.sh Domain Registration Information

.sh ccTLD Background

Introduced in the year 1997, .sh was assigned as the country code top level domain for Saint Helena, an overseas territory of Great Britain in the South Atlantic Ocean. The .sh domain registry is sponsored by the government of St.Helena and directed by the Internet Computer Bureau PLC (ICB). The registry is provided by NIC.SH, run by the Internet Computer Bureau.

Anyone can register a .sh domain name. Internationalized domain name registrations are accepted for .sh. Multiple domains are also allowed, which means that anyone can choose more than one domain name with the the .sh extension.

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.sh Domain Name Rules & Regulations

The second level domains allowed are: .sh are: .com.sh, .co.sh, .net.sh, .org.sh, .edu.sh, .gov.sh, mil.sh. All characters, digits and hyphens are allowed in the domain name, except that the hyphen can not occur either at the beginning or the end of the domain name. The domain name is allowed to be between 3 to 63 characters long. The registration term for .sh registration may vary from 1 to 20 years.

Top level and second level domain names are not allowed to be used at the third level. To obtain a second level domain, the registrant should have a domicile in the legal jurisdiction and may hold an academic or professional qualification. For third level domains, he/she must be a resident on the Saint Helena Island.

You can find information for other ccTLDs here.