.am

All you want to know about .am

For the file extension .am, see Automake.
.am
Introduced 1994
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry AMNIC
Sponsor ISOC-AM (local chapter of Internet Society)
Intended use Entities connected with  Armenia
Actual use Still used largely in Armenia despite being marketed as global domain
Registration restrictions Some generic names reserved; registry reserves right to revoke registrations due to obscenity or other illegal or immoral activity
Structure Registrations permitted directly at second level
Documents AM TLD policy
Dispute policies UDRP
Website AMNIC

.am is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Armenia.

Regulation

The registry for .am is operated by ISOC-AM, the local chapter of the Internet Society.

Regulatory notes:

  • Except for reserved names like .com.am, .net.am, .org.am and others, any person in the world can register a .am domain for a fee.
  • Each domain name is subject to review. Generally each review takes 2 or 3 working days.
  • For religious reasons, Armenian law prohibits its domain names from being used for obscene sites.
  • The AM-NIC is moving over to IPv6 address compatibility in line with the global DNS system.
  • Unicode compatible names will not be instituted at AM-NIC until all issues related to IPv6 are resolved.

Usage in domain hacks

The domain name is popular (and thus economically valuable) due to it being a mnemonic for AM radio (other similar ccTLDs are .fm, .tv, .cd, .dj and .mu). Such unconventional usage of TLDs in domain names are known as domain hacks.

The domain-hacked name i.am has also been used for a popular hosting service, although it (and similar "two-letter word" hacks) is now owned by a third-party registration business.

External links

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Country code top-level domains

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Reserved/unassigned:  .um  .bl  .eh  .mf       Allocated/unused:  .bv  .gb  .pm  .sj  .so  .yt       Phaseout:  .tp  .yu       Deleted/retired:  .cs  .dd .zr
See also: Generic top-level domains
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