.ag

Status:	Active
Country:	Antigua and Barbuda
Introduced:	September 3, 1991
Manager:	UHSA School of Medicine
Registry Provider:	NIC AG (UHSA School of Medicine)
Type:	ccTLD
Website:	nic.ag
Key people:	George S. Daniel, Administrative Contact
More information:

.ag is the Internet ccTLD for Antigua and Barbuda. It is managed by the UHSA School of Medicine.

Rules and Regulations

.ag, .com.ag, .net.ag, and .org.ag are currently available to any and all registrants worldwide. However, .edu.ag is available ONLY to valid local Antiguan and Barbudan Educational Institutions and .gov.ag is available ONLY to valid local Antiguan and Barbudan Government departments, agencies, ministries, etc. In the case of restricted second or third level domains such as these, applicants may be asked to provide proof of their identity, or details of their existence as a properly constituted Antiguan organization, and evidence of their ability to meet the conditions for holding such a domain name.

• Domain names are registered on "first-come, first-serve" basis.
• Applicant must demonstrate a legitimate interest in the domain name.
• Applicant certifies that the use of this name does not violate trademark or other statutes.
• Registration of the domain name does not interfere with the rights of any third party.
• Domain name not being registered for any unlawful purpose.
• Registering a Domain name may not confer any legal rights to that name.
• The Registration Agreement shall be governed in all respects by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, without respect to its conflict of law rules.
• Domain names considered offensive may be declined.

Blocked or Reserved Domain Names

The following domain names are blocked or barred from registrations or are reserved or registered by the Registry:

• Numbers Used for local emergency calls.
• All number combinations in the format which constitutes or could in the future constitute local or international medical benefits, social security, national ID or Tax ID number.
• Names of Countries and worldwide geographical regions.
• Country codes or ccTLDs at the second level (present or future) (ex: one cannot register the domain name "br.ag", because br is the ccTLD for Brazil).
• Example and test domains (enum.ag; example.ag; localhost.ag; ns.ag).
• Misleading Names (ex: com.ag).
• gTLDs at the second level (ex: org.ag; brand.ag).
• Sub-domains (ex: ac.ag; bd.ag).

The full list of the ones mentioned above plus others can be seen at the [1] Nic AG Blocked or Reserved Domain Names Policy page].

Characters

• Domain names beginning with two characters followed by two dashes are barred from registration.
• There can't be a single digit or alphabet letter.
• Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-").
• Domain names cannot begin or end with a hyphen.
• Domain names cannot have more than 63 characters, not including .AG, .COM.AG, .NET.AG, .ORG.AG, .EDU.AG, .GOV.AG, etc.
• Maximum length of a complete (Fully Qualified, FQDN) domain name (including .separators) is 255 characters.

Possible Uses

Their website advertises .ag for many different uses, for example:

• Corporations in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland have adopted the .ag domain for their websites because "AG" is short for the German term "Aktiengesellschaft," which is used for corporations that are owned by shareholders and traded on a stock market.
• Websites that sell silver and silver-made items, since "Ag" is the atomic symbol for silver.
• Websites related to agriculture.
• If you have "ag" in your company name, like The Heritage Foundation uses herit.ag as their short link.
• "Fun" domain such as PlayT.ag, GoBr.ag, or NoL.ag.

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