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New generic extensionSince 2014

.global domain registration

The extension of whoever works beyond their country’s borders: for a company that exports or serves customers in more than one country, and wants a name that says its market is the whole world.

Score card

.global 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
4 out of 5
Short names available
5 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .global

global is an English word for worldwide, and it says the name’s owner doesn’t stop at one country’s borders. It suits export and international shipping companies, organizations working in more than one country, and companies setting out from Muscat for markets in other countries.

.global entered the internet’s root in 2014, is run by Identity Digital Limited, and supports DNSSEC signing and names in Arabic letters. It is among the pricier extensions on our list; it starts with a first-year offer, and renewal costs more, so count its cost over years before choosing it.

The word is a promise of size: a small company in a single city may look bigger with it than it is. It is less widespread than .com, which the whole world knows, so if the name is free in .com register it too, and make .global the address that states your ambition.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
May 29, 2014
Name’s origin
global, worldwide
Responsible body
Identity Digital Limited
Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
DNSSEC
Supported
Names in Arabic
Supported (IDN)

Who it suits

For your field: is .global the best fit?

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

  • An export company

    Good · A good fit

    It tells the importer abroad that your goods travel; .com stays first for them.

    Register it with.global.com

  • An organization in several countries

    Good · A good fit with .org

    .org says you’re non-profit, and .global says your work crosses borders.

    Register it with.org.global

  • A company from Oman expanding across the region

    Good · A good fit

    .global says your market is bigger than one country, and .group gathers your branches in each country under one name.

    Register it with.global.group

  • An international shipping company

    Good · A good fit

    Your name says you move between countries; .express says you’re fast.

    Register it with.global.express

  • A business in one city

    Consider another · Consider .com

    Your customer is in your city, and .global says what isn’t so; .com is truer and closer to them.

    Register it with.com.shop

  • A blog or personal site

    Consider another · Consider .me

    A big word on a personal page, and its price is higher than you need.

    Register it with.me.blog

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • A name the size of your market

    sadirat-muscat.global tells the importer you sell beyond your country’s borders.

  • One name in every country

    You write it on the same card wherever you travel, with no country extension to box you in.

  • Email for partners abroad

    export@sadirat-muscat.global tells a partner in any country they’re writing to a company that works with them.

  • Your name, easier to find

    A pricier extension, so short names in it are easier to find than in .com.

And where its value shows

At export fairs

The card of a company working beyond its country.

On shipping crates

A name that travels with the goods.

In letters to importers

An address that says you’re ready for the world.

In the company profile

Its ambition in one line.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

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

Pros

  • 01Says your business goes beyond your country
  • 02A short word many understand: global
  • 03Short names are easier to find than in .com
  • 04A first-year offer
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Among the pricier extensions on our list
  • 02Less widespread than .com, which the world knows
  • 03Looks like an exaggeration on a small local business

Rules

Registration terms for .global

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

Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
Documents
None required
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. 1A name read in every languagePick a name before .global that’s easy for a partner in any country to say, not one that needs spelling out.
  2. 2A page for each market under the same namesadirat-muscat.global/de and sadirat-muscat.global/fr instead of a new name for every country.
  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 .global

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .global

Didn’t find your answer? Our technical support team is with you around the clock.

Contact support

  • $96 for the first year with an offer, then $115 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 or conditions; the contact details in the owner’s name just need to be accurate.

  • 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 .global 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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