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Domain Name Guidelines

"Domain Name TLD guidelines describe how domain name extensions are to be used."

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.biz
- Requires bona fide ("good faith") business or commercial use
- Only letters, numbers, or hyphens are allowed
- A hyphen cannot be the beginning or ending character
- Cannot exceed 63 characters total (this does not include the extension)
- All single-character and initially two-character names are reserved

.info
- The only domain for unrestricted use
- Only letters, numbers, or hyphens are allowed
- A hyphen cannot be the beginning or ending character
- Cannot exceed 63 characters total (this does not include the extension)
- All single-character and initially two-character names are reserved

.name
- Intended for individuals' and personal websites
- Only letters, numbers, or hyphens are allowed
- A hyphen cannot be the beginning or ending character
- Consists of two names separated by a period, in the format: name1.name2.name
- Each name can contain a total of 38 characters
- The first name cannot be email, http, mail, wap, or www
- The second name cannot be a country code, a single letter, nic, or www
- All single-character and initially two-character names are reserved

.pro
- Intended for professionals such as accountants, lawyers, physicians, etc.
- Only letters, numbers, or hyphens are allowed
- A hyphen cannot be the beginning or ending character
- Can contain a total of 63 characters (this does not include the extension)
- All single-character and initially two-character names are reserved

.aero
- Intended for the Air-transport industry
- Only letters, numbers, or hyphens are allowed
- A hyphen cannot be the beginning or ending character
- All single-character and initially two-character names are reserved

.coop
- Intended for Cooperatives
- Only letters, numbers, or hyphens are allowed
- A hyphen cannot be the beginning or ending character
- All single-character and initially two-character names are reserved

.museum
- Intended for Museums
- Only letters, numbers, or hyphens are allowed
- A hyphen cannot be the beginning or ending character
- All single-character and initially two-character names are reserved

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