Domain Registration

Registering a domain name is the first step in creating a website. A domain name is like your website’s street address, it allows people to find your website online. The literal address is quite long and complex, so domain names allow users to create unique addresses that are easy to remember. When choosing a domain name, select a name that will reflect the purpose of the site. For example, if your company name is CinoFusion, you can search for cinofusion.com. The domain name you select might be unavailable. Try searching for yourname.org, .biz, .net, .name, .tv, .ca, .cc, .cn, .info, or .us. CinoFusion offers many extensions, to help you get the domain name you want!

.COM, .NET and .ORG Domain Names

.COM - to be used for commercial and personal sites
.NET - recommended for companies involved in Internet infrastructure
.ORG - recommended for not-for-profit organizations
Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")
Cannot begin or end with a hyphen
Must have less than 63* characters, not including .COM, .NET and .ORG
.COM, .NET and .ORG domain names exceeding a total of 26 characters are supported by most web browsers. However, certain web browsers, email programs and other Internet related applications may not support domain names over 26 characters.

.INFO Domain Names
.INFO - to be used for both commercial and personal sites
Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")
Cannot begin or end with a hyphen
.INFO domains must have at least 3 characters and less than 63 characters, not including .INFO

.BIZ Domain Names
.BIZ - sites restricted to commercial and bona fide business purposes
Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")
Cannot begin or end with a hyphen
Cannot have two hyphens in a row
.BIZ domains must have at least 3 characters and less than 63 characters, not including .BIZ

.NAME Domain Names
.NAME - to be used for personal sites
Must be composed of a first and last name (yourname1.yourname2.name)
First name (yourname1 in above example) must have at least 1 character and no more than 63 characters
Second name (yourname2 in above example) must have at least 3 characters and no more than 63 characters
Use only letters, numbers or hyphen ("-")
Cannot begin or end with a hyphen

.CA Domain Names
.CA registrants must meet Canadian presence requirements as defined by CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority)
Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")
Cannot begin or end with a hyphen
.CA domains must be not less than 2 and not greater than 50 characters long.

.CC Domain Names
.CC - Cocos (Keeling) Islands, to be used for commercial and personal sites
Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")
Cannot begin or end with a hyphen
Cannot contain all numbers
.CC must have at least 3 characters, but less than 47, not including .CC

.TV Domain Names
.TV - Tuvalu, to be used for commercial and personal sites
Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")
Cannot begin or end with a hyphen
.TV domains must have less than 63 characters, not including .TV

.WS Domain Names
.WS - WebSite, to be used for commercial and personal sites
Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")
Cannot begin or end with a hyphen
.WS domains must have as few as 4 and as many as 63 characters, not including the .WS extension