es-domain Domain

The domain extension .es is the Spanish top-level domain from Spain, which is administered by the registry red.es since 1988.

Spain has a total of approximately 46 million inhabitants, of which about 6 million live in the capital Madrid. Owners of the Spanish domain can be normal as well as legal entities, whereby it is not important here whether these persons have a residence in Spain.

For the allocation of a domain for natural persons the identity card is required. For legal entities the sales tax identification number is required.

For a long time, the domain was criticised for its strict allocation rules, similar to those of the French domain ending .fr. The fact that even much smaller countries do not have such strict allocation rules and thus deny these domains to the majority of the public was often criticised. In 2005 the registration rules were relaxed, which resulted in a large increase in registrations.

Before this regulation was relaxed, the domain was reserved for a very small circle, such as universities. Now there are about 1.7 million registrations with this domain extension.

If you want to realize an internet presence with the Spanish domain ending, you can use it for various purposes. No matter what kind of idea the user has, thanks to the Spanish domain ending, the internet presence is also infiltrated in Spanish search engines. This is especially advantageous if, for example, a customer base exists or is to be built up in Spain.

Even if the content of the website is related to Spain, it is recommended to use a Spanish domain. This way, visitors to the website get a first impression of what to expect before they even open the page. This can be an advantage in many situations.

Due to the fact that approximately 400 million people worldwide speak Spanish, a Spanish language website can be of enormous advantage. Explicitly, if you have a Spanish domain ending and thus are ranked in the search engines within the country.