Where to Register Global Country Domain Names
I had a challanging request from one of my favourite clients reciently that proved to be nice fodder for our internet marketing blog. The client is growing and their product is beginning to develop a world-wide following. As such, they wanted us to research and develop a list of potential global domain names that they could register - For example companyabc.com, companyabc.eu, companyabc.tf… “Where in the World is Camen Sandiego is .TF?” .TF would be the country extention for the French Southern Territories in cozy Antarctica (for those wondering… Economic Activity - The territory’s natural resources are limited to fish and crustaceans; economic activity is limited to servicing meteorological and geophysical research stations and French and other fishing fleets. - special thanks to Wikipedia for that one.)
But I digress…
I couldn’t find a tool that would allow me to enter the desired domain name (companyabc) and check the various global extentions… so I decided to create the next best thing. First, I found this alphabetical domain list. I then decided it would be more valuable to me if the domains were organized by continant. This particluar client is experiencing most of its growth in Europe, and some countries in Asia thus, the first domains I checked were there.
The lists can be sorted by COUNTRY NAME or COUNTRY DOMAIN to help you find anything specific you are looking for. Each country name (with some exceptions) has links to the country registrar or a site where you can register a domain name in that particular country.
In addition to the continential organization, there is also a list of “specialty” domain listing, which include the popular .com, .net, .mobi and .aero (yep, for those aviation websites you have been looking for).
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May 20th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Great a long list.
Thanks, I was not even knowing these much countries!!
May 20th, 2008 at 9:10 am
@ Avocat
Your telling me! Nice website btw.
May 21st, 2008 at 2:22 am
Very comprehensive list Adam!
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May 21st, 2008 at 6:55 am
For most of the European countries, I’d suggest to buy at a wholesale registrar like EuroDNS.com.
Prices thre are much lower than the end-user fees at the country NICs, and they usually cover a bunch of country-specific TLDs.
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:50 am
A comprehensive and VERY useful list. I often come across domians that I’m unfamiliar with, I’ve bookmarked this for quick reference next time!
June 7th, 2008 at 1:47 am
Nice list of Global country domain names. I have actually noted that they are much more expensive. Some costs 40 euros per year. That is i guess too much, i prefer using the .com domains because i target worldwide users.
June 10th, 2008 at 10:14 am
You spent a lot of time creating this resource, thank you for sharing it with the rest of us. The web is so world wide and growing more and more every day.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:01 am
These resources i recon as the user above me said that it must have cost you time to get. But in my opinion a .com domain is much more important if you want to be visible in search pages.
July 16th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Thanxx for this lovely resource. But i would like to suggest you to use domain name realted to your country, it is more specific and targetted and people tend to think that it is good and unique and secure and famous
July 30th, 2008 at 3:28 am
domain .com is better in my opinion! have you ever seen a domain related to country on the first page of google?? take note of this!! .com is better followed by .net
July 30th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Just a quick tip: for Romania is here: http://www.rotld.ro/
maybe u can update the list :)
August 15th, 2008 at 7:06 am
.com ones look good as most of the people are looking for it. and it can be easily be resold for a better value.
August 26th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Thaks for this post.nice!!
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August 27th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
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September 9th, 2008 at 8:54 am
excellent post!very interesting and quite informative
September 9th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Great list. Thanks to sharing. I think Godaddy is the leader in the domaining market. Excellent blog, by the way.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Good grief, that must have taken a long time to put together, but it was exactly what I was looking for. thanks
September 20th, 2008 at 3:53 am
thanks for sharing the list. very nice
September 29th, 2008 at 3:10 am
Global domains may be registered by anyone as long as the name has not already been taken. Registering under one of the 191 country-specific domain names is bound by each country’s registration requirements. Some country codes are restricted and anyone who wishes to register under that domain must meet strict regulatory, tax, trademark, and residency requirements. Other country-codes are wide open to anyone who wishes to register, as long as they pay the fee, most notable are .to, .cc, and .tv.
October 11th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Wow - thanks for taking the time to put all of this together.
October 24th, 2008 at 12:39 am
wonderful website.. keep it up.. thanks for sharing this.
November 19th, 2008 at 4:09 am
Thanks for such nice advice. Good website.