re-domain Domain

The domain extension .re is the country-specific top-level domain of Réunion, a French overseas territory, an island located about 700 kilometres east of Madagascar in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, which was discovered at the beginning of the 16th century like the islands Mauritius and Rodrigues and belongs to the archipelago of the Mascarenes. On the island that is approximately as big as the Saarland, approximately 850.000 people live. The official language on the island is French. About 150.000 of the inhabitants live in the capital Saint-Denis. The island is a popular tourist place, but here, the island is in the shadow of Mauritius, where the touristical infrastructure is much better developed. At protected beaches, sea turtles lay their eggs in the sand once a year in the island. The biggest part of the inhabitants of the island works in the agriculture.

Allocation guidelines domain extension .re

The domain ending .re was launched on 7 April 1997 and is administered by the registry AFNIC. Domain addresses are usually registered at the second level. Special domains on the third level are also made available for associations. Whoever wants to register a website for an association must provide proof of its activity. Otherwise, the top-level domain .re is available to any natural person or legal entity that has a registered office or residence in the European Union, Liechtenstein, Switzerland or Norway. The last liberalisation took place in 2011.

Meaning

These are mainly French companies that invest on the island of Réunion or are the business partners of the farmers there, some of whom are also present with their own website under the domain extension .ec. Also many tourists who have already visited the island show their interest or affection for the beauties of the island, which they experienced during their holidays, by registering a website with this domain ending. And also private persons who live or have lived on the island own a website with the ending .re. Otherwise the meaning of this domain ending is very small.