.ag

.ag is the

Second and third level registrations

Registrations can be made at the second level directly beneath .ag, or at the third level beneath:

.com.ag or .co.ag (intended for commercial entities)
.org.ag (intended for organisations, especially nonprofits)
.net.ag (intended for network operators/providers)
.nom.ag (intended for individuals)

There are no restrictions on who can register.

Domain hacks

In addition to its original intended use as a country code, the .ag domain has been marketed for use for agriculture-related sites, and for sites referencing the atomic symbol for silver, Ag. It also has a potential use for other domain hacks for English words that end in -ag. The Heritage Foundation uses .ag for URL shortening (herit.ag).^[1]

".ag" used to mean "Aktiengesellschaft"

Aktiengesellschaft, abbreviated AG, is a German term that refers to a corporation that is limited by shares, i.e. owned by shareholders, and may be traded on a stock market. The term is used in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but not Liechtenstein or Luxembourg.

Legal status of .ag in Germany

A German court (5. Zivilsenat des Oberlandesgerichtes Hamburg) ruled in July 2004 that a .ag domain may only be registered by an Aktiengesellschaft, and then only by an AG that has the same name as the domain. For example, a company with shareholders in Germany having the name X AG may not register as y.ag.^[2]^[3]

Use in Greenland

Sermitsiaq uses the TLD.

References

^ "The Domain of Antigua & Barbuda". Dynadot.
^ (in German) http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/49249
^ (in German) http://www.internet4jurists.at/domain/e_deutsch.htm

External links

List of .AG Registrars Archived 2013-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
IANA .ag whois information

[1] "The Domain of Antigua & Barbuda". Dynadot.

[2] (in German) http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/49249

[3] (in German) http://www.internet4jurists.at/domain/e_deutsch.htm

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