European domains: Bulgarian (.bg)

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Is your domain name working hard enough?

Currently, whether you have registered a .com or a .co.uk domain there are no restrictions if you would like to register both versions of your domain name - and many people do!.

Of course, the choice is all a matter of your preference - .com is often regarded as "International" where the .co.uk domain is deemed to be "UK only", usually it depends on the target market.

Whilst, the .com domain is recognised world wide, it is easier to remember and to type, and there is a whole world full of people who could register it before you do!

If your target is primarily the UK market then registering just the .co.uk domain would seem to be the obvious choice. The .co.uk instantly identifies you as a UK company and often, given a list of URLs in a search engine, people will choose a domain / URL with their country code. Therefore, it follows that if you want to extend your target market then registering your domain with other country-code top-level domains (ccTLD) will expand your target audience.

Registering both .com and .co.uk (and others such as .at, .dk, .es, .eu, .ie, .it, .nz, .se etc) domain names in fact makes very good sense - it stops anyone else from registering your name and leaves it ready for you to use either right away or in the future. Did you know that with Web Forwarding you can have as many domain names as you like pointing to a single website - see Web Forwarding below.

Email Forwarding

Create an almost unlimited number of unique Email addresses for your domain name (e.g. me@yourdomain.com, info@yourdomain.com,sales@yourdomain.com, etc.) and forward them to your existing email account(s). Set up each employee or family member with their own personal Email address.

Catch All Email

Simply tell us 'one' address to have all your messages sent to and all of your emails will be forwarded to that address.

Web Forwarding

If you already have a website, start using your domain name without the additional cost of hosting. When a user enters your domain name into their browser, they'll be redirected to your existing website.

You can have many domain names forwarded to a single website.

Web Hosting

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Background

.bg is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Bulgaria. The domain was first established in 1995 and is administered by Register.BG.

The .bg domain is only available for registration within Bulgaria and registrations from outside of the country are restricted. The domain is only available to citizens of Bulgaria and companies based and operated within the country. The domain name registered must represent the company name or its abbreviation. To get around this restriction, some Bulgarian companies register the name they wish to use as a trademark. This is common practice as trademarks are eligible to be used as .bg domain names.

Until mid 2006, local companies considered registering a .bg domain very expensive and many opted to use .com, .org and .net domains as a cheaper alternative. The high costs incurred were due to the stringent procedures put in place regarding documentation needed for new registrations.

Register.BG introduced new measures in August 2008 that made the registration process much easier. Without as many regulations and restrictions, the process became a much cheaper and viable option for people wanting to register a Bulgarian domain name.

In September 2006, a variety of new domain names under the .bg top-level were introduced. These domains are primarily aimed at individuals for private use.

Register.BG introduced a new method of registering domains on 5th September 2009. As of this date, Internationalized Domain Names can be registered using letters from the Cyrillic alphabet rather than the English alphabet. Domain names registered this way must only consist of characters found in the Cyrillic alphabet and need to feature at least one character that can be visually distinguished from the Latin alphabet.