.mp
.mp is the ccTLD for Northern Mariana Islands. The .mp name comes from ISO 3166 which specifies MP as the two letter designation for the Northern Mariana Islands.[1] It is managed by Saipan Datacom, Inc.[2]
Rules and Restrictions edit
Registration is only accepted directly under .mp.
An applicant must warrant that You represent, warrant that the .mp Domain Name is being registered in good faith and that you have not registered or acquired your Domain Name for the purpose of:
- selling, renting, or otherwise transferring your .mp Domain Name to the rightful owner of the trademark or service mark from which your Domain Name was derived for valuable consideration in excess of your documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to your Domain Name, or;
- selling your .mp Domain Name to a competitor of the rightful owner of the trademark or service mark, or;
- preventing the rightful owner of the trademark or service mark from reflecting the mark in a corresponding domain name, or;
- disrupting the business of a competitor, or;
- using your .MP Domain Name in an intentional attempt to attract, for commercial gain or otherwise, Visitors to your website, by creating a likelihood of confusion with a trademark or service mark of Saipan DataCom or a third party as to the ownership, source, sponsorship, affiliation, or location of a product or service on your website.[3]
Characters edit
Allowed characters are letters (a-z), digits (0-9) and the hyphen (-).
The maximum allowable length of the character string used in the domain name is sixty three (63) characters, exclusive of the ".mp".[3]