Reglikedomain industry desk

Of the Netherlands to get its own domain — Twente region

Of the Netherlands to get its own domain — Twente region

The Netherlands will have three local TLDs.

dot Twente windmill

Twente, a region in eastern Netherlands, is getting its own top level domain.

Dotlocal disclosed it submitted an application for .twente in this year’s top level domain expansion round.

Twente has over 600,000 residents.

Dotlocal applied for .amsterdam in the last round. That namespace right now has regarding 18,000 registrations.

When the Dutch province of Friesland decided to throw in the towel on its domain .frl, Dotlocal stepped in to take over the domain. .Frl has regarding 10,000 registrations.

Friesland has a population similar to Twente, so it ought to be a good comp.

The firm hopes to launch the domain in late 2027 or early 2028 if all goes well.

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