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.by is the country-code top-level domain for Belarus, originally derived from the ISO code for Byelorussia, the former name of the country. It is managed by Belarusian Cloud Technologies LLC and is primarily used by individuals, businesses, and organizations with a connection to Belarus.
Registrants must be legal entities or individual entrepreneurs of Belarus, or individuals permanently residing in Belarus. Foreign applicants may register through authorized registrars who handle agreements on their behalf.
The .by extension is a country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) in the Domain Name System (DNS). It is managed by Belarusian Cloud Technologies LLC. .by was introduced in 1994.
Registration pricing for .by is not publicly listed. Contact an ICANN-accredited registrar for availability and pricing.
The .by domain was first delegated in 1994 to Open Contact Ltd. Management was transferred several times: to the State Centre of Security Information in 1999, then to Open Contact Ltd. again in 2009 under the administrative oversight of the Operational and Analytical Center (OAC) under the President of Belarus. In 2012, Reliable Software Inc. took over technical administration, and in 2022, Belarusian Cloud Technologies LLC assumed full control as the new technical administrator of the national domain zone, also managing the IDN version .бел.
The .by TLD serves a specific purpose in the domain ecosystem, providing users with clear context about the websites using this extension.
The .by TLD is commonly used for the following purposes:
Applicants must be national legal entities, individual entrepreneurs in Belarus, or individuals permanently residing in Belarus. Foreign applicants may register via authorized international registrars who assume legal obligations under Belarusian law.
The .by TLD is available for registration through accredited domain registrars.
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