.org Domain Names
.org domain names, held in the right hands
The third of the original 1985 endings, administered by the Public Interest Registry, and still the address the world expects a cause, community or open project to live at. Register from $11.99/yr, with the renewal figure shown before you pay.
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The Extension
Why .org?
.org carries a signal no marketing budget can buy: decades of charities, foundations, standards bodies and open-source projects have taught the public that a .org is organised around something other than pure profit. There is no eligibility test — anyone may register one — but the association is strong enough that the ending does real work for mission-driven names and quietly odd work for purely commercial ones.
For an organisation, the registration record matters even more than usual: committees change, volunteers move on, and the name must outlast them all. We register .org names in the organisation's own details rather than any individual officer's where you wish, include WHOIS privacy at no charge, and show the renewal up front — because a lapsed charity domain is a small tragedy nobody should discover by finding their donation page dark.
Good Fit
.org works best for
- Charities, foundations and community organisations
- Open-source projects and standards efforts
- Clubs, societies and membership bodies
- Campaigns and causes that need to be trusted at first sight
With Every Name
Included with every domain
Registered to the organisation
The registrant record can and should name the body itself, so the domain survives every change of chair, treasurer and webmaster.
The trust is built in
Decades of legitimate use mean a .org starts with public goodwill and a clean standing with mail filters — an inheritance younger endings cannot offer.
Renewals nobody has to remember
Auto-renew, reminders to a monitored mailbox, and the renewal rate shown before you register — continuity engineered in, not hoped for.
Common Questions
Questions about .org
Do I have to be a nonprofit to register a .org?
No — .org is open to anyone, and always has been. The eligibility test is social rather than contractual: the public expects a .org to stand for something, and a purely commercial operation may find the ending sets expectations it does not intend to meet.
Our .org is registered in a former volunteer's name. How bad is that?
It is the single commonest way organisations lose their names, and worth fixing this week rather than during a dispute. The registrant of record is who the registry listens to. Update the record to the organisation's own details while the parting is amicable — we can walk you through the change and any confirmation steps it triggers.
Can we transfer our existing .org to you?
Yes, by standard auth-code transfer: unlock the name at the current registrar, request the code, and approve the confirmation. The remaining term travels with the name, and for gTLDs like .org the transfer extends it as part of the move. Delegation is untouched, so the website and donation pages stay up throughout.
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