.bs

Top-level domain .bs
introduction	3rd September 1991
category	country-specific
Registry	College of The Bahamas
Award	unrestricted
number	NA million

.bs is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Bahamas . It has existed since September 3, 1991 and is administered by the College of The Bahamas , a state organization, a kind of university , which is based in Nassau on New Providence .

properties

Any natural or legal person can apply for a .bs domain; a place of residence or a branch in the country is not necessary. Domains can be registered on both the second and third level, until 2013 the following second-level domains existed :

• .com.bs for commercial companies
• .edu.bs for educational institutions
• .gov.bs for the government of the Bahamas
• .net.bs for internet service providers
• .org.bs for non-profit organizations

The registry of .bs was among the first eleven organizations to be recognized by the World Intellectual Property Organization's arbitration tribunal . Disputes about a .bs domain could therefore be carried out there.

Web links

• Official website of the registry

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Registered .bs domains. In: Domains.info. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015 ; accessed on May 4, 2015 (current .bs domain number). 
2. ↑ Delegation Record for .BS. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority , accessed August 15, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Terms and Conditions. The Bahamas Network Information Center, accessed August 15, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: Wipo help! In: domain-right. April 1, 2001, accessed on August 15, 2013 : “Initially, the arbitral tribunal is not responsible for all domain disputes: in addition to the generic top level domains (gTLDs) .com, .net and .org, there are still some country code cases Top level domains (ccTLDs) can be invoked. "