.im is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Isle of Man. It is administered by the Government of the Isle of Man and managed on a day-to-day basis by Domicilium, an offshore Internet Service Provider based on the Isle of Man.
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.im is the web address ending assigned to the Isle of Man, a British Crown dependency located in the Irish Sea. It is managed by the Isle of Man government and used by websites and organizations wanting a domain name associated with that location.
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Key facts
- Top level domain.name
- .im
- Top level domain.introduced
- 11 September 1996
- Top level domain.type
- Country code top-level domain
- Top level domain.status
- Active
- Top level domain.registry
- Domicilium
- Top level domain.sponsor
- Government of the Isle of Man
- Top level domain.intendeduse
- Entities connected with the Isle of Man
- Top level domain.actualuse
- Sees use in the Isle of Man. Also used as personal domain names for instant messaging users, instant messaging websites, and trademarks
- Top level domain.restrictions
- None
- Top level domain.structure
- Direct second-level registrations are allowed; some second-level domains such as gov.im are reserved for third-level domains representing entities in the Isle of Man
- Top level domain.disputepolicy
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.im is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Isle of Man. It is administered by the Government of the Isle of Man and managed on a day-to-day basis by Domicilium, an offshore Internet Service Provider based on the Isle of Man.
On 1 July 2006, .im registration was made available to anyone in the world, including one, two, and three letter domains directly under .im, which opens up the possibility of .im domain hacks. The domain has gained popularity among companies who produce instant messaging (IM) software with names registered by Adium, ejabberd, Coccinella, Gitter, Meebo, Pandion, Pidgin, Prosody, Trillian, and Yahoo! among others. It is also used by the website elgooG. .IM is also used in German-, French- and Italian-speaking countries (i.e. Germany, Austria, Luxemburg, Switzerland, France, Italy and part of Belgium) for Real Estate purposes (Immobilien in German, Immobilier in French, Immobiliare in Italian). The abundance of available short names has also made the domain popular for personal use.