.im
| ccTLD | |
|---|---|
| Type | ccTLD |
| Status | Active |
| Country | |
| Implemented | September 11, 1996 |
| Registry | Isle of Man Government |
| Websites | |
.im is the ccTLD for the Isle of Man, a self-governing British Crown Dependency. It is managed by the Isle of Man Government. [1], through nic.im.[2]
Rules and Restrictions
[edit | edit source]Any organisation or individual can register a .im domain name.[3]
Certain domain names are not permitted, for example domain names which contain profanity and racist or offensive words.[4]
Second and Third-Level Domains
[edit | edit source]".co.im", ".plc.co.im", ".ltd.co.im" ".ac.im" and ".org.im" are available for registration.[3]
Characters
[edit | edit source]The domain name under .im may only contain the following characters or a combination thereof:
- the twenty-six unaccented Roman letters (i.e. a-z inclusive);
- the ten western digits (i.e. 0-9 inclusive);
- hyphens;
- The first or last characters may not be a hyphen.
Internationalised domain names (IDNs) are not currently offered and so domain names that start with the characters "xn--" (i.e. "xn" followed by two dashes) may not be registered.
The complete domain name may not be more than sixty-four Characters long in total, but can be any number from 3 to 64 (inclusive of ".im").[4]
References
[edit | edit source]ICANNWiki resources: Special Pages | Content Guide | Documentation | Development || Maintenance: Articles needing attention | Candidates for deletion || Projects: Internet & Digital Governance Library