General information about the .biz domain extension
Special provisions for .biz domain
Intervals
Real time registration
After a prior notification of renewal or expiration of a .biz domain, it will be automatically available for registration according to the rule first come, first served.
Trends and general information
The .biz domain belongs to the group of generic top-level domains that demonstrate a precise orientation of the products and services offered. Therefore, general-level domains (gTLDs) are often labeled as "descriptive domains". The abbreviation leads to the assumption that .biz domains were originally designed as gTLDs for businesses, companies and companies - now the requirements are really easy to meet: Anyone can buy and register their own .biz domain. The .biz top-level generic domain has been around since 2001; Registered domains are managed by "New level", a company belonging to "NeuStar" which is responsible for .us domains.
Meanwhile, websites with different orientations use the .biz domain - whether it's a professional business presence, a private web project or an online portal. You can buy and register a personal .biz domain for a project as your primary internet address or additional secondary domain to generate more traffic.
Initially, the .biz domain was really popular in business - if .com domains were already registered, gTLD .biz presented an interesting and almost equivalent alternative. How popularity is growing fast: More and more business users are not choosing to buy and register their own .biz domain - many people have discovered the .biz domain as a top level domain for different application domains. This continuous trend, the subject of the content offered is irrelevant - .biz is often used for both business and non-commercial projects.
Statistics
More and more people decide to buy and register their own .biz domain - statistics show: at the beginning of 2011, for example, almost 2.5 million .biz domains were registered. Customers are really different: retailers, online portal, hairdressing salon, companies operating internationally - gTLD .biz offers administrators and webmasters of all kinds a profitable internet address for successful projects.