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Top level domain.name: .ws
Top level domain.image: DotWS domain logo.png
Top level domain.introduced: 14 July 1995
Top level domain.type: Country code top-level domain
Top level domain.status: Active
Top level domain.registry: SamoaNIC (Computer Services Ltd. Samoa)
Top level domain.sponsor: Government of Samoa
Top level domain.intendeduse: Entities connected with Samoa
Top level domain.actualuse: Not used much inside Samoa, popular for domain hacks, URL shortening and emoji domains
Top level domain.restrictions: None
Top level domain.structure: Registrations are directly at second level
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.ws is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Samoa. It is administered by SamoaNIC, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Samoa.

The .ws domain is an abbreviation for Western Samoa, which was the nation's official name in the 1970s when two-letter country codes were standardized. Although there are no geographic restrictions on registration of most second-level .ws domains, .org.ws, .gov.ws, and .edu.ws registration is restricted.