Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Registry Agreements

gTLD Registry Agreements establish the rights, duties, liabilities, and obligations ICANN requires of registry operators to run gTLDs.

.BIZ Registry Agreement | List of Reserved TLD Strings

.BIZ Registry Agreement | List of Reserved TLD Strings

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.BIZ Agreement Appendix 6
List of Reserved TLD Strings


(19 June 2009)


Registry Operator shall reserve names formed with the following labels from initial (i.e. other than renewal) registration within the TLD:

A. Labels Reserved at All Levels. The following names shall be reserved at the second level and at all other levels within the TLD at which Registry makes registrations:

ICANN-related names:

  • aso
  • gnso
  • icann
  • internic
  • ccnso

IANA-related names:

  • afrinic
  • apnic
  • arin
  • example
  • gtld-servers
  • iab
  • iana
  • iana-servers
  • iesg
  • ietf
  • irtf
  • istf
  • lacnic
  • latnic
  • rfc-editor
  • ripe
  • root-servers

B. Additional Second-Level Reservations. In addition, the following names shall be reserved at the second level:

  • All single and two-character labels that were previously reserved by the Registry in the Registry Agreement may be allocated through ICANN accredited registrars, based upon implementation of a phased allocation program as further set forth in Appendix 7.

C. Tagged Domain Names. All labels with hyphens in the third and fourth character positions (e.g., "bq--1k2n4h4b" or "xn--ndk061n")

D. Second-Level Reservations for Registry Operations. The following names are reserved for use in connection with the operation of the registry for the .biz TLD:

  • nic
  • whois
  • www

E. Additional Reservations by Registry Operator. The following domains have been reserved by Registry Operator:

Part A: Names staying with the Registry in the event of reassignment

  1. advisory.biz
  2. api.biz
  3. autorenew.biz
  4. billing.biz
  5. bizdomain.biz
  6. bizinfo.biz
  7. bizlogin.biz
  8. bizlock.biz
  9. bizname.biz
  10. bizness.biz
  11. biznotification.biz
  12. bizregistrar.biz
  13. bizregistrars.biz
  14. bizwebaddress.biz
  15. bulkrenew.biz
  16. business.biz
  17. callcenter.biz
  18. cctld.biz
  19. claims.biz
  20. customercare.biz
  21. customersupport.biz
  22. digitalcertificates.biz
  23. directory.biz
  24. dns.biz
  25. domain.biz
  26. domainname.biz
  27. domainnames.biz
  28. domains.biz
  29. dotbizpromotions.biz
  30. dotbiz.biz
  31. dotbizaccounting.biz
  32. dotbizbilling.biz
  33. dotbizcallcenter.biz
  34. dotbizcards.biz
  35. dotbizcustomercare.biz
  36. dotbizcustomersupport.biz
  37. dotbizhelp.biz
  38. dotbizhelpdesk.biz
  39. dotbizinfo.biz
  40. dotbizmail.biz
  41. dotbizorder.biz
  42. dotbizregistrar.biz
  43. dotbizregistrarsupport.biz
  44. dotbizsecurity.biz
  45. dotbizsite.biz
  46. dotbiztechnicalsupport.biz
  47. dotbiztroubledesk.biz
  48. dotbizwebmaster.biz
  49. ebiz.biz
  50. ebizness.biz
  51. findyour.biz
  52. ftp.biz
  53. getyour.biz
  54. gopher.biz
  55. gtld.biz
  56. helpdesk.biz
  57. hostmaster.biz
  58. identify.biz
  59. imap.biz
  60. info.biz
  61. ldap.biz
  62. multilingual.biz
  63. mybiz.biz
  64. network.biz
  65. nntp.biz
  66. ntp.biz
  67. order.biz
  68. pop.biz
  69. pop3.biz
  70. questions.biz
  71. questionsdotbiz.biz
  72. register.biz
  73. registry.biz
  74. registeryour.biz
  75. registeryourbiz.biz
  76. registrant.biz
  77. registrar.biz
  78. registrarreports.biz
  79. registrars.biz
  80. registrarsupport.biz
  81. registrylock.biz
  82. renew.biz
  83. renewnames.biz
  84. root.biz
  85. rootserver.biz
  86. securedomain.biz
  87. securename.biz
  88. security.biz
  89. servicemark.biz
  90. services.biz
  91. smtp.biz
  92. snmp.biz
  93. technicalsupport.biz
  94. telnet.biz
  95. thebizdomain.biz
  96. thebizregistry.biz
  97. theregistry.biz
  98. troubledesk.biz
  99. usergroup.biz
  100. webmaster.biz
  101. whatbiz.biz
  102. whois.biz
  103. whoisbiz.biz
  104. www.biz
  105. xrpEPP.biz
  106. yourbiz.biz
  107. zone.biz
  108. zonefile.biz

Part B: Names staying with Registry Operator in the event of reassignment:

  1. melbourneit.biz
  2. neulevel.biz
  3. neu-level.biz
  4. neulevelinc.biz
  5. neulevelbiz.biz
  6. neulevelllc.biz