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(county code top-level domain names)?" alt="What are ccTLDs (county code top-level domain names)?" loading="eager" decoding="sync" class="img-fluid d-block mx-auto img-format-landscape w-100 h-100 object-fit-cover rounded-4 border border-1 border-brand-gray-100"/></picture> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-fluid container-sm"> <div class="row py-2 py-lg-5 contain-style position-relative gap-4 flex-xl-nowrap"> <section class="content col-12 col-xl-6 col-xxxl-7 contain-style order-2 position-relative overflow-hidden mw-xl-content-area"> <div id="c567372" class="mx-auto commonmark_content" data-ctype="commonmark_content"> <p>Country code top-level domains or ccTLDs (country code TLDs) are the responsibility of the respective country. Domain guidelines define which conditions are attached to their registration. When you register a suitable ccTLD, you reveal to search engines and users who the intended target audience is.</p> <h2 id="content-examples-of-cctlds">Examples of ccTLDs</h2> <p>ccTLDs are <a data-t3-link="true" target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/domains/domain-extensions/the-new-tlds-top-level-domains/" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.new-top-level-domains-ntlds" class="link-internal" title="The new TLDs (top-level domains)" data-guides-target-uid="238">top-level domains</a> that are always made up of a two-letter code that is assigned to every country according to the 1974 <strong>ISO-3166 standard</strong>. In addition to these countries, oversea territories separated from their mainland counterparts also receive their own ccTLDs based on the same <a data-t3-link="true" target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/server/know-how/what-is-iso/" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.iso" class="link-internal" title="What is ISO?" data-guides-target-uid="3766">ISO</a> standard. Following this, in addition to the Australian domain, <em>.au</em>, there are also distinct ccTLDs for the country’s distant territories of the Coco Islands <a target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/domains/cc-domain" title=".cc Domain Registration | Buy an individual cc domain extension | IONOS" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.cc" class="link-internal">(<em>.cc</em>)</a>, the Christmas Islands (<em>.cx</em>), Norfolk Island (<em>.nf</em>), or the Heard and McDonald Islands (<em>.hm</em>), which are Australian outlying territories.</p> <p>There are also two exceptions that deviate from the standard. These are:</p> <ul> <li> <p>The United Kingdom uses the ccTLD <a target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/domains/uk-domain" title="Shorter, sharper, .UK | Buy your new domain name from IONOS" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.uk" class="link-internal">(<em>.uk</em>)</a>, although the ISO domain <em>.gb</em>, while registered, isn’t used.</p> </li> <li> <p>Although it’s not a sovereign state (or a dependent territory), the European Union uses the ccTLD, <a target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/domains/eu-domain" title=".eu domains | Register the domain extension for Europe | IONOS" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.eu" class="link-internal">(<em>.eu</em>)</a>, thanks to an exemption from the standard protocol.</p> </li> </ul> <div id="c173504" class="mx-auto guides_cta_images" data-ctype="guides_cta_images"><div class="position-relative my-4 rounded-4 p-4 layout-0 overflow-hidden"><div class="row d-flex flex-wrap align-items-bottom"><div class="col-12" style="z-index: 1"><div class="d-block mt-0 mx-0 mb-3 h3 headline"><div class="d-block mx-0 mt-0 mb-1 h5 preline"> Register your domain name </div> Launch your business on the right domain </div></div><div class="col-12 col-sm"><ul class="checklist highlight"><li> Free website builder with .co.uk </li><li> Free website protection with one Wildcard SSL </li><li> Free 2 GB email account </li></ul></div><div class="col-12 col-sm-4 d-flex align-items-center justify-content-start justify-content-sm-end"><button data-linkid="guides.content.guides-cta-images.btn.domain-boxen-uk.see-more" type="submit" class="btn btn-cta stretched-link mb-sm-1 mt-3 mt-sm-0" onclick="globalSBSitecat('event121');window.open('https://www.ionos.co.uk/domains/domain-names','_top')">See more</button></div></div></div></div><h2 id="content-what-are-the-requirements-for-registering-a-cctld">What are the requirements for registering a ccTLD?</h2> <p>Every country has the right to determine its own guidelines for assigning its domain, which can lead to big differences between countries. In France, for example, anyone wishing to register their <em>.fr</em> domain first needs to have their residency or company headquarters located within France in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland. The ccTLD of Canada (<em>.ca</em>) is in turn exclusively available for companies and individuals domiciled in Canada.</p> <p>And until 2009, Germany required all <em>.de</em> TLDs to be composed of at least three characters, of which at least one had to be a letter. Since the new regulation, <strong>one- and two-character addresses as well as addresses consisting only of digits</strong> are now also permitted when registering the top-level domain <em>.de</em>.</p> <p>Many smaller or poorer countries have capitalised on these domain assignment rules by strategically marketing their ccTLDs:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/domains/to-domain" title="Register a .to domain and stand out from the crowd – IONOS" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.to" class="link-internal"><strong>.to</strong></a>: the ccTLD of the island nation of <strong>Tonga</strong> has been managed by the domain registry, Tonic, since 1997. The assignment process takes places automatically, regardless of the applicant’s actual residency. In recent years, the domain has been very popular for file sharing as well as other controversial video services.</p> </li> <li> <p><a target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/domains/tv-domain" title=".tv domains | Domain name registration of your .tv domain | IONOS" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.tv" class="link-internal"><strong>.tv</strong></a>: the microstate of <strong>Tuvala</strong> was able to cash in on $50,000,000 (around £40,000,000) when it sold its ccTLD to the company DotTV, which then marketed its purchase as a television domain. The money went to financing IT infrastructure as well as paying the admission fee for the UN. GoDaddy Registry acts as the responsible registry for this domain.</p> </li> <li> <p><a target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/domains/ag-domain" title=".ag domains | Registration of cheap .ag domain names IONOS" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.ag" class="link-internal"><strong>.ag</strong></a>: the top-level domain, <em>.ag</em>, is actually for the independent state of <strong>Antigua and Barbuda</strong>. It’s also often used by many large German businesses whose legal entities are organised as <em>Aktiongesellschaften</em>, or joint-stock companies.</p> </li> <li> <p><a target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/domains/me-domain" title=".me Domains | Register Your .me Domain Name - IONOS" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.me" class="link-internal"><strong>.me</strong></a>: <strong>Montenegro’s</strong> country top-level domain has experienced a massive flood of registrations since first becoming available in 2008. <em>.me</em> domains, which often take on constructs like <em>love.me</em>, are often auctioned off upon registration. A notable example was seen in 2011 when the domain <em>meet.me</em> was sold for $450,000 (around £370,000).</p> </li> </ul> <div class="box box-tipp my-4 p-3 rounded-4 border brand-box-alt-bg brand-box-alt-border-color brand-box-alt-color"><div class="h3"><svg width="16" height="16"><use xlink:href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/_assets/b76f27cb02ebc538ac6fbabcf1a88e7f/Images/icons-sprite.svg#icon-lightbulb"></use></svg> Tip </div><div class="content"><p>In addition to the over 200 ccTLDs, there’s also a host of internationalised TLDs, which contain umlauts, diacritic characters, or letters from non-Latin alphabets. These <a data-t3-link="true" target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/domains/domain-administration/what-is-an-internationalized-domain-name-idn/" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.idn-top-level-domains" class="link-internal" title="What is an internationalized domain name (IDN)?" data-guides-target-uid="477">IDN top-level domains</a> have been around since 2010. A complete list of top-level domains for countries as well as a collection of internationalised TLDs can be found in our Digital Guide article <a data-t3-link="true" target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/domains/domain-extensions/cctlds-a-list-of-every-country-domain/" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.listing-all-cctlds" class="link-internal" title="ccTLDs: a list of every country domain" data-guides-target-uid="1108">listing all ccTLDs</a>.</p></div></div><div id="c621892" class="guides_domaincheck" data-ctype="guides_domaincheck"><div class="domaincheck-container check-container my-4 position-relative d-flex flex-column rounded-4 p-3 border brand-box-other-bg brand-box-other-border-color brand-box-other-color"><form action="https://www.ionos.co.uk/domainshop/search" class="row" method="GET" target="_top"><div class="col-12 col-sm-auto mb-2 mb-sm-0 d-flex align-items-center"><span class="domaincheckdesc checkdesc"> Domain Checker </span></div><div class="col-12 col-sm mb-2 mb-sm-0 d-flex flex-column align-items-center"><input aria-label="domains" placeholder="Find your domain now" class="domaincheckinput checkinput form-control rounded-5" name="domains" spellcheck="false" pattern="(https?:\/\/)?((?:[a-zA-ZÄäÖöÜü0-9-](?:[a-zA-ZÄäÖöÜü0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-ZÄäÖöÜü0-9-])?\.)+[a-zA-ZÄäÖöÜü0-9-][a-zA-ZÄäÖöÜü0-9]{0,61}[a-zA-ZÄäÖöÜü]|^([a-zA-Z0-9ÄäÖöÜü-]+)$)\/?" required><input class="hidden d-none" type="hidden" name="startSearch" value="true"><input class="hidden d-none" type="hidden" name="skipContractSelection" value="true"><div class="d-flex d-sm-none"><ul class="additionalTLDs-list d-flex nav flex-wrap mx-auto"><li class="mx-1">.uk</li><li class="mx-1">.co.uk</li><li class="mx-1">.com</li><li class="mx-1">.org</li><li class="mx-1">.online</li><li class="mx-1">.net</li></ul></div></div><div class="col-auto d-flex align-items-center"><button type="submit" class="btn btn-cta" data-linkid="guides.content.domain-checker.btn.check">Check</button></div><div class="col-12 d-none d-sm-flex"><ul class="additionalTLDs-list d-flex nav flex-wrap mx-auto"><li class="mx-1">.uk</li><li class="mx-1">.co.uk</li><li class="mx-1">.com</li><li class="mx-1">.org</li><li class="mx-1">.online</li><li class="mx-1">.net</li></ul></div></form></div></div><h2 id="content-what-are-the-advantages-of-cctlds">What are the advantages of ccTLDs?</h2> <p>The different domain extensions of the individual countries offer some decisive advantages when used in the right context. For example, a ccTLD can have an effect on <a data-t3-link="true" target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/online-marketing/search-engine-marketing/the-basics-of-search-engine-optimization/" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.seo" class="link-internal" title="The basics of search engine optimization" data-guides-target-uid="196">SEO</a> since search engines can recognise which target market the website is relevant for if the appropriate ccTLD is used. In the best case, you benefit from a <strong>better positioning in the search results</strong>. The purpose of a ccTLD is to show regional relevance and makes it easier for users to find a suitable website. In addition, many visitors use country-specific domain extensions to determine how <strong>trustworthy a website</strong> is.</p> <h2 id="content-who-is-a-cctld-suitable-for">Who is a ccTLD suitable for?</h2> <p>Country code top-level domains are suitable <strong>for web projects of various kinds</strong>. It is important that the respective ccTLD is always used in the correct, regional context. Whether you are an individual, an organisation or a company, you signal that your content is of particular interest and relevance to people from the country or from the respective language area if your web address has a country-specific ending.</p> <p>If you want to serve <strong>several markets</strong>, different domains with matching ccTLDs and translated, localised content are generally a good option. However, it should be noted that here, for example, <strong>separate external linking</strong> is very important, which can sometimes prove difficult, especially for smaller companies, shops, etc. In this case, a generic top-level domain with <a data-t3-link="true" target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/domains/domain-administration/what-is-a-subdomain/" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.subdomains" class="link-internal" title="What is a subdomain?" data-guides-target-uid="2908">subdomains</a> for the various countries may well be the better choice.</p> <h2 id="content-changes-in-the-cctld-system">Changes in the ccTLD system</h2> <p>Given the geographical and political background of country code top-level domains, it’s often the case that some changes need to be made. Even today, <a data-t3-link="true" target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/domains/domain-news/domain-registration-difference-between-icann-and-registry-operators/" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.icann" class="link-internal" title="Domain registration: difference between ICANN and registry operators" data-guides-target-uid="425">ICANN</a> is often busy with the task of both deleting no-longer relevant ccTLDs as well as registering new ones.</p> <p>Proof of just how long some of these cases can drag out can be seen in some of the ongoing cases involving country ccTLDs of the former Soviet Union. Although the USSR collapsed in 1991, it remains possible even to this day to register a domain under <em>.su</em>. The following domains have been successfully deleted and now count as former ccTLDs:</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>.an</strong>: citizens of the Netherlands Antilles were able to register with an <em>.an</em> address until the country was dissolved in 2010. ICANN accepted the domains <em>.bq</em> (Caribbean Netherlands), <em>.cw</em> (Curaçao), and <em>.sx</em> (Sint Maarten), which have since fully replaced <em>.an</em> (officially discontinued in 2015).</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>.dd</strong>: the <em>.dd</em> domain was originally intended for the GDR (German Democratic Republic), which still existed when the ccTLDs were first introduced. However, the domain extension was only ever used <strong>internally</strong> at Jena and Dresden universities.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>.yu</strong>: the former Yugoslav Republic’s ccTLD and its since dissolved predecessor state, Serbia and Montenegro, was removed in 2010 after <em>.yu</em> website owners were able to divide the domain into <em>.rs</em> (Serbia) and <em>.me</em> (Montenegro).</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>.zr</strong>: shortly after the country code top-level domain for the Republic of Zaire was introduced, the African state changed its name to the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997 and was assigned its new domain, <em>.cd</em>, at the same time. The domain ending <em>.zr</em> was finally deleted by ICANN in 2001.</p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="content-top-level-domains-worldwide">Top-level domains worldwide</h2> <p>Generic top-level domains such as <a data-t3-link="true" target="_top" href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/domains/domain-extensions/the-new-tlds-top-level-domains/" data-linkid="guides.content.link.int.new-top-level-domains-ntlds" class="link-internal" title="The new TLDs (top-level domains)" data-guides-target-uid="238">new top-level domains (nTLDs)</a> play an important role in the global comparison. The most popular domain ending, which is used by over 50% of websites, is the top-level domain <em>.com</em>, the second is the country domain, <em>.cn</em> for the People’s Republic of China. According to <a target="_blank" href="https://dnib.com/articles/the-domain-name-industry-brief-q1-2023" title="The Domain Name Industry Brief Q1 2023" data-linkid="guides.content.link.ext.domain-name-industry-brief-from-verisign" class="link-external" rel="noopener noreferrer">Domain Name Industry Brief from Verisign</a>, there are currently more than 135 million domains registered worldwide with a country code top-level domain (as of Q1 2023).</p> <figure class="rounded-4 w-auto mx-auto image position-relative overflow-hidden d-flex flex-column my-4 contain-style" style="max-width: 225px"><a href="https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/fileadmin/DigitalGuide/Infografiken/tld-popularity-2023.jpg" aria-label="🔎 Domains worldwide" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#modal-43290" data-lightbox="43290" data-title="" class="img-holder d-block pe-none pe-lg-auto link-internal" target="_top"><img 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