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.name Domain Names - The Brand of YOU
.name helps you reach customers
- Target consumers who want a unique online identity.
- Offer second- and third-level registrations.
- Get expert technical assistance and 24/7 support.
.name is your personal online address
- Use your own name to create a unique online identity.
- Get an easy to remember email address – your name!
- Your name. Your .name
A Domain Name For The People
As people use email and join professional community and social networking web sites to communicate with friends and family, they establish online identities. A .name address gives consumers a unique online address so they can manage their online web presence.
This TLD is not exclusive to just registrars, social networking and community sites may also offer .name registrations as a value-add service to help their customers and members establish their individual online identities.
Create An Online Identity
.Name give you flexibility and control of your online identity. You can get your .name different ways,giving you flexibility and control of your online presence:
- Second-Level Domain Names lets you get a personal, custom web address such as “smith.name”, "sheriden.name”, “SaraSmithHansen.name”, or “BubbaBuzz.name”
- Third-Level Domain Names allows you to register a full name with a Web address such as "john.smith.name”
- Email Forwarding lets you forward a free account such as "jsmith@gmail.com" to a more personal address such as "john@smith.name"
- International Domain Names let you get your domain in the language you want so if you speak Japanese, Korean or Arabic or have special characters in your name, you can have your .name too. For instance:
- 金.name
- 張民.金.name
Additionally, Verisign supports two different ways registrars can offer businesses the means to protect their brand and/or Intellectual Property:
- NameWatch monitors registrations for early identification of potential intellectual property infringement or identity theft.
- Defensive Registration removes common law trademarks and copyrighted names from the pool of available domain names. Standard service removes exact names from Third-Level Domain Names. Premium service blocks registrations of Email Forwarding, Second-Level, and Third-Level Domain Names.
Who Uses .name?
Why Verisign?
As people’s dependence on the Internet continues to grow, the reliability and integrity of its underlying infrastructure are absolutely critical. Verisign keeps the world connected by providing the infrastructure and unparalleled network services that make the Internet fast, safe, and reliable. Verisign has maintained operational accuracy and stability in its Domain Name Services 100 percent of the time for 12 years—and is committed to investing and innovating to expand Internet infrastructure and services to meet future demand. // more