sc-domain Domain

The domain extension .sc is the country-specific top-level domain of the island state r Seychelles. The domain extension was launched on May 9th, 1997 and is administered by VCS Pty Ltd, located in Victoria, the capital of Seychelles, on the main island of Mahe.

Award guidelines

To register a domain ending in .sc, a private individual does not need to have a residence and a company does not need to have a branch or head office in Seychelles. This means that every private person and every company worldwide can register a .sc domain. VCS Pty Ltd provides special second-level domains with this domain extension for registrations and domain requests of companies and internet service providers as well as for non-profit organisations.

Meaning

Since the numerous resorts that make Seychelles a top tourist destination belong to large foreign travel companies, most of them do not have their own websites. However, the travel companies themselves can - if they wish - apply for a domain address ending in .sc and use their specific offer. The importance of this domain ending is therefore very high in the travel industry. Private users of the Internet in the Seychelles hardly ever use the domain ending .sc. The reason for this is that most people do not have access to the WWW. Some local companies based in the Seychelles also use the domain extension, although most of them are also active in the tourism sector.

This domain extension is also very important for companies and private individuals in the US state of South Carolina. There the ending is used by many companies and private persons. SC is also the abbreviation for this state in the south of the USA.

This domain extension is also used by many companies and individuals in Scotland for their websites. Scotland, as part of Great Britain, does not have its own domain extension. But the people there have had thoughts of independence from the British Empire for several decades and like to show publicly - like a domain address - from which part of Great Britain they or their company originate.