The mission and purpose of the .ngo top level domain (“TLD”) and the .ong TLD (collectively referred to as “.ngo and .ong”) is to serve the global Non-Governmental Organisation (“NGO”) Community by supplying it with exclusive TLDs that will offer NGOs and associations of NGOs differentiated and verified online identities.

A. Bundling of Domains in .ngo and .ong

Registration of domains in .ngo and .ong are technically “bundled.” This means that by registering and purchasing a domain in the .ngo TLD, for example, the NGO registrant (the “registrant”) is also registering and purchasing the corresponding name in the .ong TLD (and vice-versa for registrations in .ong). The registrant cannot, for example, purchase “example.ngo” by itself; by purchasing the domain “example.ngo” the registrant is also necessarily purchasing the domain “example.ong” due to the technical bundling of domains in .ngo and .ong.

a. If the registrant takes a particular action concerning the registration of a domain registered in .ngo (such as transferring or deleting the registration), the same action must also be taken for the corresponding .ong domain (and vice-versa).

b. If, pursuant to this, or any of its other Policies, Public Interest Registry (the “Registry” or “PIR”) takes action concerning a domain registered in .ngo (including, … Read More »