Are there many people registering .ltd domain names? Is the ltd domain name an international domain name?

Many people don't know much about .ltd domain names. Today, I'll provide a detailed introduction to .ltd domain names. Are there many people registering for them? Is .ltd domain name an international domain name?

I. How popular are .ltd domain name registrations?

As of now, there are nearly 380,000 .ltd domain name registrations. According to Baidu's site data, there are 744,000 "site:.ltd" domain names, while Google's site data shows 2 million.

II. Is .ltd domain name an international domain name?

As a new generic top-level domain, .ltd domain name represents limited liability companies worldwide and is applicable to joint-stock limited companies in various countries. For example, Frontline Ltd, listed on NASDAQ, and ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD are the names used by Alibaba for its US listing. Similarly, if you visit the UK Department of Business website and enter any company name (e.g., ABC), you'll find that most of them end with "Ltd" or "Limited."

The .ltd domain was officially launched to the public by the Donuts Registry on June 23, 2016. It sees an average of nearly 7,000 new registrations per month, or over 200 per day. It received filing approval from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on March 8, 2017, allowing it to be used for website creation within China and for filing applications. Using .ltd domains for corporate websites broadens the range of domain names available for official websites, expanding beyond the .com and .cn domains. Any company, organization, or individual can register a .ltd domain.

"Limited" can be used as an adjective, meaning "limited," but it can also be used as a noun, referring directly to a "limited company." "Ltd" is the noun meaning of "limited" when used in conjunction with a limited company and cannot be used in its entirety to mean "limited."