| gTLD | Full Legal Name | E-mail suffix | Detail | | .INC | Dot Registry LLC | hotmail.com | View |
“.INC” was chosen as our gTLD string because it is the commonly used abbreviation for the entity type that makes up the membership of our community. In the English language the word incorporation is primarily shortened to Inc. when used to delineate business entity types. For example, McMillion Incorporated would additionally be referred to as McMillion Inc. Since all of our community members are incorporated businesses we believed that “.INC” would be the simplest, most straightforward way to accurately represent our community.
Inc. is a recognized abbreviation in all 50 states and US Territories denoting the corporate status of an entity. Our research indicates that Inc. as corporate identifier is used in three other jurisdictions (Canada, Australia, and the Philippines) though their formation regulations are different from the United States and their entity designations would not fall within the boundaries of our community definition.
| gTLD | Full Legal Name | E-mail suffix | Detail | | .Corp | Dot Registry LLC | hotmail.com | View |
“.CORP” was chosen as our gTLD string because it is the commonly used abbreviation for the entity type that makes up the membership of our community. In the English language the word incorporation is often shortened to Corp. when used to delineate business entity types. For example, McMillion Brothers Corporation would additionally be referred to as McMillion Brothers Corp. Since all of our community members are incorporated businesses we believed that “.CORP” would be the simplest, most straightforward way to accurately represent our community.
Corp. is a recognized abbreviation in all 50 states and US Territories denoting the corporate status of an entity. Our research indicates that Corp. as corporate identifier is used in other jurisdictions (Canada, Australia, and parts of Europe) though their formation regulations are different from the United States and their entity designations would not fall within the boundaries of our community definition.