How to create own domain extension?

dns personalization
chanchal1987 picture chanchal1987 · Jul 23, 2010 · Viewed 96.7k times · Source

Like bit.ly, goo.gl, is.gd, j.mp, migre.me etc. use their own domain extension .ly, .gl, .gd, .mp, .me etc. How can I create my own personalize domain extension like .gbsif? Please help.

Answer

miku picture miku · Jul 23, 2010

You can't. Only IANA can.

Management of most top-level domains is delegated to responsible organizations by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which operates the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and is in charge of maintaining the DNS root zone.

Here's a list of available TLDs:

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