.biz
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| Introduced | June 26, 2001 |
|---|---|
| TLDtype | Generic top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Registry Services(owned byGoDaddy) |
| Sponsor | None |
| Intended use | Businesses |
| Actual use | Various uses |
| Registered domains | 1,472,919 (1 January 2022)[1][better source needed] |
| Registration restrictions | No prior restriction on registration, but registrations can be challenged if registrant is not a bona-fide commercial entity |
| Structure | Registrations at second level permitted |
| Documents | ICANN registry agreement |
| Dispute policies | UDRP |
| DNSSEC | yes |
| Registry website | www |
.bizis ageneric top-level domain(gTLD) in theDomain Name Systemof theInternet.It is intended for registration of domains to be used bybusinesses.The name is a phonetic spelling of the first syllable ofbusiness.
History[edit]
ThebizTLD was created to relieve some of the demand for domain names in thecomtop-level domain, and to provide an alternative for businesses whose preferred domain name incomhad already been registered by another party. There are no specific legal or geographic qualifications to register abizdomain name, except that it must be for "bona fide business or commercial use."[2]It was created in 2001 along with several other domains as the first batch of new gTLDs approved byICANNin the expansion of the Domain Name System following the increased interest in internet commerce in the late 1990s. The TLD, originally administered byNeustaruntil 2020, is currently administered byGoDaddyand registrations are processed via accredited registrars.
In contrast to other newly installed top-level domains, thebizregistry did not implement a sunrise period to grant trademark owners first chance at registration, but instead used a procedure it called the "IP Claims Service" whereby trademark owners could file intellectual property claims in advance and then challenge any eventual registrant through a policy namedStartup Trademark Opposition Policy(STOP). This process was created by Jeffrey J. Neuman as proof-of-concept protection service and an alternative to the Sunrise policy. A number of domains were successfully obtained by trademark owners from other registrants through this policy; some of the more controversial cases included those ofpaint.biz[3]andCanadian.biz,[4]the latter being reversed by a court decision.[5]
Use[edit]
On June 23, 2008 at the ICANN 32nd International Public Meeting in Paris, thebizregistry announced that it had officially surpassed two million registrations worldwide.[6]
InTurkish,bizmeans 'we' and is used in some sites such asturkleriz.biz(We are the Turks) andfenerliyiz.biz(We are fans ofFenerbahçe).
Alternative DNS roots[edit]
Before ICANN approved of thebiztop-level domain in the officialDNS root,similar domains of the same name were already in use byalternative DNS roots.This created the possibility of abizdomain pointing to differentIP addressesdepending on the specific DNS configuration of a client computer. For this reason, the domain's registry,GoDaddy,requires that a DNS server be officially registered with them on their list of approved DNS servers before a domain registrar may register it in theWHOISdatabase.
References[edit]
- ^".Biz statistics and registrar breakdown by.Biz domains".RegistrarOwl.Retrieved2023-01-23.
- ^"ICANN.biz Registration Restrictions".
- ^"paint.biz decision".
- ^"canadian.biz decision".
- ^"Domain name policy absurd when it comes to trademarks".The Globe and Mail.Retrieved2020-12-06.
- ^"Neustar press release".PR Newswire.23 June 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 11 April 2015.