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April 24, 2002 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Registration for.US domain names will go live at 10:00 a.m. EDT today.
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.US is the official country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States within the global domain name system (DNS).
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Any U.S. citizen or resident, as well as any business or organization, including federal, state, and local government with a bona fide presence in the United States will now be able to register a .US domain name.
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Previously, the .US domain was reserved for governments and educational facilities.
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The .US domain registry allowed companies to register domain names that had corresponding trademark applications or registrations during a so called “sunrise period”.
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These domains will be the first to go live. All other domains can be registered on a “first-come, first-served” basis.
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The wholesale price of a .US domain name will be $32 for five years minimum registration.
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.US domain registration will available from most domain name brokers.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce delegated the .US top-level namespace to domain registry NeuStar, Inc (www.neustar.us) in 2001. NeuStar is responsible for the commercialization and maintenance of the namespace and its “whois” or domain name search system.
