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Domain Names

Search A Domain Name (For .com .net .org .edu .biz .info .us and Canadian .ca domain names)

The only characters allowed in a Domain name are letters (abc), digits (123) and the dash (-) to 64 characters maximum.
Spaces are not allowed, and the Domain cannot begin or end with a dash.
Enter any domain name you would like to query whois for
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If the result is: "NO MATCH" or "AVAIL" then your domain name
is available and you can

Other Domain Name Search Utilities (For other country domain names)

You should be comfortable with your domain name selection. A request to change your domain name after the account has been activated is subject to another set up fee. Our set up fee is separate from the domain registration fee. The charges for domain registration are shown in our Domain Services page. SUNNY OASIS will register and bill you for the registration fees.

Valid Domain Names

67 character maximum including the 4 characters used to identify the top-level domain such as .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU, .GOV, .INFO, .BIZ, .US, .CA
may contain letters, digits, and a dash ("-")
cannot begin or end with a dash
must have at least 3 characters in front of the dot

Selecting Top-Level Domains

Please note that the InterNIC makes the following top-level domain reservations:

COM - Commercial entities (or individual usage)
EDU - Accredited 4 year colleges and universities
NET - Internet providers or any other organization
ORG - Registered non-profit organizations
INFO - Information organization, association, commercial
BIZ - Business, association/organization
US - United States Businesses

If you wish to register a top-level domain other than a .com, .net, or .org domain, the registry may require explanation as to why the domain meets the criteria outlined below. If you are not prepared to provide information which substantiates your request, you may need to register a COM domain.

SUNNY OASIS can also serve non-US or non-Canadian domains, but registration must be handled by the end user with the assistance of SUNNY OASIS.

Criteria for Top-Level Domains

The following is an extract from RFC1591 listing top-level domains.

World Wide Generic Domains:

.COM

This domain is intended for commercial entities, that is companies. This domain has grown very large and there is concern about the administrative load and system performance if the current growth pattern is continued. Consideration is being taken to subdivide the COM domain and only allow future commercial registrations in the subdomains.

.EDU

This domain was originally intended for all educational institutions. Many Universities, colleges, schools, educational service organizations, and educational consortia have registered here. More recently a decision has been taken to limit further registrations to 4 year colleges and universities. Schools and 2-year colleges will be registered in the country domains (see US Domain, especially K12 and CC, below).

.NET

This domain is intended for the computers of network providers, that is the NIC and NOC computers, the administrative computers, and the network node computers. The customers of the network provider would have domain names of their own (not in the NET TLD). Recently, this rule has been relaxed and anyone can use this TLD

.ORG

This domain is intended as the miscellaneous TLD for organizations that didn't fit anywhere else. Some non- government organizations may fit here.

.INFO

This domain is available for all organizations

.BIZ

This domain is available for all organizations

United States Only Generic Domains:

.GOV

This domain was originally intended for any kind of government office or agency. More recently a decision was taken to register only agencies of the US Federal government in this domain. State and local agencies are registered in the country domains (see US Domain, below).

.MIL

This domain is used by the US military.

Example country code Domain: (non-Canadian domains must be registered by end user)

.US

As an example of a country domain, the US domain provides for the registration of all kinds of entities in the United States on the basis of political geography, that is, a hierarchy of <entity-name>.<locality>.<state-code>.US. For example, "IBM.Armonk.NY.US". In addition, branches of the US domain are provided within each state for schools (K12), community colleges (CC), technical schools (TEC), state government agencies (STATE), councils of governments (COG), libraries (LIB), museums (MUS), and several other generic types of entities (see RFC 1480 for details [1]).

.CA -

As an example of a country domain, the CA domain provides for the registration of all kinds of entities in Canada on the basis of political geography, that is, a hierarchy of <entity-name>.<locality>.<province-code>.CA. For example, "chamber.milton.on.ca". In addition, branches of the CA domain are provided within each province for schools, community colleges, technical schools, provincial government agencies, councils of governments, libraries, museums, and several other generic types of entities. SUNNY OASIS will process the paperwork required to obtain this type of domain name.

A complete guideline for .ca naming can be found here

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