TLDs fall into a few broad categories:

• Generic TLDs (gTLDs) — not tied to any country, open in principle to registrants worldwide. .com , .net , and .org are the original three; there are now hundreds more.

• Country-code TLDs (ccTLDs) — two-letter codes tied to a specific country or territory ( .de for Germany, .uk for the United Kingdom), each governed by that country's own registry and rules, which can include restrictions on who's eligible to register one.

• New gTLDs — a large wave of additional generic TLDs introduced starting in 2013 ( .app , .shop , .guru , and hundreds more), expanding well beyond the original handful.

NameBright offers new registration for .com , .net , and .org . ccTLDs registered elsewhere can be renewed or transferred in through NameBright, but NameBright doesn't handle new ccTLD registrations.