.com (commercial) is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) used on the Internet's Domain Name System. On January 1, 1993 the National Science Foundation assumed responsibility for its maintenance, as .com was primarily being used for non-defense interests. VeriSign reported that in mid-2008 around 77 million .com domains were registered.. Although .com domains were officially intended to designate commercial entities (others such as government agencies or educational institutions have different top-level domains assigned to them), there has been no restriction on who can register .co domains since the mid-1990s. The opening of the .com registry to the public coincided with the commercialization and popularization of the Internet, and .com quickly became the most common top-level domain for websites. Although companies anywhere in the world can register .com domains, many countries have a second-level domain with a similar purpose under their own country code top-level domain (ccTLD). Many noncommercial sites, such as those of nonprofit organizations or governments (including the Moroccan Consulate in Bordeaux), use .com addresses. Registrations are processed via registrars accredited by ICANN; internationalized domain names are also accepted..

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Period Registration Renewal
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1 year$32.50kr158€21.20£18.60$36.90kr230$20.00R374.00 $32.50kr158€21.20£18.60$36.90kr230$20.00R374.00  
2 years$65.00kr316€42.50£37.10$73.80kr459$40.00R747.00 $65.00kr316€42.50£37.10$73.80kr459$40.00R747.00  
3 years$95.10kr462€62.10£54.30$107.90kr671$58.50R1093.00 $95.10kr462€62.10£54.30$107.90kr671$58.50R1093.00  
4 years$122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00 $122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00  
5 years$151.20kr735€98.80£86.30$171.50kr1067$93.00R1738.00 $151.20kr735€98.80£86.30$171.50kr1067$93.00R1738.00  
6 years$179.70kr873€117.40£102.60$203.70kr1268$110.50R2065.00 $179.70kr873€117.40£102.60$203.70kr1268$110.50R2065.00  
7 years$208.10kr1011€136.00£118.80$236.00kr1469$128.00R2392.00 $208.10kr1011€136.00£118.80$236.00kr1469$128.00R2392.00  
8 years$236.60kr1149€154.50£135.10$268.30kr1670$145.50R2719.00 $236.60kr1149€154.50£135.10$268.30kr1670$145.50R2719.00  
9 years$265.00kr1288€173.10£151.30$300.50kr1871$163.00R3046.00 $265.00kr1288€173.10£151.30$300.50kr1871$163.00R3046.00  
10 years$293.50kr1426€191.70£167.60$332.80kr2072$180.50R3373.00 $293.50kr1426€191.70£167.60$332.80kr2072$180.50R3373.00  

.com Domain Notes

Note: The registry may classify some domain names as premium domain names if so classfied they will command a higher price.

com domains include 3rd party fees and maintenance & during the registration period. If you wish to transfer your com domain away during your registration period you are free do do so without charge. We do not charge an administration fee.

.com Details

Registry: The registry is VeriSign

Purpose: Company entities (worldwide)

Whois Information: for .com

Once your .com domain is registered

Once registered the .com domain is placed on our international server, provinding an under-construction page for your .com domain, for as long as required. (This enables a browser of your com domain to readily identify that it is registered).

We can also supply free of charge.

E-mail redirection.

Web redirection.

Whois Privacy.

and more....

Free transfer away if required. We do not and will not charge release / transfer or administration fees for transferring domains to a different com domain name registrars. The domain name is yours and not ours, unlike many other companies, "We recognise that fact!"

.com Registration

.com domain registration

Prices from as little as: $32.50kr158€21.20£18.60$36.90kr230$20.00R374.00 for 1 year.

.com Data Sheet (Domains 101)

Type : .com
Country : Global
Terms & Conditions : http://www.bb-online.co.uk/terms.shtml
IDN Enableda : Yes
Delete Protectionb : Yes
Super Lockc : Yes
Domain Recoveryd : Yes
Minimum Renew : 1 year(s)
Maximum Renew : 10 year(s)
Default Registration Period : 1 year(s)
Maxium Registration Period : 10 year(s)
Must be Positively Renewed : No
Grace Periode : 4 day(s)
Autorenew Grace Periodf : 20 day(s)
Domain Must be Renewed Before Expiry : No
Transfers are Prohibited forg : 60 day(s)
Redemption Periodh : 30 days
Fee for Recovery From Redemptioni : $
Usage : Company entities (worldwide)
Actual Usage : Used for virtually any commercial or non-commercial website and is generally accepted as the standard for TLDs

Notes

a. IDN (Internationalized Domain Names) domains are domains containing non ASCII characters. These are used in languages such as Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, French and German.

b. Delete Protection, an extra service provided by us. Once enabled the domain name will only be deleted once it has passed expiry by 1 year - without being renewed - it will then be deleted.

c. Super Lock, Once selected an additional level of security to inter-registrar transfers is enabled; telephone calls and other physical proof of identification will be required to verify the transfer.

d. Our DomainRecovery service can be used if your domain name is accidentally deleted or cancelled by your existing registrar. We can automatically attempt to re-register it. See Domain Recover

e. Grace Period is the number of days following the registration of a domain when the operation may be reversed.

f. Autorenew Grace Period is the number of days following the automatic renewal of a domain when the operation may be reversed. When this number is negative the domain name must be renewed before expiry.

g. During the Transfer Prohibit Period, this is x days after either the initial registration or a transfer to us, domain transfers away from us will not be allowed.

h. Redemption period. Once a domain is deleted at the registry it can remain recoverable for a limited time before it is deleted. This is the redemption period.

i. Redemption Fee. If we are asked to remove a domain from its redemption period, see above. This is the fee we will charge.

Registry Details

.com (commercial) is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) used on the Internet's Domain Name System. It was one of the original top-level domains (TLDs), established in January 1985, and has grown to be the largest TLD in use. It was originally adminisered by the United States Department of Defense. The DoD contracted its maintenance to SRI International, which managed it as DDN-NIC (alternatively known as SRI-NIC or simply "the NIC" (Network Information Center)) at the domain nic.ddn.mil. Beginning October 1, 1991 it was contracted to Government Systems Inc. (GSI), who sub-contracted it to Network Solutions Inc. (NSI).

On January 1, 1993 the National Science Foundation assumed responsibility for its maintenance, as .com was primarily being used for non-defense interests. The NSF contracted its maintenance to Network Solutions. In 1995 the NSF authorized NSI to begn charging registrants (of .org and .net as well as .com) an annual fee, for the first-time since its inception. Initially it was $50 per year, with $35 going to NSI, and $15 going to a government fund. New registrations had to pay for the first two years, making the new-domain registration fee $100. In 1997 the United States Department of Commerce assumed autority over it (along with the rest of the generic top level domains). It is currently operated by VeriSign, which had acquired Network Solutions. (VeriSign later spun off Network Solutions' non-registry functions into the current company which continues as a registrar.) In the English language it is consistently pronounced as a word, dot-com, and has entered common parlance this way.

VeriSign reported that in mid-2008 around 77 million .com domains were registered.

Although .com domains were officially intended to designate commercial entities (others such as government agencies or educational institutions have different top-level domains assigned to them), there has been no restriction on who can register .co domains since the mid-1990s. The opening of the .com registry to the public coincided with the commercialization and popularization of the Internet, and .com quickly became the most common top-level domain for websites. Many companies which flourished in the period between 19972001 (the time known as the "dot-com bubble") went so far as to incorporate .com into the company name; these became known as dot-coms or dot-com companies. The introduction of .biz in 2001, which is restricted to businesses, has had little impact on the popularity of .com.

Although companies anywhere in the world can register .com domains, many countries have a second-level domain with a similar purpose under their own country code top-level domain (ccTLD). Such second-level domains are usually of the form .com.xx or co.xx, where xx is the ccTLD. Philippines (.com.ph), Australia (.com.au), Greece (.com.gr), Mexico (.com.mx), Republic of Korea (.co.kr), Jamaica (.com.jm), New Zealand (.co.nz), India (.co.in), Morocco (.co.ma), the People's Republic of China (.com.cn), Argentina (.com.ar), Pakistan (.com.pk), and the United Kingdom (.co.uk) are all examples.

Many noncommercial sites, such as those of nonprofit organizations or governments (including the Moroccan Consulate in Bordeaux), use .com addresses. Some consider this to be contrary to the domain's original purpose and might say tat a .org, .gov, or other more specific TLD might be more appropriate for such sites. However, many organizations prefer the recognizability of a .com domain to a less familiar one. As well, the original purposes of many of the top level domains are often considered irrelevant without restrictions on registrations.Registrations are processed via registrars accredited by ICANN; internationalized domain names are also accepted.

.com Assignment

How Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assign the .com domain. IANA is a department of ICANN, a non-profit private American corporation, they oversees IP address allocation, root zone management in the Do main Name System (DNS), and other Internet related symbols and numbers.

.com Assignment

.com Information

General information on .com, the country it represents and its uses.

.com Information

.com Renewals

You may renew your .com domain without logging into your control panel by using our quick and painfree renewal service, or even transfer it into nominate to be renewed if necessary.

.com Renewals

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Important:

Premium Domain Names

The registry may list some names as a premium domain name, if so this domain will be charged at a higher price than the one listed. We will contact you before completing your order if you order one of these names.

Reserved Names

The registry reserves some names for its own use, and may not mark them as registered. We may only discover this at the time of attempted registration.