz
  ("business") Reserved for use by businesses.
• .info
  Made for both businesses and individuals. Usage is unrestricted, but a .info TLD indicates that the Web site primarily is informative.
• .ws
  (Country code for "Western Samoa"; also used for "Web Site" and "Web Service"). An all-around, universally available top-level domain.
• .us
  Country-code top-level domain available for registrants in the United States.
  

The .com, .info, .net, .org, and .ws TLD's are globally available and unrestricted. Traditionally, however, names in ".net" have been used by organisations involved in Internet infrastructure activities - such as Internet Service Providers - while ".org" is frequently used by non-commercial organisations, ".biz" domains are available to businesses only. Albeit unrestricted, usage of the ".info" TLD implies that the site content is of a primarily informative nature.