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We're happy to announce that you can now transfer a whole bunch of new country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) to iWantMyName. Most importantly, .UK transfers — often requested by our friends in the United Kingdom — and other European suffixes.

These domains are newly transferable:

• .BE (Belgium)
• .CO.UK (United Kingdom), .ME.UK & .ORG.UK
• .ES (Spain)
• .EU (Europe)
• .FM (Federal States Of Micronesia)
• .GS (South Georgia & The Sandwich Islands)

But it doesn't stop here! You can move some popular domains such as .IO, .IM or .AT and all local .NZ suffixes completely free from now on:

• .AC (Ascension Island)
• .AT (Austria)
• .CO.NZ (New Zealand), .NET.NZ, .ORG.NZ, .MAORI.NZ, .GEEK.NZ, & .SCHOOL.NZ
• .IM (Isle Of Man)
• .IO (British Indian Ocean Territory)
• .LA (Laos / Los Angeles)
• .LI (Liechtenstein)
• .SH (Saint Helena)

For a complete list of transferable extensions see our domain transfer price list and make the switch to iWantMyName today.

.GL Domains (Greenland) are the latest addition to the ever growing list of TLDs (Top-Level Domains) available for registration at iWantMyName.

There are no restrictions or special requirements so anyone worldwide is allowed to register the .GL country domain. Internationally, the domain name goo.gl is probably the most famous .GL web address. Google is using it as URL shortener for some of their services.

The internet extension of Greenland can be registered at $89.00 USD. Buy your .GL domain now.

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The Lithuanian country domain .LT is the latest addition to the growing list of international domains offered at iWantMyName. Lithuania is a member state of the European Union and situated in Northern Europe. Domain names from Lithuania can be registered worldwide without any restrictions or local requirements.

.LT also supports Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) with the special Lithuanian characters (ą, č, ę, ė, į, š, ų, ū, ž). There are currently 111,767 registered domains in total (Statistics).

Search for your desired domain name now.

ICANN, the internet's governing body, yesterday officially announced the introduction of Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) extensions for nations and territories. This means that a full web address including the domain suffix can contain non-Latin characters such as Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew or Greek in the future.

"The coming introduction of non-Latin characters represents the biggest technical change to the Internet since it was created four decades ago," said ICANN chairman Peter Dengate Thrush. "Right now Internet address endings are limited to Latin characters - A to Z. But the Fast Track Process is the first step in bringing the 100,000 characters of the languages of the world online for domain names."

Watch the video with people from around the world explaining how localized domain names will help them using the internet in their native language:

The introduction of internationalized country domains is an important step towards a global internet and we would like to congratulate ICANN and everybody involved in achieving this long-awaited milestone.

The last part of our Domain Statistics & Numbers article series shows the ranking of country code top-level domains:

1. How many top-level domain name extensions exist in total?
2. How many domains are registered worldwide?
3. What are the Top 10 global domain extensions?
4. How big are the generic top-level domain (gTLD) namespaces?
5. What is the ranking of my country code top-level domain (ccTLD)?

.DE Takes Lead Again in ccTLD Race

Ever wondered where your country domain extension sits in the global marketplace? It's a little bit like Formula One, with nations jockeying constantly for supremacy. Recently German suffix .DE pipped China's .CN domain to a pole position with slightly more registrations. That's good news for iWantMyName because we are about to launch a German language version of our highly successful domain management platform.

Below is a handy reference list showing which ccTLDs are most popular:

1. .DE (Germany) - 13.05 million
2. .CN (China) - 12.54 million
3. .UK (United Kingdom) - 7.83 million
4. .NL (Netherlands) - 3.51 million
5. .EU (European Union) - 2.98 million
6. .RU (Russia) - 2.31 million
7. .TK (Tokelau) - 1.97 million
8. .AR (Argentina) - 1.85 million
9. .BR (Brazil) - 1.81 million
10. .IT (Italy) - 1.72 million
11. .US (USA) - 1.63 million
12. .PL (Poland) - 1.53 million
13. .FR (France) - 1.5 million
14. .AU (Australia) - 1.47 million
15. .CH (Switzerland) - 1.31 million
16. .CA (Canada) - 1.26 million
17. .ES (Spain) - 1.22 million
18. .JP (Japan) - 1.11 million
19. .KR (Korea) - 1.04 million
20. .DK (Denmark) - 1 million
21. .BE (Belgium) - 942,000
22. .SE (Sweden) - 895,000
23. .AT (Austria) - 876,000
24. .CZ (Czech Republic) - 591,000
25. .IN (India) - 510,000
26. .HU (Hungary) - 450,000
27. .NO (Norway) - 439,000
28. .TW (Taiwan) - 425,000
29. .NZ (New Zealand) - 366,000
30. .MX (Mexico) - 353,000
31. .PT (Portugal) - 314,000
32. .CL (Chile) - 257,000
33. .FI (Finland) - 200,000
34. .HK (Hongkong) - 178,000
35. .TR (Turkey) - 133,000

Source: DomainesInfo Statistiques

During the last two weeks we added the .MX internet suffix of Mexico and the Dutch .NL web address. Today, the expansion of country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) at iWantMyName continues with the Peruvian .PE domain extension.

According to a recent announcement (spanish only), the Peruvian telecommunications company, Red Cientifica Peruana (RCP), is aiming to help one million people to establish an online identity with .PE domain names in the next 3 years. The South-American Republic of Peru has a population of 28.8 million people with approx. 8-9 million internet users.

As .PE domains can be registered by anybody worldwide, you can also use them in domain hacks such as overhy.pe, stereoty.pe or giusep.pe. And even better, the registration of short domain names for your personal URL shortener is possible as well.

We have included some available domain hack ideas using the .PE domain name extension below:

• airsca.pe
• antilo.pe
• autoty.pe
• biosco.pe
• bioto.pe
• bioty.pe
• cana.pe
• cinemasco.pe
• cyclo.pe
• electrosco.pe
• giusep.pe
• linoty.pe
• logoty.pe
• magnetosco.pe
• moonsca.pe
• overhy.pe
• panpi.pe
• penelo.pe
• radioisoto.pe
• reta.pe
• rety.pe
• stereoty.pe
• subty.pe
• townsca.pe
• windpi.pe

After the recent addition of .MX (Mexico) domains, we are introducing another country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for you at iWantMyName.

The Dutch .NL domain extension can now be registered at only $19.00 USD / year. With 3.5 million total registrations, the web address of the Netherlands is one of the top 10 domain extensions worldwide and the second biggest country code domain in Europe after Germany's .DE suffix. More information can be found at the official .NL registry website.

Of course, the .NL domain search and registration is also available through our iPhone DomainApp.

Short domain names that are still available

1. aa.ht
2. ah.ag
3. aj.tc
4. ak.ag
5. am.ht
6. am.vg
7. ap.gs
8. ap.mu
9. as.ht
10. au.ht
11. aw.mu
12. ay.ag
13. az.ht
14. az.tl
15. ba.mu
16. bb.mu
17. bc.vg
18. bc.gs
19. bi.mu
20. bj.ms
21. bl.cx
22. bm.ms
23. bo.mu
24. bt.tl
25. bu.tl
26. by.ht
27. by.mu
28. by.tl
29. ca.ag
30. ce.gs
31. ce.ht
32. ce.mu
33. ci.tl
34. cu.gs
35. cu.mu
36. cy.gs
37. da.ag
38. db.ht
39. db.mu
40. dc.tl
41. dg.gs
42. dj.tc
43. dj.vg
44. dr.mu
45. dr.vg
46. dy.gs
47. eb.ag
48. ee.mu
49. en.ag
50. en.tl
51. ev.vg
52. ex.ag
53. ex.vg
54. ey.gs
55. ff.ht
56. ft.gs
57. fw.vg
58. fw.tc
59. gp.tl
60. hb.ag
61. hq.gs
62. hu.mu
63. ia.gs
64. ib.ag
65. if.cx
66. im.ht
67. iq.gs
68. jj.ag
69. ki.gs
70. mr.tl
71. ob.ag
72. oo.mu
73. ow.gs
74. oz.gs
75. pa.mu
76. qa.gs
77. ra.gd
78. sr.vg
79. te.gs
80. ub.ag
81. ug.gs
82. ui.cx
83. ui.gs
84. ui.tc
85. uu.tl
86. ux.gs
87. vv.ht
88. vv.ag
89. wi.mu
90. wu.gs
91. xb.ag
92. xo.gs
93. xs.mu
94. xx.ht
95. xy.gs
96. yo.tl
97. za.mu
98. zx.ag
99. zy.gs
100. zz.ht

Also read the following related articles:

• 10 Tools To Run An URL Shortener On Your Own Domain
• How You Can Own Your Online Identity With Domains

As of today you can register .MX domains (Mexico) at iWantMyName. The domain registration requirements are similar to .COM domains so there are no restrictions or local requirements. Our introduction price is $99.00 USD for all new registrations.

The Mexican country code domain extension was only opened for registration earlier this year. Before that Mexico's web address could only be registered under the second-level .COM.MX domain (.NET.MX, .ORG.MX and others are restricted).

More information about .MX and Mexico:

• Population: 111 million
• Language: Spanish
• Total domains: approx. 300k
• Official registry: nic.mx