Why Register A .ORG?
Trusted across all backgrounds, ages and nationalities, .ORG is where people turn to find credible information, get involved, fund causes and support advocacy. As a premier domain, .ORG provides an unrivaled channel to share ideas, to enhance lives, and to advance your mission.

What is the Advantage?
When you buy a .ORG, your organization is linked to a well-established brand of trust and integrity. One of the original top-level domains (TLDs), .ORG became the registry of choice for organizations dedicated to serving the public interest, and today .ORG is considered one of the most trusted domains on the internet.

If your organization is a noncommercial entity, people expect to find you in the .ORG community – nonprofits, foundations, philanthropic and cultural institutions, religious, civic, arts, social and fraternal organizations, health and legal services, clubs and community volunteer groups.

Commercial businesses also benefit. Registering with .ORG lends credibility to the activities of a charitable arm, and it also protects your brand and trademark as represented in your other domain name TLD registrations.

Who Registers .ORG Domains?
Large and small, local and global, .ORGs influence our world every day, effecting positive change on our planet. Check out the extraordinary organizations that have been nominated for the Webby Awards. View the Webby .ORGs

Can I register a .ORG domain name?
Yes. .ORG always has been — and will continue to be — an open and unrestricted domain. Anyone is allowed to register and use .ORG domain names.

.ORG is the home for millions of nonprofit Web sites, including charitable, artistic, scientific, personal, educational, social, cultural and religious sites.

.ORG sites are run by clubs, incorporated and unincorporated not-for-profit organizations, industry associations, families, individuals, schools, foundations, and more. Even for-profit companies have .ORG sites devoted to their noncommercial activities, such as charitable or volunteer programs.

Many noncommercial organizations conduct commerce to support their activities. Examples include clubs that raise funds, hospitals, noncommercial Web sites that run advertising to support their operations, etc.

I have been trying to register a one-character or two-letter .ORG domain name, but I can’t. Why not?
Certain domain names are to be reserved per ICANN’s directive. The domain names listed there, including all one-character and two-character domains, are reserved “from initial (i.e., other than renewal) registration within the TLD.” In other words, should any of those previously registered domain names be allowed to expire, or if they are deleted, they will be placed on reserved status and will NOT be made available to the public for registration again.

I found a .ORG Web site that is commercial in nature. Is this allowed?
Yes. .ORG is an unrestricted top-level domain, and anyone can register.

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arlier this year, VeriSign Registry announced that they would be raising prices for select domain name extensions. The price increase will go in to effect on July 1st, 2010. As a result of this price increase, the majority of all domain registrars in the world are increasing all their domain prices by $0.55 across the board. However, Nerds On Site is not changing their prices at all! No price increases, no value drop! By moving your domains and and hosting to Nerds On Site today, you can save money for your business every month, both in decreased pricing and greater security for your online property.

One of the latest techniques in fighting spam is domain-based reputation systems, something that Nerds On Site has integrated into our systems over 2 years ago already. However, the buzz around domain-based reputation has increased significantly, with major ISPs such as Yahoo, Gmail and AOL adding such protection to their spam filters. In brief, every domain-based reputation is a little different from other anti-spam techniques for two reasons.

First, domain reputation is inheritably a positive approach to anti-spam. It is, in a way, much like getting a signed letter of recommendation when visiting a stranger, something that positively proves that you are who you say you are. The technique for this is something called ‘DomainKeys Indentified Mail’. Essentially, your hosting companies sets up your domain to automatically digitally sign every single email address you send as being certifiably from the real you. Thus, when your email arrives at a mail server that supports domain-based reputation in their anti-spam systems, your email will have the greatest chance of passing the filters, since it has been cryptographically authenticated as having come from the real you, and not a spoofer.

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When looking for a new domain name for your business, it is always important to first determine what is available in the rapidly dwindling domain pool. Unfortunately, some registrars play loose and fast with the rules, and will actually register any available domains that you lookup using their WHOIS tools. For that reason, Nerds On Site offers a public WHOIS tool that can be used without fear of losing your domain or being locked into a contract with a registrar you didn’t choose. We welcome you to use: http://whois.nerdsisp.com.