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	<title>Web Hosting Blog &#187; Domain Names</title>
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		<title>How do our domain name prices compare to other web hosts?</title>
		<link>http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/2011/03/how-do-our-domain-name-prices-compare-to-other-web-hosts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domain Names]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heart Internet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/?p=4896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We don’t run a lot of price promotions on our domain names, certainly not as many as other web hosts. Instead we offer our domain names at low prices all year round. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We don’t run a lot of price promotions on our <a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/domain-names">domain names</a>, certainly not as many as other web hosts. Instead we prefer to offer our domain names at low prices all year round, what the supermarkets call EDLP (every day low prices). There are some hosts who have a reputation for being cheap domain providers because of past low cost strategies they have long since abandoned. The table below shows the prices of the major domain names from the UKs largest web hosts.</p>
<p>The prices show the cost of the minimum registration period available (e.g. a co.uk can only be registered for 2 years) and all short term price promotions have been removed to give a true reflection of the prices. At no stage have any web host’s prices been massaged or edited to make us look better. I’ll be honest, I’m surprised how compressively we have beaten the competition. I was expecting at least a couple of our domains to be undercut, but that isn’t the case. It is also worth pointing out our prices have been at these rates for years, these aren’t new price points for the purposes of this table.</p>
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<td style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Heart Internet</strong></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;"><strong>123-reg</strong></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;"><strong>1and1</strong></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Fasthosts</strong></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;"><strong>NamesCo</strong></td>
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<td style="padding-left: 5px;"><strong>.co.uk (2 years)</strong></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 12pt;">£5.58 <span style="font-size:8pt;">(up to 45% cheaper)</span></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 12pt;">£5.98</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 12pt;">£5.98</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 12pt;">£5.90</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px; font-size: 12pt;">£9.99</td>
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<td style="padding-left: 5px;"><strong>.org.uk (2 years)</strong></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£5.58 <span style="font-size:8pt;">(up to 45% cheaper)</span></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£6.58</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£5.98</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£5.90</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£9.99</td>
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<td style="padding-left: 5px;"><strong>.me.uk (2 years)</strong></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£5.58 <span style="font-size:8pt;">(up to 45% cheaper)</span></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£6.58</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£5.98</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£5.90</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£9.99</td>
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<td style="padding-left: 5px;"><strong>.com (1 year)</strong></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£8.49 <span style="font-size:8pt;">(up to 33% cheaper)</span></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£9.99</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£8.99</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£9.49</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£12.49</td>
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<td style="padding-left: 5px;"><strong>.net (1 year)</strong></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£8.49 <span style="font-size:8pt;">(up to 45% cheaper)</span></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£9.99</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£8.99</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£9.49</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£12.49</td>
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<td style="padding-left: 5px;"><strong>.org (1 year)</strong></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£8.49 <span style="font-size:8pt;">(up to 45% cheaper)</span></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£9.99</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£8.99</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£9.49</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£12.49</td>
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<td style="padding-left: 5px;"><strong>.co (1 year)</strong></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£17.99 <span style="font-size:8pt;">(up to 40% cheaper)</span></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£29.99</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£29.99</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£18.99</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£29.99</td>
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<td style="padding-left: 5px;"><strong>.tv (1 year)</strong></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£25.00 <span style="font-size:8pt;">(up to 29% cheaper)</span></td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£34.99</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£29.99</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£30.99</td>
<td style="padding-left: 5px;font-size: 12pt;">£34.99</td>
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<p>.<br />
These prices also ignore the massive savings our customers can make on bulk purchases, often up to 25% off! Find out more about our <a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/domain-names">domain names</a> and <a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/domain-names/domain-prices.html">bulk domain name</a> prices.</p>
<div id="author_info_container" class="author_info_container"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=6e4f4686b9ee1ba8d07fa0690d9dbc03" alt="gravatar" /><div class="the_author_name"><span id="author_name_label">Name:</span><span id="author_name">Matthew Telfer</span></div><div class="the_author_about"><span id="author_about_label">About:</span><span id="author_about">Matthew is Heart Internet's Marketing Manager, and has held senior marketing positions in the web hosting industry for 5 years. With a passion for online marketing, Matthew is responsible for shaping strategy and developing the Heart Internet brand.</span></div><div class="the_author_posts"><span id="author_posts"><a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/author/matthew/">Posts by Matthew</a> (242)</span></div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Search for your domain name &amp; social media username all from one place</title>
		<link>http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/2010/11/search-for-your-domain-name-social-media-username-all-from-one-place/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/2010/11/search-for-your-domain-name-social-media-username-all-from-one-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domain Names]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domain search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/?p=3696</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Instead of bouncing around dozens of websites to check if that killer name has been taken or not, use our 360 name finder to make sure your name, company's name, or your vanity URL’s are all available to register as a domain name, and with the major social networks, all from one place. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/domain-names/name-finder.html"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3697" title="360 name finder header" src="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/360-name-finder-header.png" alt="" width="650" height="230" /></a></p>
<p>Instead of bouncing around dozens of websites to check if that killer name has been taken or not, use our 360 name finder to make sure your name, company&#8217;s name, or your vanity URL’s are all available to register as a domain name, and with the major social networks, all from one place. Click here to use our <a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/domain-names/name-finder.html">domain and social network name finder</a>.</p>
<p>With so many different ways of developing your online identity or business marketing channels, consistency is key. This goes not just for the design, but also the name you use online. The more consistent you are with your name, the more likely it is people are going to remember you.</p>
<p>Here are a couple of examples…</p>
<p><strong>Bad</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Domain name:</strong> www.my-domain-name.com</li>
<li><strong>YouTube: </strong>www.youtube.com/videosuperXX</li>
<li><strong>Facebook:</strong> www.facebook.com/domaining</li>
<li><strong>Twitter: </strong>www.twitter.com/james_smith</li>
</ul>
<p>.</p>
<p><strong>Good</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Domain name:</strong> www.heartinternet.co.uk</li>
<li><strong>YouTube: </strong>www.youtube.com/heartinternet</li>
<li><strong>Facebook: </strong>www.facebook.com/heartinternet</li>
<li><strong>Twitter: </strong>www.twitter.com/heartinternet</li>
</ul>
<p>.</p>
<p>Click here to start your search…</p>
<p><a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/domain-names/name-finder.html"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3698" title="360 name finder" src="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/360-name-finder.png" alt="" width="645" height="155" /></a></p>
<div id="author_info_container" class="author_info_container"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=6e4f4686b9ee1ba8d07fa0690d9dbc03" alt="gravatar" /><div class="the_author_name"><span id="author_name_label">Name:</span><span id="author_name">Matthew Telfer</span></div><div class="the_author_about"><span id="author_about_label">About:</span><span id="author_about">Matthew is Heart Internet's Marketing Manager, and has held senior marketing positions in the web hosting industry for 5 years. With a passion for online marketing, Matthew is responsible for shaping strategy and developing the Heart Internet brand.</span></div><div class="the_author_posts"><span id="author_posts"><a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/author/matthew/">Posts by Matthew</a> (242)</span></div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Search for domain names from your desktop</title>
		<link>http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/2010/05/search-for-domain-names-from-your-desktop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/2010/05/search-for-domain-names-from-your-desktop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 09:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domain Names]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/?p=2353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Search for a domain name’s availability with Heart Internet from your desktop with our brand new Windows 7/ Vista sidebar gadget. Simply type in the domain name you want, with or without an extension (e.g. co.uk or .com), and click ‘Domain Search’. You will then be taken to our domain search results page with the opportunity to register the domain name if it is available.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Search for a domain name’s availability with Heart Internet from your desktop with our brand new Windows 7/ Vista sidebar gadget.</p>
<p>Simply type in the domain name you want, with or without an extension (e.g. co.uk or .com), and click ‘Domain Search’. You will then be taken to our domain search results page with the opportunity to register the domain name if it is available.</p>
<p>Click here to download the <a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/HIGadget.gadget">domain search sidebar gadget </a></p>
<p>You can see the gadget in action to the right of the screen grab below&#8230;</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2354" title="Heart Internet domain search gadget" src="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Heart-Internet-domain-search-gadget.png" alt="" width="597" height="428" /></p>
<div id="author_info_container" class="author_info_container"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=6e4f4686b9ee1ba8d07fa0690d9dbc03" alt="gravatar" /><div class="the_author_name"><span id="author_name_label">Name:</span><span id="author_name">Matthew Telfer</span></div><div class="the_author_about"><span id="author_about_label">About:</span><span id="author_about">Matthew is Heart Internet's Marketing Manager, and has held senior marketing positions in the web hosting industry for 5 years. With a passion for online marketing, Matthew is responsible for shaping strategy and developing the Heart Internet brand.</span></div><div class="the_author_posts"><span id="author_posts"><a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/author/matthew/">Posts by Matthew</a> (242)</span></div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Resellers: Add your details to Nominet&#8217;s Whois records</title>
		<link>http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/2010/05/resellers-add-your-details-to-nominets-whois-records/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/2010/05/resellers-add-your-details-to-nominets-whois-records/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 10:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reseller Hosting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domain Names]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/?p=2321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nominet has recently launched a brand new feature that allows all domain name resellers to have their details listed alongside the registrar’s (i.e. Heart Internet) on WHOIS and in renewal emails for their clients. It can be confusing for the end customer to receive emails with the registrar’s details but not the reseller who they had bought the domain through, so this is a great step forward for all domain name resellers and your customers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nominet has recently launched a brand new feature that allows all domain name resellers to have their details listed alongside the registrar’s (i.e. Heart Internet) on WHOIS and in renewal emails for their clients.</p>
<p>It can be confusing for the end customer to receive emails with the registrar’s details but not the reseller who they had bought the domain through, so this is a great step forward for all domain name resellers and your customers.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full  wp-image-2322" title="nominet pref tag" src="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/nominet-pref-tag.png" alt="" width="580" height="145" /></p>
<p>If you would like Nominet to display your contact information in the domain WHOIS results and any emails that are sent to your domain customers then please enter your details in the form found here in your Reseller Control Centre <a href="https://customer.heartinternet.co.uk/manage/tag-prefs">https://customer.heartinternet.co.uk/manage/tag-prefs</a>. Once you have completed the form all future registrations and transfers will automatically have your information stored with them.  Please note: The update is not instant and does take a few days to be processed and put live by Nominet.</p>
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		<title>Finding the perfect domain names host</title>
		<link>http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/2010/03/finding-the-perfect-domain-names-host/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/2010/03/finding-the-perfect-domain-names-host/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domain Names]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/?p=2076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, there have been more and more companies selling domain names. When the internet was in its infancy, these companies were quite sparse; you really had to look around for a suitable company. Even if you were lucky enough to find a good seller for domains, the chances are that they would have charged the earth for almost all of the available domain names.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the years, there have been more and more companies selling <a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/">domain names</a>. When the internet was in its infancy, these companies were quite sparse; you really had to look around for a suitable company. Even if you were lucky enough to find a good seller for domains, the chances are that they would have charged the earth for almost all of the available <a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk">domain names</a>.</p>
<p>Fortunately, things have changed dramatically. It seems that every second company on the internet is trying to sell domain names, space or provide web hosting. The bad aspect of this is that you find that a lot of these companies try to undercut each other and therefore offer a poor service. They will happily sell you a domain name and then that’s often the end of it. They’ll offer no additional services and provide you with no extra help.</p>
<p>At Heart Internet we are a welcome break from this unfortunate trend. We do sell domain names but unlike other companies we offer a huge range of features to go with this. We provide free web forwarding to another web address; this is useful if you have free web space with another provider or you want to forward to the same domain but with a different domain extension, for example a .com to a .co.uk. We provide unlimited email forwarding to any email address you choose. There really are too many features to list here but you can be certain that no domain name seller will come close to what we offer.</p>
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		<title>.me domain names only £3.79 a year &#8211; 75% off!</title>
		<link>http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/2010/01/me-domain-names-only-3-79-a-year-75-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/2010/01/me-domain-names-only-3-79-a-year-75-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domain Names]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/?p=1754</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a limited time only we are selling .me domain names for only £3.79, that’s a massive 75% off our normal price. Since it became available in 2008, there has been over 320,000 .me domain names registered worldwide to date, which makes it the fastest selling debut top level domain ever.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For a limited time only we are selling <strong>.me domain names for only £3.79</strong>, that’s a massive 75% off our normal price. Since it became available in 2008, there has been over 320,000 .me domain names registered worldwide to date, which makes it the fastest selling debut top level domain ever.</p>
<p>.me is one of those great extensions that is instantly memorable and lets you create fantastic word combinations to make your website stand out. .me domain names are great for&#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li>Your online CV/ portfolio</li>
<li>Your personal blog</li>
<li>Creating memorable domains names e.g. contact.me or find.me etc</li>
<li>A corporate micro-site</li>
<li>Creating you own URL shortening service e.g. www.wp.me</li>
</ul>
<p>Click here to search for your .me <a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/domain-names/">domain name</a></p>
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		<title>Renew cancelled domain names</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the renewals section of the Heart Internet Customer Control Panel you can now renew domain names that have been set to cancel or have not been automatically renewed due to a failed payment.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Forgetting to renew a domain name or not updating payment details happens to the best of us; even large businesses have had a few days of panic after failing to renew their domain name (e.g. London toy store Hamleys’ <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/761747-online-shopping-chaos-over-hamleys-com-glitch">failure to renew hamleys.com</a>) or you may change your mind once the cancellation period has started.</p>
<p>In the event this happens to you, or if you are a reseller, one of your customers, all is not lost! In the renewals section of the <a href="https://customer.heartinternet.co.uk/manage/" target="_blank">Heart Internet Customer Control Panel</a> you can now renew domain names that have been set to cancel or have not been automatically renewed due to a failed payment.</p>
<p>The section is called &#8220;Cancelled Domain Names&#8221; and is at the bottom of the page. Cancelled domains will appear in here for 28 days, the customer can click for the domain to be moved back into the main renewals list where they can either renew it now or let it be auto renewed on the next try.</p>
<div id="author_info_container" class="author_info_container"><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=39513927e6698af9a35587825a7e5472" alt="gravatar" /><div class="the_author_name"><span id="author_name_label">Name:</span><span id="author_name">Jonathan Brealey</span></div><div class="the_author_about"><span id="author_about_label">About:</span><span id="author_about">As a Director and Co-founder of Heart Internet, Jonathan developed the company based around innovative features, user-friendly functionality and excellent customer support. Jonathan has been a key player in shaping the UK web hosting industry since 1997, having co-founded WebFusion with Tim Beresford.</span></div><div class="the_author_posts"><span id="author_posts"><a href="http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/blog/author/jonathan/">Posts by Jonathan</a> (79)</span></div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Which Domain Extension?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are often asked about what domain extensions are available, and there&#8217;s actually a lot more of them than you might imagine. Although some have some specific uses, such as .travel for tourism related websites and .biz domains for businesses, the vast majority of domain extensions are country related, such as .uk for the United [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are often asked about what domain extensions are available, and there&#8217;s actually a lot more of them than you might imagine. Although some have some specific uses, such as .travel for tourism related websites and .biz domains for businesses, the vast majority of domain extensions are country related, such as .uk for the United Kingdom and .ie for Ireland.</p>
<p>In the same way that the countries of the world change over time, so do domain extensions, with Yugoslav (.yu) domains being largely replaced with domain extensions for the newly created countries which were formed from the break-up of Yugoslavia such as .si for Slovenia and the upcoming .me extension for Montenegro. Then there are extensions which are just created as the need arises such as the .eu extension for the European Union which has been live for a few years. A complete list of the domain extensions currently approved by ICANN along with links to the various registry sites is available at:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #800080;"><a href="http://www.norid.no/domeneregistrering/index.en.html">http://www.norid.no/domeneregistrering/index.en.html</a></span></span><a href="http://www.norid.no/domenenavnbaser/domreg.en.html" target="_blank"></a></p>
<p>Many domain registries have specific rules on who can register a certain domain and sometimes restrictions on what type of site it must be, or in the case of .mobi domains how the site should be visible to users and on what type of devices. Some registries issue domains rather than allow them to be registered at all such as .mil for US Military websites, and some will only allow the person who wishes to own the domain to register it directly with the registry. Others insist you are a resident of the country involved before you can register a domain with them. In essence, each domain registry is free to make up its own rules and regulations on what can be registered and who can register them.</p>
<p>As you can see that makes it very difficult, if not impossible, for us to be able to register some domain extensions, but that does not mean that we cannot host them. Providing customers can register the domain involved themselves and have it placed onto our nameservers, we can host any domain extension with the use of a domain reference on any paid-for hosting account and the nameservers to use are listed in our Support Database.</p>
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