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New generic extensionSince 2015

.ltd domain registration

The abbreviation written after the names of limited liability companies: a short extension that states your company’s standing in its address, as its official name does.

Score card

.ltd 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
4 out of 5
Global reach
2 out of 5
Price stability
3 out of 5
Short names available
4 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .ltd

Ltd is short for limited, and it is written after the names of limited liability companies in many countries, just as we write “limited liability” after their names in Arabic. So it suits a company registered in that form that wants a short address carrying its standing wherever it appears: on the invoice, the packaging and the card.

.ltd entered the internet’s root in 2015, is run by Binky Moon, LLC, and supports DNSSEC signing and names in Arabic letters. With us its price starts with a first-year offer, and renewal costs more. Its meaning is the same as .limited, but it is much shorter, so it keeps the whole name short.

Because it names a legal form, it suits a company that truly has that standing; on anyone else it says what isn’t there. Someone who doesn’t know the abbreviation may read it as letters with no meaning, so if your customers are the general public, register your name in .com too.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
6 August 2015
Name’s origin
Ltd, short for 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 .ltd the best fit?

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

  • A limited liability company

    Excellent · The first choice

    The abbreviation written after its official name, in a short address that reads quickly.

    Register it with.ltd.limited

  • An export or import company

    Good · A good fit

    A supplier abroad knows the abbreviation and reads the company’s standing from it; .com stays first for them.

    Register it with.ltd.com

  • A company in the UAE

    Good · A good fit

    .ltd states its standing in a few letters a partner abroad can read, and .company says it’s a company to every reader.

    Register it with.ltd.company

  • An accounting or consulting office

    Good · A good fit

    A short name with an official standing, fit for contracts and financial reports.

    Register it with.ltd.finance

  • A sole trader or freelancer

    Consider another · Consider .pro

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

    Register it with.pro.me

  • A store for the public

    Consider another · Consider .shop

    A store’s customer isn’t looking for a legal standing; .shop or .store tells them what they want.

    Register it with.shop.store

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • Your standing in a few letters

    nasij-sharjah.ltd carries the abbreviation that follows your company’s official name.

  • A short address

    Much shorter than .limited, so the whole name stays easy on a card and on screen.

  • Email with an official standing

    sales@nasij-sharjah.ltd on quotes says the sender is a registered company.

  • A lighter start

    The first-year offer eases your start, then you renew at the regular price.

And where its value shows

In export contracts

The importer reads the company’s standing at once.

On invoices

An official name in a short line.

In the email signature

An address fit for a registered company.

On product packaging

A short abbreviation that doesn’t crowd the design.

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
  • 02Short, in a few letters
  • 03Short names are easier to find than in .com
  • 04A first-year offer
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Whoever doesn’t know the abbreviation reads it as meaningless letters
  • 02Renewal costs more than the first year
  • 03Doesn’t fit anything that isn’t a limited liability company
  • 04Less trusted and less widespread than .com

Rules

Registration terms for .ltd

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 state that you hold the licenses or standing the field requires
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 .limitedThe abbreviation and the full word, so no one else takes the second copy of your name.
  2. 2Spell it out on the phone“Dot L-T-D”: the extension is said letter by letter, so say it in full and don’t shorten it.
  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.

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FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .ltd

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  • $25 for the first year with an offer, then $38 for each renewal. Look at the renewal price before you register: it’s what you’ll pay every year after the first.

  • Anyone, person or organization, from any country, with no documents at registration. But it’s one of the extensions ICANN binds with strict safeguards: you state that you hold the licenses or standing its field requires, report any change to them, and may be reviewed after a complaint.

  • 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 .ltd 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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