Today the .fr registry didn’t just relax the rules for .fr registrations, they also released some other extensions which they manage: .re, .yt, .pm, .wf and .tf. As from today everyone who has an address within the European Union can register a name under one of those extensions.

The landrush for those extensions, which started at 10am (GMT+1) this morning, went smoothly. Below you’ll find some more information about the extensions which have become available today:

  • .re: The extension for La Réunion, which is an island with a population of about 800,000 people and is located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. Registrations under .re are were only allowed to people living on La Réunion.
  • .yt: The extension for Mayotte. Also an island in the Indian Ocean. Population is about 200.000 people. Registrations under .yt were not possible.
  • .pm: The TLD for Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a group of small islands in the North Atlantic Ocean with less then 10.000 in habitants. Also for this TLD, registrations were previously not possible. There might turn out to be some interest in the new TLD once it becomes available, since “PM” is an abbreviation that can mean a number of things. Modules written in the programming language Perl use .pm as there file extension. But it’s also used for “Product Management”, “Private Message” and obviously it also is used to indicate that a certain hour is in the afternoon.
  • .wf: Wallis and Futuna, situated in the South Pacific near Tuvalu, which is best known for it’s TLD .tv and the fact that it might sink under sea level due to sea levels rising. Also .wf is new to the market.
  • .tf: French Southern and Antarctic Lands which actually has no permanent population next to military personnel, scientific researchers and support staff.
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