What Is The .name Domain ?

[harvey_s]

I n looking at domain names I noticed that one can register a domain that ends in ".name" Is that literally how the domain ends or does another string of your choice get substituted ? I'm struggling to see the point of a literal .name suffix and have never come across a url that ended in that.

[abinidi]

Yes, if you wanted to, you could register a .name domain. As I understand it, that domain extension is reserved for people who want to have a personal website. And you can't pick a string of text--it literally ends in ".name".

 

Also, as I understand it, you have to have it in the following format: firstname.lastname.name or lastname.firstname.name

 

So, I would either have to register mine as

paul.pehrson.name or pehrson.paul.name

 

The requirements state that you can only register your legal name, or the name of a fictional character to which you have the legal rights.

 

Here is a Google search that might have some answers to your questions.

 

Best of luck.