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THNIC
Introduced 1988
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry THNIC
Sponsor THNIC
Intended use Thailand Entities connected with Thailand
Registration restrictions Varying restrictions based on which second-level name registration is within
Structure Registrations are at third level beneath various categories
Website THNIC
DNSSEC yes

.th is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Thailand. It is administered by T.H.NIC Co., Ltd. (THNIC), the corporate entity of Thai Network Information Center Foundation.

Registration of a .co.th domain name is a complicated procedure, for this reason most Thailand websites prefer to use a .com name. In order to register a .co.th domain name the registrar in Thailand requires copies of company documents in the same name as the required domain name, so for example if you required acme.co.th you would need to have a registered company called Acme Co., Ltd.

A company can only register a single .co.th domain, making it impossible to facilitate easy location of a company's products by using a variety of words or product names as their domain names.

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[edit] Second level domains[1]

THNIC admits .th registration only third-level domain under seven groups of predefined second-level domains:

  • .ac.th Academic
  • .co.th Commercial
  • .go.th Governmental
  • .mi.th Military
  • .or.th Non-profit organizations
  • .net.th Internet provider
  • .in.th Individuals (or organizations)

[edit] Second top domain

.ไทย
Introduced 2010
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry THNIC
Sponsor THNIC
Intended use Thailand Entities connected with Thailand
Actual use secondary domain name
DNS name .xn--o3cw4h
Website THNIC
DNSSEC yes

In 2010 a new top domain was registered and introduced for Thailand, intended for domain names in the local language. This top domain is .ไทย. As of 2011, thousands of sites with this domain are active.[2] It appears that the second level domains are assigned directly to the site owners.

[edit] References

  1. ^ THNIC Foundation, Policies and Procedures.
  2. ^ http://www.google.com/search?q=site:.ไทย

[edit] External links



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