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# Domains
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!!! WARNING
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Our domain services are currently manual so actions
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may take up to three working days. This includes,
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but is not limited to, initial registration and any changes to
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DNS servers or other things.
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## Our services
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We intend to meet your basic fi-domain needs. That means
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1. registering the domain
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2. setting DNS server and DNSSec stuff as requested.
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We do not currently offer self-service. Contact me directly to make any
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changes to your domain name registeration. Sending an email or a chat
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and asking costs no money but helps you and me both ❤ You probably
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know me personally and have my contact info already or have other means
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to acquire it. Email not provided here for spammy reasons.
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## Pricing
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Our (sadly) competitive pricing options include:
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- 1.50 €/month
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- 15 €/year
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**
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Interested? Check fi-domain availability
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[here](https://www.traficom.fi/en/communications/fi-domains/fi-domain-name-search)
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and contact me directly to make the arrangements!
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**
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---
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Below is much info puked from traficom that may or may not be of interest.
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## fi-domain name requirements
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!!! INFO
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Make sure your fi-domain name is lawful.
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You can lose the domain name you have registered if requested by the owner
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of the infringed name or trademark. This will not be refunded.
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Domain name holders are responsible for making sure that the domain name they
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have registered is lawful. The domain name must not infringe a protected name
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or trademark owned by another party. You can lose the domain name you have
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registered if requested by the owner of the infringed name or trademark.
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Each domain name is unique. In principle, you can choose your domain name
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freely and domain names are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
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However, you are responsible for making sure that your domain name is lawful.
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If you register a domain name that infringes someone else's name or trademark,
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you can lose your domain name.
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Before registering a domain name, consult the public registers to make sure that
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the domain name does not infringe someone else’s name or trademark protected
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in Finland or within the EU.
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Protected names and trademarks include:
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- [names entered into the Finnish registers of trade, foundations or political parties](https://www.ytj.fi/en/index.html)
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- [names entered into the Finnish trademark register](https://epalvelut.prh.fi/web/tietopalvelu/haku)
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- [names entered into the Finnish register of associations](https://yhdistysrekisteri.prh.fi/?userLang=en)
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- [trademarks entered into the trademark register of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)](https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/)
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- [names of public body or its bodies](https://www.ytj.fi/en/index.html)
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- names of diplomatic missions of foreign states or their bodies
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- established names, secondary marks or trademarks referred to in the Business Names Act or Trademarks Act.
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## How to choose a good domain name?
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!!! INFO
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Consider carefully what kind of domain name is best for you. Before
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registering a domain name, make sure the permitted characters and
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the lawfulness of the domain name.
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The domain name must not infringe a protected name or trademark owned by
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another party. Domain name holders are responsible for making sure that the
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domain name they have registered is lawful. Consult the public registers to
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verify that the domain name you are about to register is lawful.
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An fi-domain name may contain 2-63 characters. The permitted characters and the
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restrictions in their use are further specified.
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Permitted characters in domain names are
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- letters a-z
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- numbers 0-9
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- hyphen-minus (-)
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Permitted native language characters are
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- letters å, ä and ö
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- characters in the Sami languages spoken in Finland
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A domain name may not begin or end with a hyphen-minus. The third and fourth
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characters may not both be hyphen-minuses.
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An exception to this is the ACE form (ASCII Compatible Encoding) of a domain
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name containing native language characters å, ä or ö. In such case, the third
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and fourth characters may both be hyphen-minuses.
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### Tips for a good domain name
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A domain name should be clear and contain as few technical restrictions as
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possible. A good domain name:
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- does not infringe any names or trademarks already registered by another party
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- cannot be confused with another domain name. A name that is very similar to
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another name may lead to misunderstandings.
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- matches your company name, auxiliary company name or trademark
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- is distinctive and reflects your subject or service
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- sounds clear also when spoken and pronounced in different languages. Replacing
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letters å, ä and ö with a and o, for instance, may change the name's meaning
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into something unflattering. Keep in mind the technical requirements
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concerning the Finnish and Sami native characters as well as hyphen-minus.
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- may be used as an email address, if necessary. For example, the domain name
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citywastewatertreatmentplant.fi is too complicated to be used as an email
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address firstname.lastname@citywastewatertreatmentplant.fi.
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It is very important to verify that the fi-domain name is lawful before
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registering it. If your domain name infringes someone else's protected name or
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trademark, you can lose your domain name.
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Traficom can remove an fi-domain name from the domain name register at the
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request of the owner of a protected name or trademark if the domain name is
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identical or similar to the protected name or trademark.
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## Native language characters in domain names
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!!! INFO
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An fi-domain name may contain Finnish native characters (e.g. å, ä and ö)
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that differ from the Latin alphabet. The majority of software converts these
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characters into a form that is accepted by name server systems. However, not
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all software and keyboards support native language characters. We do not
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recommend to use a domain name containing native language characters as your
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primary domain name.
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Internet name server systems can only process the traditional letters (a to z)
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of the Latin alphabet. In order for name servers to accept native language
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characters in domain names, the characters must be converted into another form.
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Software, internet browsers and email programs that support national domain
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names automatically convert them from plain text into a form that name server
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systems can read.
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However, due to technical restrictions, it is not recommended to use a domain
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name containing native language characters as a primary domain name.
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### Permitted characters in domain names
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The permitted characters in fi-domain names are letters from a to z, numbers
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from 0 to 9, hyphen-minus and the following native language characters:
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à, â, ä, å ...
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... õ, ö ...
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An fi-domain name cannot begin or end with a hyphen-minus. A domain name cannot
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begin with characters xn--. The ACE form (ASCII Compatible Encoding) of a domain
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name containing native language characters always begins with characters xn--.
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### Rights to domain names containing native language characters
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Fi-domain name holders have no priority to a domain name similar to their domain
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name apart from native language characters (å, ä, ö). These domain names, too,
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are granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
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However, regardless of whether a domain name contains native language characters
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or not, it can be considered identical to a protected name or trademark that
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contains native language characters.
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For example, both domain name åäö.fi and domain name aao.fi would be considered
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identical to the protected name or trademark ÅÄÖ. Instead, if the protected name
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or trademark were AAO, the only domain name considered identical to it would be
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aao.fi.
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### Technical restrictions of browser software
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The latest versions of most browser software support domain names containing
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native language characters. The most popular of them are Mozilla Firefox,
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Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome and Safari.
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### Technical restrictions of email addresses
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If domain names containing native language characters are intended to be used in
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email addresses, the sender's email program must support such characters. The
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support in many email programs is still insufficient, and therefore it is
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recommended to check this directly from the manufacturer of the program.
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Due to technical restrictions, it is not recommended to use a domain name
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containing native language characters in an email address. Few email programs
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support IDNs. Without IDN support, the domain name has to be used in an
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impractical coded form. For example, info@ääkkönen.fi in coded form is
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info@ xn--kknen-fraa=0m.fi.
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### Keyboard support for native language characters
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It can be difficult or even impossible to type fi-domain names containing native
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language characters using a foreign language keyboard. Without keyboard support,
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one solution for entering native language characters in Windows operating system
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is Character Map program.
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