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.ch is the
The domain ch, as with other ccTLDs, is based on the ISO 3166-2 code for Switzerland derived from Confoederatio Helvetica (Helvetic Confederation),[4] the Latin name for the country, which was used because of its neutrality with regard to the four official languages of Switzerland.
Second-level domain names must be at least three letters long. Two-letter subdomain names are restricted to the Swiss cantons, as well as the domain ch.ch of the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland. The only exception has been the former domain of the Expo.02 which was held in Switzerland, www.expo.02.ch.[citation needed]
Registrations of internationalized domain names have been accepted since March 2004.[citation needed]
In the Chinese domain market
.ch has been of a rising interest to Chinese domain investors for several reasons. According to EuropeID.com, the domain .ch still has many valuable English keywords and short letter and number combinations left. A contributing factor may be because the majority of .ch registrations are in German, leaving many English words available. In addition, with two million domains under .ch being registered, most of the reserved domains have the European market in mind, allowing valuable domains for other languages such as Chinese keywords in the Latin script being registered at a normal price.[2]
Domain hacks
The .ch domain is very popular in
.swiss
The Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) has begun registering .swiss domains as of 7 September 2015.[5] This is meant to augment the traditional .ch TLD. Applicants must currently have a "registered place of business and a physical administrative base in Switzerland" to apply.[6]
References
- ^ "Domain Names - Statistics". Switch. 2024-01-18. Archived from the original on 2024-01-18. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
- ^ a b EuropeID (5 July 2016). ".CH's Growing Popularity as Domain for China | EuropeID". europeid.com. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
- ^ "Legal Info - Internet Domains". www.nic.ch. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
- ^ From the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
- ^ "Launch of the new .swiss internet domain". dot.swiss. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ "Facts". dot.swiss. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
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