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.name
Sign in to save.name is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It is intended for use by individuals for representation of their personal name, nicknames, screen names, pseudonyms, or other types of identification labels.
Key facts
- Top level domain.restrictions
- No prior restriction on registration, but registrations can be challenged if not by or on behalf of an individual with a name similar to that of the domain, or a fictional character in which the registrant has rights
- Top level domain.structure
- Originally registrations had to be at third level, in form john.smith.name, but later direct second-level registrations were allowed
- Top level domain.name
- .name
- Top level domain.image
- DotnameTLDlogo-vrsn.png
- Top level domain.type
- Generic top-level domain
- Top level domain.status
- Active
- Top level domain.registry
- Verisign
- Top level domain.sponsor
- None
- Top level domain.intendeduse
- Personal sites of individuals
- Top level domain.actualuse
- Mostly used as intended
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