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Unconventional and Vanity ccTLD usage

April 22, 2010 Written by nicolae

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Unconventional ccTLD usage

Lenient registration restrictions on certain ccTLDs have resulted in domain names like I.am, tip.it, start.at and go.to. Other variations of ccTLD usage have been called domain hacks, where the Second-level domain and ccTLD are used together to form one word or one title. This has resulted in domains like blo.gs of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (gs), del.icio.us of United States of America (us), and cr.yp.to of Tonga (to). (Non country code TLDs have also been used, like inter.net which uses the .net gTLD, probably the first domain hack ever.)

Vanity ccTLDs

Vanity ccTLDs are TLDs which are used largely for business purposes, usually outside their home countries, because of their name. For example,

ad is a ccTLD for Andorra, but has recently been increasingly used by advertising agencies.
ag is a ccTLD for Antigua and Barbuda and is sometimes used for agricultural sites.
am is a ccTLD for Armenia, but is often used for AM radio stations.
cc is a ccTLD for Cocos (Keeling) Islands but is used for a wide variety of sites.
cd is a ccTLD for Democratic Republic of Congo but is used for CD merchants and file sharing sites.
fm is a ccTLD for the Federated States of Micronesia but it is often used for FM radio stations.
gg is a ccTLD for Guernsey but it is often used by the gaming and gambling industry, particularly in relation to horse racing gee-gee.
in is a ccTLD for India but is widely used in the internet industry.
je is a ccTLD for Jersey but is often used as a diminutive in Dutch (e.g. "huis.je"), as "you" ("zoek.je" = "search ye!"), or as "I" in French (e.g. "moi.je")
la is a ccTLD for Laos but is marketed as the TLD for Los Angeles.
nu is a ccTLD for Niue but marketed as resembling "new" in English and "now" in Nordic/Dutch. Also meaning "nude" in French.
sc is a ccTLD for Seychelles but is often used as .Source
tv is a ccTLD for Tuvalu but it is used for the tv/entertainment industry purposes.
ws is a ccTLD for Samoa (earlier Western Samoa) is marketed as .Website
vu is a ccTLD for Vanuatu but means "seen" in French.