Who can Register .org Names ?

Can you guys plz help me out to clarify my doubt ..if i can purchase a .org domain name for commercial purpose

It would be great if you can provide some supporting statement for your answers.

I heard from few people saying that .ORG names should be used only for NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

 

Although it was originally intended to be for non-profit organisations, anyone is free to register .ORG for any purpose, including commercial purposes.

 

Thankyou somuch for the quick reply mate , But i still request you if you can provide any supporting statement ( from icann) ....?

 

Thats not true mate..There is no such rule.
You can register a .org for commercial purposes too. I myself use .org domains when .com/.net are unavailable, or when I just like a .org domain.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.org

Intended is "generally noncommercial", but it's not a rule.

 

i appreciate [ norfstar , dc0ded ] for taking out some time in providing information, but at the same time , can anyone give me an supporting statement published in any authority website

 

Thankyou somuch dude ......now i am satisfied to see some proof ....i will go ahead and make a purchase ..thanks once again

 

Yep... I own a few .ORGs just to have the same name in .com and .net as well.

 

I am using a x.com x.net and x.org for my commercial site for years.

 

That's great to hear... I have a few .orgs that I wasn't sure about, but now I'll go ahead and start building them.... thanks guys!

 

there is no such problem with using .org for organisation. Its not always for .org anyway. I think pirate.org is used to download pirate videos or something while the official WWF isa .info - panda.info.

 

non profit organisation and organisations which tends to help public in general can register .org domain names...

 

Don't worry, you can own .orgs as many as you can, and no matter what you will do with them if no TM issues