.li

.li

Introduced	26 February 1993
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	SWITCH Teleinformatics Services
Sponsor	University of Liechtenstein
Intended use	Entities connected with   Liechtenstein
Actual use	Popular in Liechtenstein; gets some other uses
Registered domains	70,587 (2022-12-15) [1]
Registration restrictions	None
Structure	Registrations are made directly at second level
DNSSEC	yes
Registry website	www .nic .li

.li is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD ) for Liechtenstein . The .li TLD was created in 1993. The domain is sponsored and administered by the University of Liechtenstein in Vaduz . ^[2] Registration of .li domain names used to be managed by SWITCH , administrator of Switzerland 's .ch ccTLD. In February 2013, SWITCH discontinued its .li registration service for private customers, delegating it to a number of recognized partner firms. ^[3]

There are no requirements to apply for the extension. Registrations of internationalized domain names have been accepted since March 2004. ^[4] Domain names under 3 characters are reserved for the state and its institutions.

Domain hacks and vanity usage [ edit ]

Many Long Island organizations and companies have adopted the .li TLD as a domain hack . ^[5]

As -li is a diminutive ending in Swiss German ( Standard German -lein ), many Swiss companies ^{[ which? ]} register an additional, or alternative, .li domain for their businesses and services.

In Russian , -li is a verbal ending of past tense plural form. That is why some Russian-oriented sites use it as a part of the site name with the verbal stem before the dot.

Li is also a Romanization of the second most common Chinese surname. Some people with this last name register .li domains for personal use.

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