.coop
Status: | Active |
country: | International |
Manager: | DotCooperation LLC wholly-owned subsidiary of National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) |
Registry Provider: | DynDNS subsidiary of Midcounties Cooperative, Ltd. |
Date Implemented: | 2001 |
Type: | sTLD |
Community TLD: | Yes |
More information: |
.coop is one of the sponsored top-level domain names (sTLD) delegated in the root zone of the domain name system (DNS) of the internet dedicated for the use of cooperatives and cooperative organizations. The National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) is the sponsoring organization responsible in developing and implementing registry policies for .coop domain space. DotCooperation Llc. (dotCoop), a wholly owned subsidiary of NCBA manages the operations of .coop while Midcounties Co-operative provides back-end registry solutions through its subsidiary DyDNS.[1]