.	For Top Level Domain Names Domain Names have a variety of basic rules: .COM, .NET and .ORG Domain Names * .COM - to be used for commercial and personal sites * .NET - recommended for companies involved in Internet infrastructure * .ORG - recommended for not-for-profit organizations * Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-") * Cannot begin or end with a hyphen * Must have less than 63* characters, not including .COM, .NET and .ORG * .com, .net and .org domain names exceeding a total of 26 characters are supported by most web browsers. However, certain web browsers, email programs and other Internet related applications may not support domain names over 26 characters.	.
		.INFO Domain Names * .INFO - to be used for both commercial and personal sites * Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-") * Cannot begin or end with a hyphen * Must have at least 3 characters and less than 63 characters, not including .INFO .BIZ Domain Names * .BIZ - to be used for both commercial and personal sites * Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-") * Cannot begin or end with a hyphen * Cannot have two hyphens in a row * Must have at least 3 characters and less than 63 characters, not including .BIZ .NAME Domain Names * .NAME - to be used for personal sites * Must be composed of a first and last name (yourname1.yourname2.name) * First name (yourname1 in above example) must have at least 1 character and no more than 63 characters * Second name (yourname2 in above example) must have at least 3 characters and no more than 63 characters * Use only letters, numbers or hyphen ("-") * Cannot begin or end with a hyphen .CO.UK and .ORG.UK Domain Names * .CO.UK - United Kingdom TLD used for both commercial and personal sites * .ORG.UK - United Kingdom TLD used for both commercial and personal sites * Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-") * Cannot begin or end with a hyphen * Must have at least 3 characters, but less than 23, not including .CO.UK and .ORG.UK We are agents for Nominet UK their terms and conditions can be seen here. .WS Domain Names * .WS - WebSite, to be used for commercial and personal sites * Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-") * Cannot begin or end with a hyphen * .WS domains registered through register.com™ must have between 4 and 59 characters, not including the .WS extension .TV Domain Names * .TV - Tuvalu, to be used for commercial and personal sites * Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-") * Cannot begin or end with a hyphen * Must have less than 63 characters, not including .TV .CC Domain Names * .CC - Cocos (Keeling) Islands, to be used for commercial and personal sites * Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-") * Cannot begin or end with a hyphen * Cannot contain all numbers * Must have at least 3 characters, but less than 47, not including .CC