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South American domains: Ecuador (.ec)

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Important: When entering your search string don't write “www” or the Ecuadorian domain type, ie. “ec”. Therefore to search “www.bb-online.ec” enter “bb-online” and nothing else.

The only letters allowed within a domain name are: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Spaces are NOT ALLOWED.

Registration:

To register your Ecuadorian domain, click here!

Is your domain name working hard enough?

Currently, whether you have registered a .com or a .co.uk domain there are no restrictions if you would like to register both versions of your domain name - and many people do!.

Of course, the choice is all a matter of your preference - .com is often regarded as "International" where the .co.uk domain is deemed to be "UK only", usually it depends on the target market.

Whilst, the .com domain is recognised world wide, it is easier to remember and to type, and there is a whole world full of people who could register it before you do!

If your target is primarily the UK market then registering just the .co.uk domain would seem to be the obvious choice. The .co.uk instantly identifies you as a UK company and often, given a list of URLs in a search engine, people will choose a domain / URL with their country code. Therefore, it follows that if you want to extend your target market then registering your domain with other country-code top-level domains (ccTLD) will expand your target audience.

Registering both .com and .co.uk (and others such as .at, .dk, .es, .eu, .ie, .it, .nz, .se etc) domain names in fact makes very good sense - it stops anyone else from registering your name and leaves it ready for you to use either right away or in the future. Did you know that with Web Forwarding you can have as many domain names as you like pointing to a single website - see Web Forwarding below.

Email Forwarding

Create an almost unlimited number of unique Email addresses for your domain name (e.g. me@yourdomain.com, info@yourdomain.com,sales@yourdomain.com, etc.) and forward them to your existing email account(s). Set up each employee or family member with their own personal Email address.

Catch All Email

Simply tell us 'one' address to have all your messages sent to and all of your emails will be forwarded to that address.

Web Forwarding

If you already have a website, start using your domain name without the additional cost of hosting. When a user enters your domain name into their browser, they'll be redirected to your existing website.

You can have many domain names forwarded to a single website.

Web Hosting

We offer several Web Hosting packages to suit your needs. Packages start 1gb of bandwidth (per month) and 30mb of disk storage on our server, plus 24hr access to maintain your website from anywhere in the world.

Search Engine Submission

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Background

The ccTLD of Ecuador is ".ec" and domains can be registered under the second level .ec domain name by anyone, anywhere, there is no need for a local presence in Ecuador in order to register under .ec.

In addition to the second level .ec domain registration, there are several sub-domains under .ec but some of these are restricted to Ecuadorian residents only, whilst other sub-domains are available to anyone, anywhere without a local presence.

Domain names can be registered under the extension below by anyone, anywhere without the need of a local presence in Ecuador:

There are other sub-domains under .ec which are only available to legal entities registered in Ecuador who have a local presence there:

Domain names registered under .ec must be between 3 and 65 characters long, although the registry suggest a limit of 25 characters for practical purposes.

There are some domain names which are forbidden, these are names which match any existing (or new) internet protocols like "web", "www", "telnet", "http", "email" etc.

Domain names which "makes reference to aspects or official subjects of the country without having the due authorization for it" are also forbidden, as defined by the Ecuador registry.

Domain names which are offensive, contrary to the laws of Ecuador, or "affect the moral or alter public order" are also restricted and unavailable for registration.

Domains registered under .ec are initially registered for a minimum of two years, and can then be renewed annually or for 2,3,5 or 10 year periods.


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