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.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. 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. 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. Though .coop is restricted as above, not all co-ops with a web presence utilize it. DynDNS was hired as the sole DNS provider for the registry in 2006..

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.coop Domain Prices

Prices shown in Australian Dollars (AUD) British Pounds (GBP) Danish Krone (DKK) Euros (EUR) New Zealand Dollars (NZD) Swedish Krona (SEK) US Dollars (USD)

Period Registration Renewal
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1 year$137.40kr602€80.60£70.90$145.90kr872$84.00R1644.00 $152.90kr670€89.70£78.90$162.40kr970$93.50R1830.00  

.coop Domain Notes

Note: The registry may classify some domain names as premium domain names if so classfied they will command a higher price.

coop domains include 3rd party fees and maintenance & during the registration period. If you wish to transfer your coop domain away during your registration period you are free do do so without charge. We do not charge an administration fee.

.coop Details

Registry: The registry is Midcounties Co-operative operates the registry on behalf of DotCooperation LLC

Purpose: Co-operatives

Whois Information: for .coop

Once your .coop domain is registered

Once registered the .coop domain is placed on our international server, provinding an under-construction page for your .coop domain, for as long as required. (This enables a browser of your coop domain to readily identify that it is registered).

We can also supply free of charge.

E-mail redirection.

Web redirection.

Whois Privacy.

and more....

Free transfer away if required. We do not and will not charge release / transfer or administration fees for transferring domains to a different coop domain name registrars. The domain name is yours and not ours, unlike many other companies, "We recognise that fact!"

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.coop domain registration

Prices from as little as: $137.40kr602€80.60£70.90$145.90kr872$84.00R1644.00 for 1 year.

.coop Background Information

.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 phase 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. 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.


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.coop Assignment

How Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assign the .coop domain. IANA is a department of ICANN, a non-profit private American corporation, they oversees IP address allocation, root zone management in the Do main Name System (DNS), and other Internet related symbols and numbers.

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Facts & Figures

Domain Facts & Figures : Billing Periods, Renewal details, delegation details and more. Everything you need to know about your Cooperative Associations .(coop) domain.

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.coop Renewals

You may renew your .coop domain without logging into your control panel by using our quick and painfree renewal service, or even transfer it into bbonline to be renewed if necessary.

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Premium Domain Names

The registry may list some names as a premium domain name, if so this domain will be charged at a higher price than the one listed. We will contact you before completing your order if you order one of these names.

Reserved Names

The registry reserves some names for its own use, and may not mark them as registered. We may only discover this at the time of attempted registration.