.coop
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| Introduced | 2001 |
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| TLD type | Sponsored top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Midcounties Co-operative operates the registry on behalf of DotCooperation LLC |
| Sponsor | DotCooperation LLC, a subsidiary of the National Cooperative Business Association |
| Intended use | Co-operatives |
| Registration restrictions | Only co-operatives and associated organisations may register; eligibility is verified through organizations of co-operatives |
| Structure | Direct second-level registrations are allowed; some generic words were reserved by the registry to be awarded to applicants with acceptable proposals for their use |
| Documents | ICANN registry agreement |
| Dispute policies | UDRP, Charter Eligibility Dispute Resolution Procedure (CEDRP) |
| Website | nic.coop |
.coop is a sponsored top-level domain intended for the use of cooperatives, wholly owned subsidiaries, and other organisations that exist to promote or support co-operatives. It was created as a result of ICANN's announcement in late 2000 of a phased release of seven new top-level domains (TLDs) intended in part to take the pressure off the overcrowded .com domain. It was backed by a coalition of interest groups, was developed by the worker co-operative Poptel in the UK and became operational on January 30, 2002.
Its sponsor is DotCooperation LLC (also known as dotCoop), which was created as a subsidiary of a United States cooperative union, the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) to operate the TLD. It was the NCBA that funded the lion's share of the costs of creating .coop.
As a sponsored domain with limited economies of scale, .coop domains are expensive compared to generic top-level domains, costing in the region of $100 per year, depending on the choice of registrar or reseller. Registrations are processed via accredited registrars.
Though .coop is restricted as above, not all co-ops with a web presence utilize it. During part of 2005 the REI co-op for a time had a redirector at www.rei.coop that led to their main site at rei.com.[1] Other groups may have a site in .com, .org, or under the code of the country they operate in.
DynDNS was hired as the sole DNS provider for the registry in 2006.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ [[1] "Internet Archive of www.rei.coop"]. [2].
- ^ "Press release: DynDNS Selected as Sole DNS Provider for .COOP Registry". DynDNS. 2006-01-30. http://www.dyndns.com/news/releases/dyndns_selected_as_sole_dns_provider_for_coop_registry.html.
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