Posted by Stamper_WI on 9/9/10 5:58am
Msg #351954

.org

I always assumed that a domain with .org was a non profit. It is not although it seems to be assumed by many.
Got an email from the NNA and noticed that little thing.
No I am not a member.

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 9/9/10 6:58am
Msg #351956

.org = organization... not necessarily non-profit n/m

Reply by PAW on 9/9/10 7:52am
Msg #351959

.org = organization... intended to be non-profit

The domain name org is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) of the Domain Name System (DNS) used in the Internet. The name is derived from "organization".

The '.org' domain was one of the original top-level domains along with .com, .edu, .gov, .mil and .net, established in January 1985. It was originally intended for non-profit organizations or organizations of a non-commercial character that did not meet the requirements for other gTLDs.

For more information on gTLD's, see http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/

Reply by Lee/AR on 9/9/10 10:33am
Msg #351982

Re: .org = organization... intended to be non-profit

I checked this out years ago and 'that co' is actually 2. One is a non-profit and the other is definitely for profit. Sorta like a two-headed coiled snake....can't tell where either begins or ends.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 9/9/10 2:47pm
Msg #352024

Love the analogy, Lee! ;>)

I think that the common perception is that ".org" refers to a non-profit, whether or not that is a requirement. Given that perception, it begs the question of why a for-profit enterprise would use a ".org" instead of a ".com" - which they presumably could have acquired just as easily.

I'm just sayin'...

Reply by MW/VA on 9/9/10 8:57pm
Msg #352125

Re: .org = organization... intended to be non-profit

Well said, Lee. The only people who are fooled are the one's who think "foundation" automatically means non-profit or charity. Foundations are usually set up as tax shelters. One of their slick marketing tricks was to ask for donations to the "foundation"--supposedly set up for education.
Must mean it's paying for college for someone's kid. I'm not kidding. I've heard of organizations that do exactly that sort of thing.

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 9/9/10 10:47am
Msg #351989

Anybody can register a .org domain -- they don't have to be

non-profit. Many companies actually buy up all of the domains for their companies (.com, .net, .biz, .org, etc.) so nobody else can use them.

Reply by Stamper_WI on 9/9/10 11:55am
Msg #351998

Re: Anybody can register a .org domain -- they don't have to be

Well it lead to the profit side.