Domain Names : Org
 

Hi all

Can anyone register a ******.org name as someone told me once they were only for reg charities !

Any ideas

Thanks

Mike

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No, anyone can register them - they're just for organisations - not specifically charity ones.

...and there's lots of places you can register them... hint hint :) :angel:

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My friend uses http://www.i-websolutions.co.uk/cfhosting.php for .org :D

Anyone can register it

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What about a private individuals.......... I take it not then

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No, if you want to register one, register it - there's nothing to stop you doing it - there are lots out there done by single individuals... all I'm saying is they are primarily for organisations, same way .com is primarily for businesses

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anyone can register them - I registered paulmarsden.org years ago. :)

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Ok now I have done that what happens now. Do I get sent access details ?

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not sure what you mean, but what happens next depends on who you registered with

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you should get sent an e-mail with details on how you can log into your user account with the registrar & do things like point it at a host DNS in order to use your domain as a website.

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http://www.cwcs.co.uk/domreg.php

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you paid 25 quid for a 2 year .org registration?????

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OHHHH dear is that bad !

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Well, my company (the link is in my sig) - does a years reg of .org for £5.50...

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check the link in MR_love_monkeys signature ;)

- also the hosting deal that company offers is pants compared to I-Web Solutions.

Lets face it, you are not hundreds of quid out of pocket, but could have got cheaper (I just hope they don't charge a fee to transfer DNS).

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Glad I did not buy it from Wanadoo becuase they wanted £58.75 for 2 years.

Thanks for all the help.

Mike

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Ouch!

Anyway, remember you can transfer it to another domain registrar usually whenever you want - though you will have to register it for another year, so, if for example you moved it tomorrow, you would then have to pay their fee for a years registration, but that would renew your domain for another year, so you would have it for 3 years (if that makes sense) - but bear in mind some companies may charge you to move it away from them

There has been some discussion about this here

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They don't seem to care - I've seen companies on .org

The way it was SUPPOSED to work:
.COM - Companies/Commercial
.ORG - Organizations - at one point, implicitly nonprofit
.NET - Specifically related to Internet provision/support/service etc.

I believve there are more rules applied to some domains, like ".BIZ" and a few others.

There have also been some breakups, like the ghastly "New.net" (spyware) and others that offer additional TLDs.
http://www.opennic.unrated.net/
http://www.open-rsc.org/

Because ICANN, the "offical" administration have shown themselves to be dithering and incompetent, many alternative TLD's have sprung up - in many cases, they do make some effort not to duplicate ... logic would have dictated a straight alphabetical split, into as many or as few groups as would faciltate management. It's time the old order shaped up or shipped out!