Monday, November 10, 2008

Foreign domain registration


Foreign domain registration is, in most cases, as easy as registering a .com domain. Most of the big domains  - .co.uk, .in,
.gr, etc. - are open for use by anyone. Some such domains may however pose a surcharge for people with no "physical presence" in the Top Level Domain (TLD) country. A few domains are limited to citizens and permanent residents of the TLD country.

It's interesting to note that you can apply for restricted European domains (e.g. .it for Italy), if you're a citizen of any EU country.

Wikipedia has articles on every TLD, with information about specific registration requirements.

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