European domains: Switzerland (.ch)

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Registration:

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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

We offer several Web Hosting packages to suit your needs. Packages start 1gb of bandwidth (per month) and 30mb of disk storage on our server, plus 24hr access to maintain your website from anywhere in the world.

Search Engine Submission

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Background

Registrations of internationalized domain names have been accepted since March 2004 (see details) and its based on chronological order system, in other words the "first come, first served" basis. A valid request for registration of a domain name must contain complete and accurate information about the holder and the billing contact this information needs to be up to date. If a technical contact or name servers are indicated at the time of registration, these must also be up-to-date and contain the complete and accurate information.

For a domain name to be used, SWITCH must be given at least one functional, correctly specified and configured name server even though the standing recommendation is two. The name servers must be registered with SWITCH in advance and may their name may only consist of characters in accordance with Annex. The domain names and name server details will then normally be transferred within the following 24 hours.

You can register a .ch domain name without being Swiss and without you or your business being stationed in Switzerland. This is a good thing for international companies etc but one disadvantage is that when you encounter a .ch domain name the organization or person behind it may not necessary be Swiss and hence the page may not be related to Switzerland at all.

Today SWITCH supports over 300,000 customers. And provide the following services:

• Administrative processing of new domain name registrations and annual renewal of existing subscriptions

• Maintaining the domain name database

• Customer support, invoicing and collection in German, French, Italian and English

â•Smooth and uninterrupted operation of the primary and secondary ch. and li. nameservers, which ensure a stable DNS (Domain Name System) and guarantee accessibility to the .ch and .li domain names

SWITCH represents the interests of the Internet Community in a number of European bodies such as ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), CENTR (Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries) and the IETF (The Internet Engineering Task Force)

SWITCH adopts an open-minded approach to change and in the Internet Identifiers division, it also develops new, enhanced services for both universities and the wider public on an ongoing basis.