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New generic extensionSince 2014

.limited domain registration

An extension that carries your company’s legal form: for a limited liability company that wants partners and customers to read its standing in its very address.

Score card

.limited in six cells

Our score out of five, as we see it when we help a customer choose.

Trust
3 out of 5
Easy to remember
3 out of 5
Global reach
1 out of 5
Price stability
5 out of 5
Short names available
5 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .limited

limited is an English word that follows the names of limited liability companies, just as we write “limited liability” after their names in Arabic. So it suits a company registered in that form that wants its web address to be an extension of the official name its papers and contracts carry.

.limited entered the internet’s root in 2014, is run by Binky Moon, LLC, and supports DNSSEC signing and names in Arabic letters. With us its price is the same for the first year and every renewal. It has a shorter extension with the same meaning, .ltd, the word’s abbreviation written after company names.

Because it names a legal form, it suits a company that truly has that standing; for anyone else, its address says what isn’t there. It is longer than .ltd and less widespread than .com, so register your name in it along with .ltd if you find it free, so whoever types the abbreviation reaches you.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
17 April 2014
Name’s origin
limited (liability)
Responsible body
Binky Moon, LLC
Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
DNSSEC
Supported
Names in Arabic
Supported (IDN)

Who it suits

For your field: is .limited the best fit?

Every field has an extension that says something about it. Here is what .limited says in each, and which extension completes it.

  • A limited liability company

    Excellent · The first choice

    Its official name and its web address in the same word, so a partner reads its standing from the address.

    Register it with.limited.ltd

  • A limited liability company in the UAE

    Good · A good fit

    Its standing on its papers in the UAE is the same in its address, so a partner abroad reads it with no translation.

    Register it with.limited.company

  • A factory or producer

    Good · A good fit

    It says a registered company stands behind the product; .com stays first in an importer’s mind.

    Register it with.limited.com

  • A freelancer or sole trader

    Consider another · Consider .pro

    A limited company’s standing on a one-person business says what isn’t there; .pro or .me is truer.

    Register it with.pro.me

  • An association or organization

    Consider another · Consider .org

    An association isn’t a limited company; .org says what it is at first sight.

    Register it with.org.community

  • An online store

    Consider another · Consider .store

    The customer is looking for a place to buy from, not the company’s legal standing.

    Register it with.store.com

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • Your standing in your address

    matahen-abudhabi.limited says it’s a limited liability company, as its official name does.

  • Seriousness read from the address

    The legal form in the address reassures the supplier and the bank before the first message.

  • Email with an official standing

    accounts@matahen-abudhabi.limited on invoices says the sender is a company, not a person.

  • Few names taken

    A specialized extension, so your company’s name is easier to find here than in .com.

And where its value shows

In contracts and invoices

The legal standing in every address.

In letters to banks

A registered body, not a person.

On official company papers

An address that matches its official name.

In tenders

The evaluator reads your standing from the address.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

Frankly, as we’d tell a customer who asks us before registering.

Pros

  • 01States your company’s legal standing in its address
  • 02A full word, clearer than the abbreviation .ltd
  • 03A fixed price for the first year and every renewal
  • 04Few names taken in it
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01A longer word than .ltd
  • 02Rarely seen, and less trusted than .com
  • 03Doesn’t fit anything that isn’t a limited liability company
  • 04Some people type .com out of habit

Rules

Registration terms for .limited

What the registry requires and what we add, in one place.

Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
Documents
None required, but you agree to follow the laws that govern the field
Name length
Up to 63 characters
Characters
a–z, digits and hyphens, never first or last
Names in Arabic
Supported (IDN)
Registration term
1 to 10 years
DNSSEC
Supported
Privacy protection
Optional, for a separate fee
Transfer
60 days after registration or the last transfer, with an EPP code; adds a year to its term

Life cycle

From registration until the name is free again

What happens to your name if it isn’t renewed, and when you can still get it back.

  1. 01Registration1 to 10 yearsThe name is yours from the moment you pay, for the term you chose.
  2. 02Before expiry31 days, then 8 days beforeWe remind you twice by email; auto-renewal saves you the reminder.
  3. 03After expiryDays 1–8The website and email stop; renew within these days at the regular renewal price.
  4. 04AuctionFrom day 10The name may go to auction; if it sells, it passes to its buyer.Domain recovery policy
  5. 05Redemption30 daysIf the registry offers it after deletion: a $200 redemption fee plus a year’s renewal.
  6. 06Final deletion5 daysThen the name is free again for anyone to register.

Tips

Before you register

  1. 1Register it with .ltdThe full word and its abbreviation, so whoever types either one reaches you.
  2. 2Match your company’s official nameMake the name before the extension your company’s name as on its papers, not a marketing nickname.
  3. 3A short name, read as it’s writtenIf it needs spelling out on the phone, it’s too long or too complicated.
  4. 4No digits or hyphens that need explainingEvery hyphen or digit has to be said, and what has to be said gets forgotten.
  5. 5Renew automatically, or register for yearsUp to 10 years at once, so you never miss a date.
  6. 6Make sure the name isn’t someone else’s trademarkA registered trademark’s owner can recover the name from whoever registered it first.

Nearby extensions

If your name is taken in .limited

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .limited

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  • $45 a year, for the first year and every renewal: the price you see when you search, with no other fees at registration.

  • Anyone, person or organization, from any country, with no documents. But it’s one of the extensions ICANN binds with special safeguards: at registration you agree to follow the laws that govern its field, data and consumer protection among them.

  • Yes, once 60 days have passed since it was registered or last transferred. Ask your current provider for the transfer (EPP) code and open a transfer request with us; a full year is added to the domain’s term.

  • We remind you by email 31 days and 8 days before expiry, and 3 days after it. After expiry the website and email stop, and you can renew in the first eight days at the regular renewal price; from day 10 it may go to auction. If it is deleted and the registry allows redemption within 30 days, the redemption fee is $200 plus a year’s renewal.

  • Yes. The body responsible for .limited has an Arabic table in IANA’s repository of internationalized names (IDN), so the name is written in Arabic and stored in a form that begins with xn--.

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