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.biz
.biz -- Nothing personal. Just business.
Introduced 2001
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Neulevel (90% owned by Neustar)
Sponsoring organization None
Intended use Businesses
Actual use Various uses; many held by speculators or used in spam
Registration restrictions No prior restriction on registration, but registrations can be challenged if registrant is not a bona-fide commercial entity
Structure Registrations at second level permitted
Documents ICANN registry agreement
Dispute policies UDRP, Start-up Trademark Opposition Policy (STOP), Restrictions Dispute Resolution Policy (RDRP)
Web site Neulevel .biz registry

.biz is a generic top-level domain (TLD) intended for domains to be used by businesses; the name is a phonetic spelling of the first syllable of "business." It was created to relieve some of the demand for the good domain names available in the .com top-level domain, and to provide an alternative to businesses whose preferred .com domain name had already been registered by another party. There are no specific legal or geographic qualifications to register a .biz domain name, except that it must be for "bona fide business or commercial use" (i.e. no personal or "soap box" sites, and no cybersquatting), and the usual legal remedies for trademark infringement are applicable. It was created in 2001 along with several others as the first batch of new gTLDs approved by ICANN following the boom in interest in the internet in the 1990s. It is administered by Neulevel. Image File history File links Biz_logo. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A generic top-level domain (gTLD) is a top-level domain used (at least in theory) by a particular class of organization. ... NeuStar (NYSE: NSR) is a provider of essential clearinghouse services to the global communications and Internet industry. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... UDRP - Uniform Domain Name Resolution Policy A document used by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for the purpose of creating guidelines for use when disputes arise regarding the registration of internet names (domain names). ... A generic top-level domain (gTLD) is a top-level domain used (at least in theory) by a particular class of organization. ... For dot-com companies, see dot-com company. ... According to the U.S. federal law known as the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, cybersquatting is registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad-faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. ... A trademark or trade mark[1] is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by an individual, business organization or other legal entity to uniquely identify the source of its products and/or services to consumers, and to distinguish its products or services from those of other entities. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ICANN (pronounced I can) is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...


In contrast to the sunrise period of .info, .biz did not grant trademark owners first chance at registration, but instead used a procedure whereby they could file intellectual property claims in advance and then challenge any eventual registrant through a policy named "STOP" (Startup Trademark Opposition Policy). A number of domains were successfully obtained by trademark owners from other registrants through this policy; some of the more controversial cases, where generic words were taken over based on trademark claims in a process deemed "reverse hijacking" by critics, included that of paint.biz and canadian.biz, the latter of which was reversed by a court decision.


Although intended to be a restricted domain aimed at businesses, in reality the .biz domain is run as an unrestricted domain, available to anyone for any use. No enforcement mechanisms are planned or intended, at least directly by the registry or registrars, though it is in theory possible for third parties to challenge noncompliant registrations through a dispute resolution policy.


Although many .biz registrations have taken place (second only to .info among the new TLDs), critics note that it still has low name recognition with the general public, little use by major reputable businesses, and much use in spam, scams, and porn. .info is a generic top-level domain intended for informative websites, although its use is not restricted. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A confidence trick, confidence game, or con for short, (also known as a scam) is an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons (known as the mark) usually with the goal of financial or other gain. ... Pornographic movies Pornography (Porn) (from Greek πόρνη (porne) prostitute and γραφή (grafe) writing), more informally referred to as porn or porno, is the explicit representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal. ...


.biz domains are very popular in Turkey as "biz" means "we" in Turkish. There are tons of Turkish sites using this domain because when you get the domain blabla.biz, it translates to Turkish as "we are blabla". Examples are: "anneyiz.biz" which means "we are mothers" or "superiz.biz" which means "we are super".


Registrations are processed via accredited registrars.


Alternative DNS roots and .biz

Before ICANN approved of .biz as a top-level domain it was already in use by one or more alternative DNS root(s). This created the possibility of a .biz domain pointing to different IP addresses depending on the domain name server used. For this reason, Neulevel, which currently has control of the .biz root, requires that a DNS server be officially registered with them on their list of approved DNS servers before a domain registrar may register it in WHOIS as the DNS server for a particular domain. In addition to the Internets main DNS root (currently consisting of 13 nominal root nameservers working in agreement with ICANN), several organizations operate alternative DNS roots (often referred to as alt roots). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Domain Name System or DNS is a system that stores information about host names and domain names in a kind of distributed database on networks, such as the Internet. ... NeuStar (NYSE: NSR) is a provider of essential clearinghouse services to the global communications and Internet industry. ... WHOIS is a TCP-based query/response protocol which is widely used for querying a database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet. ...


See also

.bz .bz is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Belize. ...


External links

 v • d • e Generic top-level domains
Unsponsored  .biz  .com  .edu  .gov  .info  .int  .mil  .name  .net  .org
Sponsored  .aero  .cat  .coop  .jobs  .mobi  .museum  .pro  .travel
Infrastructure  .arpa  .root
Startup phase  .asia  .tel
Proposed  .berlin  .bzh  .cym  .gal  .geo  .kid  .kids  .mail  .nyc  .post  .sco  .web  .xxx
Deleted/retired  .nato
Reserved  .example  .invalid  .localhost  .test
Pseudo-domains  .bitnet  .csnet  .local  .onion  .uucp
Unofficial  see Alternative DNS roots
See also: Country code top-level domains

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