- ".com" names were originally designated for commercial (for profit) organizations or individuals but now are typically used for any purpose.

- ".net" was originally for network providers, but can now be used for any purpose, commercial, non-profit, or personal.

- ".org" was originally designated for non-profit organizations or groups, but now can be used for any purpose, commercial, non-profit, or personal. Important: Organizations that register in .org are strongly encouraged to register the similar .com name to prevent confusion from users who type the .com of the same domain by accident.

- ".info" is a general purpose TLD that can be used for any purpose.



Other TLD's:

TLD stands for "Top Level Domain", so ".com", ".net", ".org", ".edu", ".gov" are all examples of TLD's. Other less popular TLD's include .aero .asia .biz .coop .mobi .name .tel .pro .travel .xxx .cat .int .jobs .museum.



ccTLD's:

A ccTLD is a country top level domain. Examples of ccTLD's include .uk (United Kingdom), .de (Germany), .nl (Netherlands), .ch (Switzerland), .za (South Africa), .es (Spain), .im (Isle of Man) to name only a few.

