.org

.org domain checker

Check a .org, with the whole set in one search.

Checked against the registry over RDAP, alongside every other ending and every social handle.

What .org is

One of the original generic endings, run by Public Interest Registry. It was created with non-commercial organizations in mind, and while nothing restricts who may register one, that association has stuck for forty years.

Who it suits

Non-profits, charities, foundations, standards bodies, open-source projects and communities. In those contexts a .org reads as more credible than a .com does — one of the few cases where an ending genuinely adds something.

The catch

Nothing stops a commercial company from registering one, but the meaning people read into it does not care about that. A for-profit business on a .org invites a question it will have to keep answering. The reverse is worth watching too: if you are a non-profit and someone else holds your .com, that is a confusion problem worth solving early.

Common questions

Do I have to be a non-profit to register a .org?

No. Registration is open to anyone. The convention is strong but it has never been a rule, and it is not verified.

Should a charity take the .com as well?

Where you can, yes — and point it at the .org. Donors type .com out of habit, and a donation page reached by a typo is a donation that does not happen.

Is .org treated differently by search engines?

No. There is no ranking advantage in the ending itself. The credibility it carries is with people reading the address, which matters in its own right but is not an algorithm.