Soon, it will be possible to register a single character domain name under the .sg extension and all its subdomaines (.com.sg, .org.sg, .net.sg, .edu.sg, .gov.sg, .per.sg). With one character there are of course not that many different names to register. You only have 26 letters and 10 numbers.

How will the registrations work? From December 1st until January 5th anyone can put in a request for a single character domain name. From January 9th, anyone who has put in an application can bid on the name they want. The person who bds the most, gets the domain name. Only holders of a registered single character trademark can claim priority for a certain single character domain name.

.sg will become one of the few extensions under which it is possible to register a single character domain name. Some years ago this was also possible under the .com extension but since 1993 it isn’t possible anymore to register a single character domain name both under .com as under .net and .org. A few companies were able to register a single character domain name before 1993. For example www.x.com, which is registered by Paypal. The site is still supported by Paypal but now is a test environment. Another example is www.z.com which was registered by Nissan.

On the site of the .sg registry, you’ll find all the information about the registration of single character domain names.

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