i got this pm on another forum.

you shouldn't have a .org domain, is misleading and immoral

i bought my domain name and sell templates because it was the only one available with those 2 keywords.
now if i quote wikipedia

The .org TLD is mostly associated with non-profit organizations.

i have bolded the mostly word to stand out.so it does not say "must be" or "have to".
if i invent a .tanicos extension tomorrow and say ...this extension is only for people i choose will that stop you registering the domain you want with that extension? i don't think so...
what do you think?
if tomorrow you can register let's say pizza.org would you sell pizza?or use it for non-profit?

I really don't think it matters. It isn't unethical by philosophical standards at least... You can get a .tv extension without being from ...whatever country TV is an extension for.

.TV isn't a country extension. It's just another extension like .name or .ws

No, I don't think using a .org domain for a for-profit venture is immoral. But if you make it too commercialized you will get people telling you that from time to time.

In my opinion that is fine unless you are using the .org malicously like trying to use that with a site that claims to be some sort of charity organization asking for money.

Originally Posted by nyef

.TV isn't a country extension. It's just another extension like .name or .ws

It was originally from "Tuvalu" guy.

Originally Posted by nyef

.TV isn't a country extension. It's just another extension like .name or .ws

Right!

Other than the small points of .tv being the ccTld for the Tuvalu Islands and .ws is the ccTld for Western Samoa.

you can see more opinions here
http://www.web20design.org/web-desig...hind-them.html
i think its quite an interesting topic

I don't agree on the non-profit organization thing. There are so many good .org domains that can be used. Why do we have to waste them?

Originally Posted by phppoddotcom

I don't agree on the non-profit organization thing. There are so many good .org domains that can be used. Why do we have to waste them?

You shouldn't waste them at all.

I think that you can recheck the the rules for this domain name zone.

Originally Posted by ~ServerPoint~

I think that you can recheck the the rules for this domain name zone.

Do they differ much?

no i don't think so...

Originally Posted by nyef

.TV isn't a country extension. It's just another extension like .name or .ws

Tuvula
Western Samoa

I don't see it as being immoral but from a business point of view, I don't think it comes across a "business" type site...know what I mean?

Trust wise...just my opinion.

Tuvula

Is it .tv? First time I hear about that. I just would like to clarify that.

Not quite the first time, and it was only a month ago -> This thread

ccTld list in this post -> http://www.webmaster-talk.com/domain...tml#post699867

No, it's not immoral in the slightest.

Certain TLDs (i.e. .com, .net, .org) are meant to have specific uses, although no-one ever sticks to them. And if your perfect domain name is taken in .com and .net, it makes sense to go for a .org (my biggest website is on a .org - it gets 3m page views per month, so I doubt it's "immoral" )

What the person who contacted you probably thought is that you were trying to impersonate a charity or something (by choosing a .org), although you aren't, so don't worry about it

i think nowadays as most desired domains are already bought, it is not too wrong to get an .org where you wanted a .com

i would recommend that in the future, try to buy .com domains as that is the instinctive action of any internet user. newbies to the internet wont know what .org or .ws is so keep it original and unique and get a .com domain.

but to answer your question, you're right, don't worry

Developing a .org isn't necessarily immoral. Making a website that resembles a charity or is about a earthquake or other tragedy and putting it on a .org in an attempt to profit would probably be immoral though.

I personaly free that .org should only be for non-profits.