.ngo Domain Names are available for registration

America Registry is pleased to offer domain registration services for .ngo domain names to the general public. Register your .ngo today with America's trusted domain name registrar.

.ngo and .ong are new TLDs which can help distinguish and establish your Non-Governmental Organisation (ngo) in the digital world. Advance your organisation to potential contributors and partners, interact with like-minded organisations, and raise funds online to support your cause.
NGOs are organisations whose mission and activities are broadly centred on acting in the public interest, improving the human condition, are non-governmental, non-profit and non-criminal.
ONG is the abbreviated translation for non-governmental organisation in romance languages, such as French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
.ngo and .ong are sold as a package; by registering the .ngo domain, you will also reserve the same name in .ong, and vice versa.
Be sure to protect your Non-Governmental Organisation.
Requirements to register .ngo/.ong are:
- The Registrant of the domain will need to provide information about the organisation, including the identity of the NGO or NGO association on whose behalf the entity is acting and the role that the representative of within the NGO or NGO association.
- The Registrant will be required to submit validation documentation this may consist of one or more of the following: government lists, corporate documents (e.g., Articles of Incorporation), tax records or other documents evidencing the entity’s charitable status and work in the community it serves.
- If the Registrant does not successfully complete the validation process within three hundred sixty (360) days from the date it registers the domain name bundle, the domain name bundle will be deleted and released back into the pool of available domains and any fees paid in connection with the registration of the domain name bundle will be forfeit.
- The Registrant will be required to certify that the information and documentation it submitted in the validation process remains true, complete and accurate at least once every two years after initial validation.

Requirements

Additional information is required for domain registration and domain transfer.
gTLD Operator: Public Interest Registry
Sunrise Period Dates: 03/17/2015 - 04/16/2015
Sunrise Period Requirements: Must have trademark that matches your desired gTLD lodged inside the Trademark-Clearinghouse (TMCH). Must also meet requirements outlined above.
Landrush Period Dates: 04/21/2015 - 05/05/2015
Landrush Requirements: Must meet requirements outlined above.
Landrush Assignment: First-come first served (live landrush).
General Availability Date: 05/06/2015
General Availability Requirements:Must meet requirements outlined above.