About Country Domain Names

• - A country level domain is that which would have a country code after the name i.e abc.au, or abck.com.pk etc.
• - Pk registry started in 1996 and first lauched .com.pk and .net.pk domains.
• - Domains with .pk extenstion alone ie abc.pk started in June 2006.

The Branding Issue :

Most importantly a country level domainie .pk domain brands your business with Pakistan Imagine a multinational company like wateen, warid, citi bank etc having.com domain only would have issues causing confusion if one is on theirwebsite pertaining Pakistan or Dubai.
- Priroirty at Seach Engines: Country level domains are exprected to get advantage in related geographical search.
- Increased Options for Domain Name : One finds it hard to find a good name from within .com, it is mostly easily available when one switched to .pk domains.

Points to Remember Regarding .PK domains

• - Dot pk domains are registered for 2 years as such we are hosting these for 2 years.
• - The listed costs are for 2 years and include domain name as well hosting.
• - Minimum number of character for .com.pk domain is one while for .pk domain is 4.
• - The minumum number condition does not apply to government domains ie .gov etc.
• - Maximun characters for .com.pk / .pk domains are 63.